{"id":1890,"date":"2016-05-17T01:33:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T05:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2016-05-17T01:33:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T05:33:47","slug":"lavallette-holds-off-on-drone-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/05\/lavallette-holds-off-on-drone-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavallette Holds Off on Drone Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A drone being used on a beach. (Credit: Bay Post\/Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lavallette officials\u00a0decided this week to take some extra time to digest a proposed ordinance to regulate or ban the use of drones in the borough, and wait to see how\u00a0a neighboring town proceeds.<\/p>\n

Drone regulations were proposed earlier this year, and over the past two weeks, members of the borough council have been able to read a sample ordinance written by Borough Attorney Eric Bernstein. Having seen the text of the ordinance, some of the town\u2019s\u00a0elected officials indicated they would like to see a less restrictive ordinance that the one proposed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid this is going to be another ordinance where we pass this and then have a lack of enforcement issue,\u201d said Councilman James Borowski. \u201cI\u2019m not sure if there is this overwhelming invasion of drones in Lavallette. I, personally, haven\u2019t seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed ordinance, Borowski said, would allow drones to be operated within Lavallette only on private property not larger than a 50\u00d7100 space. That space, he said, would likely be too small to use a drone, and residents should have the opportunity to fly them at the beach or the baseball field when they are\u00a0not crowded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe allow people to fly kites, people have radio operated helicopter and planes,\u201d said Borowski. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to do the ordinance, there has to be a provision to allow it when there\u2019s nobody at the ball field or at the bayfront. This is a recreation community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to limit \u2018when\u2019 rather than \u2018if,'\u201d said Councilwoman\u00a0Joanne Filippone, suggesting the allowance of drones during off-hours when facilities are not crowded. \u201cYou can set some standards so people will have to be careful, so people can\u2019t use them in an abusive manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lavallette officials also heard about an impending effort to regulate drones in Seaside Heights following a Shorebeat article published two weeks ago, and said they would like to wait and see what the neighboring community includes in its ordinance.<\/p>\n

When it was first discussed, Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz said he expected\u00a0an ordinance may be ready for introduction at this Wednesday\u2019s council meeting. Seaside Heights officials were considering regulations requiring drones to be insured and registered, with owners needing a permit to fly them. A certain number of permits would be allowed on a given day.<\/p>\n

In the mean time, Lavallette police officers do have a way to regulate drones if they are being used in an inappropriate manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe department has the right, within reason, to deal with what they call public nuisance issues,\u201d Bernstein said.<\/p>\n

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