Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
AIRCRAFT
Any contrivance invented, used or designed to navigate or
fly in the air.
COMMERCIAL
For pay, profit or any form of compensation and includes
but is not limited to the use of small umanned aircraft to further
any commercial enterprise.
FIREARM
Has the meaning ascribed to the term as set forth in 11 Del.
C. § 222(12).
OPERATE
To pilot, steer, direct, fly or manage a small unmanned aircraft
through the air whether from within the aircraft or remotely. The
term "operate" includes managing or initiating a computer system that
pilots, steers, directs, flies or manages a small unmanned aircraft.
OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY
Includes but is not limited to bandstand, beach, boardwalk,
public swimming pools, special events, parades.
PUBLIC AIRCRAFT
Has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 40102 of
Title 49 of the United States Code.
SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
An aircraft that: 1) is operated without the possibility
of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft; and 2)
weighs less than 55 pounds at the time of the operation, including
the weight of any payload or fuel. The term "small unmanned aircraft"
includes drones but does not include "toy aircraft" or "public aircraft"
as defined herein.
SURVEILLANCE
The gathering, without permission and in a manner that is
offensive to a reasonable person, of visual images, physical impressions,
sound recordings, data or other information involving the private,
personal, business or familial activities of another person, business
or entity, or that otherwise intrudes upon the privacy, solitude or
seclusion of another person, business or entity, regardless of whether
a physical trespass onto real property owned, leased or otherwise
lawfully occupied by such other person, business or other entity,
or into the airspace above real property owned, leased or otherwise
lawfully occupied by such other person, business or other entity,
occurs in connection with such surveillance.
TOWN AIRSPACE
The airspace above the land, water and waterways within the
jurisdiction of the Town.
TOY AIRCRAFT
(1)
A glider or handtossed small unmanned aircraft that is not designed
for and is incapable of sustained flight; or
(2)
A small unmanned aircraft that is capable of sustained flight
and is controlled by means of a physical attachment, such as a string
or wire.
WEAPON
Any instrument, article or substance that, under the circumstances
in which it is used, attempted to be used or threatened to be used,
is readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury.