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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Has the meaning provided in 18 USC section 2339D which is:

Critical infrastructure means systems and assets vital to national defense, national security, economic security, public health or safety including both regional and national infrastructure. Critical infrastructure may be publicly or privately owned; examples of critical infrastructure include gas and oil production, storage, or delivery systems, water supply systems, telecommunications networks, electrical power generation or delivery systems, financing and banking systems, emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue services), and transportation systems and services (including highways, mass transit, airlines, and airports).

DEADLY WEAPON: Has the meaning provided in section 6-3-5 of this Code.

FAA: The Federal Aviation Administration.

FIREARM: Has the meaning provided in section 6-3-5 of this Code.

OPERATE: To pilot, steer, direct, fly, or manage a UAS through the air whether remotely or otherwise. The term "operate" includes managing or initiating a computer system that pilots, steers, directs, flies, or manages a UAS.

SURVEILLANCE: The gathering, without permission and in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, of visual images, physical impressions, sound recordings, data, or other information involving the private, personal, business, or familial activities of another person, business, or entity, or that otherwise intrudes upon the privacy, solitude, or seclusion of another person, business, or entity, regardless of whether a physical trespass onto real property owned, leased, or otherwise lawfully occupied by such other person, business, or entity, or into the airspace above real property owned, leased, or otherwise lawfully occupied by such other person, business, or entity, occurs in connection with such surveillance.

UAS: An aircraft, powered aerial vehicle, or other device without a human pilot aboard, the flight of which is controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a pilot operator on the ground or in another vehicle or aircraft, and all associated equipment and apparatus. (Ord. 33, Series 2017)