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Local Law No. 8 - 2020
This local law shall be known as the “Prohibition on Flying Drones near the Winged Foot Golf
Club for ten days during September of 2020” Law.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck
Section 1 – Purpose:
Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winged Foot Golf Club was to host
the 2020 US Open golf championship in June of 2020. For security reasons, the Town Board passed
a local law prohibiting remotely controlled flying aircraft from flying within two miles of the Club
grounds prior to and during the tournament with the exception of such aircraft to be flown by
enterprises, such as television networks, that need to fly drones in connection with their
performance under contracts they have with the Winged Foot Golf Club and/or the United States
Golf Association.
Due to the pandemic, the tournament was pushed back to mid-September 2020. This local
law amends the existing law on remotely controlled flying aircraft by moving the dates of the
prohibition to the ten days in September mentioned below.
Section 2 – Amendment of an existing section of the Mamaroneck Code:
Section 122-8 of the Code of the Town of Mamaroneck hereby is repealed and replaced by the
following:
§122-8 Remotely Controlled Aircraft Prohibited within Certain Air Space during ten particular
days in September of 2020.
A. From September 12, 2020 to September, 21 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 September 11, 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.