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Local Law No. 4 - 2020
This local law shall be known as the “Prohibition on Flying Drones near the Winged Golf Club in
May and June of 2020” Law.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck
Section 1 – Purpose:
In June 2020, the Winged Foot Golf Club will host the 2020 US Open golf championship. The Town
Board finds that for security reasons, remotely controlled flying aircraft should not be allowed to
fly within two miles of the Club grounds during the months of May and June of 2020. However,
there are enterprises, such as television networks, that will or have contracted with the Winged Foot
Golf Club and/or the United States Golf Association that will fly drones in connection with their
performance under such contracts.
Section 2 – Addition of a new section to the Mamaroneck Code:
Chapter 122 of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck hereby is amended to add the following
section:
§122-8 Remotely Controlled Aircraft Prohibited within Certain Air Space during May and June
2020.
A. During the months of May and June 2020, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate an
unmanned aircraft, or cause an unmanned aircraft to take off, land or fly within two miles of the
perimeter of the property owned by the Winged Foot Holding Corp. or the Winged Foot Golf Club,
Inc. and designated on the Tax Assessment Map of the Town of Mamaroneck as Section/Blocks/Lots:
3-40-204.1,
3-44-99,
3-45-1.4,
3-45-1.5,
3-45-1.7,
3-46-1.1,
3-46-1.2,
3-47-1../1,
3-47-1 .. /2 and
3-47-1.2.
For the purpose of this section, the term “unmanned aircraft” means a device, commonly referred
to as a ‘drone’, that is designed to navigate in the air without a pilot onboard, or an aircraft that is
operated without intervention by a human within the aircraft.
B. This section shall not apply to those enterprises with whom either the Winged Foot Golf
Club or the United States Golf Association will or have contracted to perform services in connection
with the 2020 US Open golf championship and whose names appear on a certification given to the
Town by either the Winged Foot Golf Club or the United States Golf Association that is received by
the Town Administrator on or before April 30, 2020.
Section 3 – Severability:
Should any provision of this Local Law be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such declaration of unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
other provisions of this Local Law, which may be implemented without the invalid or
unconstitutional provisions.
Section 4 – Effective Date:
This Local Law shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State.
AS PASSED ON MARCH 04, 2020