Brooklyn Park, MN Drone Rules: Park Drone Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- Drone launch/landing on city property needs a permit
- Grouped with
- Aircraft, hot air balloons, parachutes, hang gliders
- Exempt
- Emergency aircraft only
- Penalty
- Up to 90 days / $1,000 fine (§10.99)
- Enforcement power
- Seizure of the drone under §95.08(B)
Summary
Launching or landing a drone on Brooklyn Park city property, including any city park, requires a city permit under § 95.04(E), which groups drones with aircraft, hot air balloons, parachutes and hang gliders. Only emergency aircraft are exempt.
(E) Aviation. It shall be unlawful, except for emergency aircraft, to use city property for a starting or landing field for aircraft, hot air balloons, parachutes, hang gliders, drones or other flying apparatus without a city permit.
Full Breakdown
" The provision sits in the chapter governing general parkland operation and applies to city property broadly, which includes every city park, athletic complex, and other municipal land covered by chapter 95. Because the rule is framed around using land as a "starting or landing field," it reaches anyone launching or landing a drone from park property, whether for recreation, photography, surveying, or any other purpose; the ordinance doesn't distinguish by why the flight is happening, only by where the drone takes off or lands.
04(A)(2): a drone operator shooting video for a paying client in a park may need both the aviation permit and the commercial-camera permit, unless the flight qualifies as news coverage or media journalism, which is exempt from the camera rule but not expressly exempt from the aviation rule. 04(E) itself. 08, which authorizes citations, ejection from the park, and, for police officers, arrest and seizure of the equipment used in the violation.
Violations & Fines
Launching or landing a drone on Brooklyn Park city property without a permit is a misdemeanor under the general penalty in § 10.99: up to 90 days in jail and/or a $1,000 fine, plus prosecution costs. Under § 95.08, officers may seize the drone as an article used in violation of chapter 95, issue a citation, or eject the operator from the park.
Frequently Asked Questions
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