Breckenridge Town Council is poised to act where the Colorado Legislature has not, as council prepares to consider an ordinance Tuesday that would regulate unmanned aerial drones.
Passage of an ordinance clearly spelling out what drone operators, commercial or recreational, may and may not do in Breckenridge.
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the lead in trying to get a handle on the booming drone business, issuing regulations for operators flying the machines both as a hobby and to make a buck.
Other cities and states also have passed laws regulating drones, and all state and municipal drone laws must run parallel with current FAA’s guidelines, but Colorado has not yet taken up the issue.
interfering with efforts to fight the prompted Breckenridge to look at drone regulations. Earlier this summer a forced firefighters to cancel air support and dump fire-fighting materials near Durango.
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