Forsyth County, GA Drone Rules: Park Drone Restrictions (2026)

Chapter 54, Article II of the Forsyth County Code governs "Hours, Vehicles, Mobility, Drones, and Parking" inside every county park and recreation facility, from Fowler Park to Sawnee Mountain Preserve. Section 54-9 singles out drones for three specific bans: flying one to hunt or fish, using one to interfere with or harass a person or animal, and using one to invade an individual's privacy while they are in the park. The ordinance does not ban recreational drone flying outright inside parks; it targets the harassment, hunting and privacy misuse, and then expressly folds in federal law, stating that operation of drones is "otherwise subject to all federal regulations," meaning FAA Part 107 and recreational-flyer rules still control airspace, registration and altitude regardless of what the county adds.

§ 36-1-20, the state statute capping county ordinance penalties. Park rangers and Forsyth County Sheriff's deputies patrol under section 54-4's protection against interference with park officials, so a drone operator who ignores a ranger's order to land or leave a restricted flying area can face a separate citation for that as well. Because the rule sits inside the parks chapter rather than a general aviation ordinance, it only reaches conduct on county park property; it says nothing about flying a drone over private land or public roads elsewhere in the unincorporated county.