Amazon submits drone delivery site plan to Westborough Planning Board
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Amazon filed a site plan with the Westborough Planning Board for a Prime Air Drone Delivery Center at its Otis Street facility, proposing to remove parking spaces, paint large colored circles for a drone landing zone and erect a six‑foot fence, while the FAA has already allowed Amazon to launch up to 1,000 drones per day though the company does not expect to reach that number initially.
Westborough Planning Board member John Gelcich said the board will review the site design rather than the drones themselves and may need to approve the plan if it is deemed safe, while Select Board members expressed a desire to stop aerial deliveries, with member Patrick Welch noting that drone noise could exceed limits in the bylaws and requesting the Zoning Board of Appeals to decide if drones are "aircraft"; Amazon counters that its drones are as quiet as an electric toothbrush at arm’s length, below the threshold.