WHEREAS, the rapid implementation of drone technology throughout the
United States poses a serious threat to the privacy and constitutional
rights of the American people, including the residents of
Charlottesville; and

WHEREAS, the federal government and the Commonwealth of Virginia have
thus far failed to provide reasonable legal restrictions on the use of
drones within the United States; and

WHEREAS, police departments throughout the country have begun
implementing drone technology absent any guidance or guidelines from
law makers;

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the City Council of
Charlottesville, Virginia, endorses the proposal for a two year
moratorium on drones in the state of Virginia; and calls on the United
States Congress and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Virginia to adopt legislation prohibiting information obtained from
the domestic use of drones from being introduced into a Federal or
State court, and precluding the domestic use of drones equipped with
anti-personnel devices, meaning any projectile, chemical, electrical,
directed-energy (visible or invisible), or other device designed to
harm, incapacitate, or otherwise negatively impact a human being; and
pledges to abstain from similar uses with city-owned, leased, or
borrowed drones.