Residents of San Antonio’s East Side soon will be able to receive Amazon packages via unmanned drone. San Antonio City Council, in an 8-2 vote last week, approved a zoning change to allow the e-commerce giant to launch its Prime Air Service. As part of the service, 83-pound blue-and-white drones dispatched from the company’s East Side warehouse, 6806 Cal Turner Drive, will be able to deliver packages weighing up to 5 pounds within a 7.5-mile radius. Amazon plans to renovate the warehouse to include drone launch pads and space for charging batteries, drone maintenance and flight monitoring.
