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December 8, 2015 

# Glen Oaks 

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US Dept ofTransportation, Docket Operations West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 1200 NewJersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 

### Petition for Title 14CFR 11.63 Section 333 Exemption Overview: Glen Oaks Village residential housing cooperative is seeking aTitle 14CFR 11.63 Section 333 Exemption . Glen Oaks Village is a residential housing co-op of

### 3,000 families located in eastern Queens, NYC. It comprises 134 2-story buildings. We plan on using the drone for exterior building maintenance. Please send all correspondence to both addresses below. Robert Friedrich President, Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc. 70-33 260 Street Glen Oaks, NY 11004. Office Tel 718-347-2337 Robert Friedrich (home) : 26452 Langston Avenue Glen Oaks, NY 11004 Tel 718-343-4273 Cell917-604-4273 email: bobinny@aol.com

Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc. 70-33 260 Street, Glen Oaks NY 11004 718-347-2337

# Glen Oaks Village

# JfNl A SELF ·MANAGED COOPERATIVE 1. Petitioning forTitle 14CFR 11.63 Section 333 exemption. 2. We are seeking an exemption in orderto allow our senior Maintenance/Management Personnel to utilize a drone for various building inspections. The types of inspection work will be to inspect gutters and leaders for leaves that clog drainage, chimneys condition and rodent infestation, building and garage roofs, missing shingles and damaged roofing infrastructure, areas in need of lighting, landscape inspections, chimney and building pointing, walkways requiring plowing, etc. Currently we must send maintenance workers on ladders to check all 4 sides of our buildings. There is a great deal of exposure to injury. By utilizing Drones, we can minimize such danger. 3. We are seeking relief because the use ofthe drone will be limited to building inspections at heights well below 200' . It is also less costly and allows the co-op to submit the application without having to hire costly consultants. 4. The use of drones in building inspections will be of great benefit to our community in maintaining the 70-year old building infrastructure. It will also minimize costs for the co-op and keep our 54-member maintenance staff, safer. 5. The exemption would not adversely affect safety but will enhance the safety ofour workers and community residents.The flying of a drone will be limited to each of our buildings. This limited use of a drone will negate all danger. A map ofthe community is available upon request. 6. We are Petitioning for Exemption underTitle 14CFR 11.63, Section 333 in orderto facilitate the use of a drone for building, roof and chimney inspections of our residential housing cooperative. Glen Oaks Village comprises 134 2-story garden apartment buildings (see enclosed map of co-op property) . The buildings are 70 years old and the use of a drone by senior Management/Maintenance personnel will help maintain our infrastructure. We think our use may be the first time a residential housing co-op is applying to use a drone to maintain its buildings and minimize the risk of its employees by reducing the amount oftime they will be on a ladder.

t, Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc.

Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc. 70-33 260 Street, Glen Oaks NY 11004 718-347-2337