Last Thursday, April 27, lawmakers in the Florida House voted unanimously to pass SB 1068, designed to ease the way for drone delivery in Florida.

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SB1068 is an addendum to Florida’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act, and is designed to preempt local regulations regarding the development of drone delivery ports, infrastructure critical to operating drone delivery services at scale.  Drone delivery ports such as those proposed by Walmart for their residential delivery services are not large structures, but a lack of definition, standards, and understanding about drone delivery infrastructure can lead to lengthy approval processes in some communities.

The new bill defines a drone port (under 1500 square feet, built in a non-residential area, and constructed in accordance with Florida state building codes) and exempts drone ports from compliance with certain fire codes (which don’t reasonably apply to drone port structures.)  In addition, the…

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Source: dronelife.com