A. Each application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application and investigation fee payable to the City which amount shall be set by resolution of the City Council; provided, however, that no fee shall be required of applicants filming or video taping for motion picture or television production for charitable purposes, as defined in this Chapter.
B. In the event that weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the control of the permittee require that the date(s) or time(s) of the proposed filming or taping need to be altered, no additional application and investigation fee shall be required because of such alteration of the date(s) or time(s) so long as the City Clerk is given at least one (1) business day notice of the alternation; but an additional fee will be charged if minor changes, additions, deletions and extensions to the original filming permit are requested which are not beyond the control of the permittee. The additional fee shall be set by resolution of the City Council. A minor change, addition, deletion or extension to the original filming permit request must be filed with the Finance Department. Only one (1) such request per permit will be allowed.
C. If the City Manager determines that any potential danger to the public’s health, safety or general welfare, or property would be eliminated by the presence of police or fire protection at the site of the filming or video taping for motion picture or television production, the City Manager may grant the film permit upon condition that the permittee pay in advance to the City the costs of such police or fire protection as may be required.
D. For filming permits which necessitate the City to provide services to the permittee in addition to police or fire protection, service charges shall be imposed. Such charges will be determined by the applicable servicing City department(s) and shall be based on the actual cost incurred by the City in providing such services. Such service charges shall include, but shall not be limited to, charges for labor, supervision, overhead, administration and the use of any and all City equipment, supplies, etc. Additional charges may be imposed to cover the cost of extraordinary film permit investigation and/or staff costs, if the City Manager feels this is necessary.