Marin County Bar Association

February 2, 2019

"Amazon, Alphabet, FedEx, UPS, 7-Eleven—all are developing a system of drones to deliver packages. These drone delivery companies (referred to as “operators”) believe drone delivery can significantly reduce their shipping costs and increase the speed of their deliveries. In July 2016, 7-Eleven completed the first retail drone delivery in the United States. In December 2016, Amazon Prime Air, the Amazon drone delivery service, completed its first delivery in England. Now, Amazon is planning airborne warehouses.

Federal regulations, private property rights, state property laws, and local ordinances are a few of the hurdles these operators will have to overcome before they can provide a drone delivery service. At the federal level, drone travel at high altitude is currently restricted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). At the state level, travel at low altitude over private property requires agreements from a patchwork of property owners."

https://marinbar.org/news/article/?type=news&id=407