Borough of Franklin Lakes, NJ
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2022-11-22
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 137 Aircraft, Small Unmanned
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Council
- Ch 23 Court, Municipal
- Ch 29 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 35 Environmental Commission
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 50 Health, Board of
- Ch 64 Mutual Aid
- Ch 71 Officers and Employees
- Ch 76 Official Map
- Ch 84 Personnel Policies
- Ch 89 Police Department
- Ch 95 Public Works Department
- Ch 101 Purchasing and Payroll
- Ch 107 Recreation and Parks Department
- Ch 112 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 118 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 124 Volunteer Incentives
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 135 Affordable Housing
- Ch 137 Aircraft, Small Unmanned
- § 137-1 Purpose.
- § 137-2 Definition.
- § 137-3 Regulations; restrictions.
- § 137-4 Exceptions.
- Ch 140 Alarm Systems
- Ch 144 Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
- Ch 151 Amusement Devices
- Ch 157 Animals
- Ch 162 Bamboo
- Ch 172 Blasting
- Ch 186 Business Hours
- Ch 193 Cemeteries
- Ch 199 (Reserved)
- Ch 208 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 225 Curfew, Limited
- Ch 228 Drug-Free School Zone
- Ch 230 Dumpsters and Other Refuse Containers
- Ch 247 Fees
- Ch 248 Fertilizer
- Ch 250 Filming
- Ch 254 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 259 Fire Prevention
- Ch 264 Fire Zones
- Ch 272 (Reserved)
- Ch 276 Games of Chance
- Ch 279 Garage Sales
- Ch 283 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 287 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 300 Land Use and Development
- Ch 306 Library
- Ch 308 Limousines
- Ch 311 Littering
- Ch 318 Loitering
- Ch 323 Motorized Sport Bikes and Related Vehicles
- Ch 329 Noise
- Ch 335 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 347 Parking
- Ch 356 Parks and Public Lands
- Ch 362 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 370 Property, Rehabilitation of Abandoned
- Ch 373 Property Maintenance
- Ch 377 Public Utilities
- Ch 390 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 393 Small Cell Wireless Facilities
- Ch 395 Smoking
- Ch 404 Soil Removal
- Ch 408 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 411 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 415 Special Assistance List
- Ch 420 Stormwater Control
- Ch 425 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 437 (Reserved)
- Ch 446 Towing
- Ch 453 Trees
- Ch 461 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 470 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 478 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 489 Water
- Ch 492 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 495 Zoning Permits
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 500 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 505 Animals
- Ch 511 (Reserved)
- Ch 523 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 529 Housing
- Ch 536 Laundries and Dry Cleaners
- Ch 542 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 547 Sanitation in Public Places
- Ch 554 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 563 Water Systems
- Ch 570 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A580 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Franklin Lakes 8-16-2016 by Ord. No. 1688. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate small unmanned aircraft,
commonly known as drones, to protect the privacy of persons and property,
and to protect the public health, welfare, and safety.
For purposes of this chapter, "small unmanned aircraft" shall
mean an unmanned vehicle or device that can fly under the control
of a remote pilot or by a geographic positions systems guided autopilot
mechanism.
A.Â
Small unmanned aircraft shall not operate in any airspace below 400
feet within the Borough:
(1)Â
Over private property, without the permission of the private property
owner;
(2)Â
Over any street;
(3)Â
Over any Borough building, without the permission of the Mayor and
Council;
(4)Â
Between dusk and dawn; and
(5)Â
Over any persons not directly participating in the operation of the
aircraft, or where there are persons not directly participating in
the operation of the aircraft located within 100 feet of the perimeter
of the area over which the aircraft is being operated.
B.Â
All other uses of public property shall have priority over use of
public property for the operation of small unmanned aircraft.
A.Â
This chapter shall not prohibit any federal, state, county or municipal
agency including, but not limited to, any law enforcement agency or
emergency services organization from the use of small unmanned aircraft
for any lawful and authorized purpose pursuant to and in accordance
with applicable regulations.
B.Â
This chapter shall not prohibit individuals and entities from the
use of small unmanned aircraft during daylight hours for business
purposes in the airspace over private commercial or residential property
with the property owner's consent, except that data collection
shall be limited to data collection of and relating to the properties
that provide consent thereto alone.
C.Â
This chapter shall not prohibit the authorized and lawful operation
and use of small unmanned aircraft for commercial, business, educational,
scientific, research, environmental, and personal purposes pursuant
to and in accordance with applicable regulations.
