(A) 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 in 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 Board of Zoning Adjustment. Any person interested in filming shall complete in full a film permit application and provide to the city the information requested therein.
(B) The following uses are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
(1) The filming or video taping of motion pictures solely for private or family use;
(2) The filming or video taping of motion pictures for use in a criminal investigation, civil proceeding and emergencies such as fires, floods and police actions;
(3) The filming or video taping of motion pictures for news purposes (but not magazine or documentary programs) to be viewed within 24 hours;
(4) Education, government and public access and local origination programs for cable television systems franchised within the city;
(5) Any other activity not covered by this chapter but within the public interest as determined by the Community Development Director.
(`78 Code, § 17.97.020.) (Ord. 2110 § 2 (part), 1992.)