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20.12.180 Remote Control Vehicles, Aircraft and Watercraft.

Label: City code section
  1. A. No person may operate any remote-controlled internal combustion powered vehicle, or any remote-controlled watercraft or unmanned aerial system (UAS), in a park.
  2. B. This section does not apply to:
    1. 1. Permitted work done by, for, or on behalf of the City;
    2. 2. Emergency operations undertaken by a public body;
    3. 3. Emergency landings of a UAS executed in a park in the absence of an equally safe alternative; or
    4. 4. Use in approved areas designated by the City or under a permit issued under Chapter 20.08.
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