Citizen Proposed NMB City Drone ordinances language
Drone Information sites providing info on SC and some SC city ordinances:
https://www.flyusi.org/guides/drone-laws/california AND https://www.flyusi.org/guides/drone-laws/south-carolina
Drone ordinance discussions:
Folly Beach August 2026 considers requiring permits for beach use. (If NMB required permits, NMB could deny permits for convicted sex offenders and child predators to fly over sunbathers on the beach).
Cities can apparently enforce noise ordinances when violated by a drone.
Site on municipal drone ordinances generally. Ordinances tied to permits, privacy, noise, and public property use are defensible from challenges that the FAA preempted the city’s ability to act.
Unclear if this language was finally adopted in Charleston or is the proposed language. From 2015. Raises important points like no flying within 200′ of a structure (like a swimming pool) or a person (like people on the beach). Operator cannot be intoxicated.
Commercial Drone Activity-Amazon
Where does 7.5 m from Amazon warehouse reach to? FAA drone map overlayed on NMB. Amazon claims red is no fly areas
7 Oct 2026 NMB Planning & Zoning drone workshop video Minute marked notes for the 7Oct2026 P&Z workshop video
Westborough residents appeal city’s Zoning Board approval of Amazon drones