A. "Motion picture, television, still photography" means and includes all activity attendant to staging or shooting commercial motion pictures, television shows or programs, and commercials and student films produced to satisfy a post-secondary school course requirement at an educational institution in any medium including film, tape or digital format.
B. "Charitable films" means commercials, motion pictures, television, videotapes or still photography produced by a nonprofit organization, which qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a charitable organization. No person, directly or indirectly, shall receive a profit from the marketing and production of the film, or from showing the films, tapes or photos.
C. "News media" means the photography, filming or digital visual recording for the purpose of spontaneous unplanned television news broadcast by reporters, photographers or camerapersons. (Ord. 2693 (part), 1990).
D. "Studio" shall mean a fixed place of business in conformance with all applicable zoning/building/fire code requirements where filming activities (motion or still photography) are regularly conducted upon the premises.
(Ord. 3233 (part), 2016).