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PART I: MUNICIPAL CODE
PART II: DEVELOPMENT CODE
PARALLEL REFERENCES
CHAPTER 5.224: MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Section
   5.224.010   Purpose
   5.224.020   Definitions
   5.224.030   Permit required
   5.224.040   Exemptions
   5.224.050   Application form
   5.224.060   Time for filing applications
   5.224.070   Fees
   5.224.080   Determination by City Manager
   5.224.090   Appeal to City Council
   5.224.100   Public facilities
   5.224.110   Clean up
   5.224.120   Traffic control
   5.224.130   Special restrictions
   5.224.140   Insurance and indemnity
   5.224.150   Suspension
   5.224.160   Revocation
   5.224.170   Violation as a nuisance
§ 5.224.010 PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this chapter is to provide rules and regulations governing the issuance of permits for filming, video taping or any related activity on location within the city, to assure that such activity is consistent with considerations of the public health, safety, and general welfare and the protection of property. The requirements provided in this chapter shall be separate and in addition to those provisions of this code regarding business regulation and licensing. Any and all fees provided in this chapter are intended to cover the cost of investigation and processing permits for filming, as specified herein, and shall be in addition to all other applicable licenses and/or permits provided in this code.
('61 Code, § 13C.1) (Ord. 839, passed - - )
§ 5.224.020 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Filming or video taping for a motion picture or television production conducted by an organization in which no individual either directly or indirectly receives a profit from the production, marketing or showing of the films or tapes.
   CITY. The city of Brea, a municipal corporation formed and operating pursuant to the laws of the state.
   CITY CLERK. The City Clerk of the city.
   CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the city.
   CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of the city, or his or her designee.
   FILM OR FILMING. Feature motion pictures, video tapes, television, motion pictures, and commercials.
   NEWS PURPOSES. Filming or video taping for television news broadcasting by reporters, photographers or camera persons in the employ of a newspaper, news service, or similar entity, of new events concerning those persons, scenes, or occurrences which are in the news and of general public interest. The filming or video taping of such shall be for regularly scheduled news programs (but not magazine or documentary programs) and special news programs which are not preplanned and are broadcast within twenty-four (24) hours after the event.
   PERMITTEE. Any person, firm, corporation, or group or combination acting as a unit to whom or which a film permit is granted by the city under the provisions of this chapter.
   PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, association, or group or combination acting as a unit.
   PRODUCTION. The activity of making a film for commercial or noncommercial purposes on property owned by the city or on private property within the jurisdiction of the city.
('61 Code, § 13C.2) (Ord. 839, passed - - )
§ 5.224.030 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business or activity of filming, video taping or producing motion pictures on motion picture film or electronic video tape for public exhibition as motion pictures or for television, at any place within the city, other than at or in an established motion picture or television studio or entirely within an enclosed structure or building, with no outside storage of filming equipment, without a film permit from the City Clerk. Any person interested in filming within the city shall complete in full a film permit application as stated in this chapter and provide to city all the information requested in § 5.224.050.
('61 Code, § 13C.3) (Ord. 839, passed - - )
§ 5.224.040 EXEMPTIONS.
   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
   A.   The filming or video taping of motion pictures solely for private or family use;
   B.   The filming or video taping of motion pictures for use in a criminal investigation, civil proceeding, and emergencies such as fires, floods, police actions, and the like;
   C.   The filming or video taping of motion pictures for news purposes (but not magazine or documentary programs);
   D.   Education, government, and public access and local origination programs for cable television systems franchised within the city;
   E.   The filming or video taping of motion pictures by the city itself (e.g. video taping of sewer lines and media-services programming); and
   F.   Any other activity as deemed in the public interest by the City Manager.
('61 Code, § 13C.4) (Ord. 839, passed - - )
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