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the Federal Aviation Administration to operate small unmanned aircrafts in any city airspace, pursuant to Sections 331, 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 or certificate of waiver, certificate of authorization, or airworthiness certificate under §44704 of Title 49 of the United States Code, or other Federal Aviation Administration grant of authority for a specific flight operation or operations from conducting such operations in accordance with the authority granted by the Federal Aviation Administration. b) This section shall not prohibit the use of an UAS by any law enforcement or fire rescue agency for lawful purposes and operated in a lawful manner. c) The prohibitions contained in this section shall not apply to any UAS operated by or on behalf of the City of South Bend for purposes of monitoring or documenting a Special Event. Section 14.159—Penalties a) Anyone violating any of the provisions of this Article maybe subject to the following penalties: 1) Warning notice: Issuance of a warning notice to a first-time violator stating that he or she is in violation and that failure to comply may result in impoundment of his or her UAS and a citation being issued for the violation. 2) Citations. For a second or subsequent violation of this Article, a citation shall be issued to the violator imposing a fine of up to and including two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), as well as the UAS being impounded. 3) The City shall maintain records of all UAS impounded by date, time, name and address of violator, the Code section violated, and a brief description of the item impounded. All such items impounded shall be tagged for proper identification purposes. 4) The impounded UAS shall be given to the violator upon request and receipt of payment for all outstanding citations issued. 5) Each subsequent violation shall be considered a separate offense for which a citation may be issued.