(A) Low impact vs. high impact filming activities in residential areas. Filming in residential areas is defined as either low impact or high impact.
(1) LOW IMPACT FILM ACTIVITIES are defined as those which:
(a) Have a minimal impact on the activities of the neighborhood;
(b) Take place between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday including the arrival, set up, take down and departure of base camps, equipment and vehicles; and
(c) Have a minimal impact on traffic and pedestrian flow and parking.
(2) HIGH IMPACT FILMING ACTIVITIES are defined as those which involve extenuating circumstances including, but not limited to, extended hours, displacement of more than 25% of on-street parking in neighborhoods where on-street parking is customary and essential to residents, use of explosives, pyrotechnics, fire, smoke-making machines or similar special effects, extensive set dressing, extensive nighttime lighting, loud noises, gunshots, street closures, and larger than average base camps and/or base camps with larger than average trucks parked on public streets.
(B) Low impact vs. high impact filming activities in commercial areas outside of downtown business district. Filming in commercial areas outside of the downtown business district is defined as either low impact or high impact.
(1) LOW IMPACT FILM ACTIVITIES are defined as those which:
(a) Have a minimal impact on the activities of the area; and
(b) Have a minimal impact on traffic and pedestrian flow and parking.
(2) HIGH IMPACT FILMING ACTIVITIES are defined as those which involve extenuating circumstances including, but not limited to, displacement of more than 25% of on-street parking in areas where on-street parking is customary and essential to businesses, use of explosives, pyrotechnics, fire, smoke making machines or similar special effects, extensive set dressing, loud noises, gunshots, street closures and larger than average base camps and/or base camps with larger than average trucks parked on public streets.
(C) Low impact vs. high impact filming activities in downtown business district. The DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT is defined as the area bounded by Government Street to the west, Pine Street to the north, Water Street to the south and Flint Street to the east. Filming in the downtown business district may be defined as either low impact or high impact.
(1) LOW IMPACT FILM ACTIVITIES are defined as those which:
(a) Have a minimal impact on the activities of the area;
(b) Take place outside of regular business hours. Since business hours for restaurants may be different from those of service and retail establishments, this determination will be made on a case-by-case basis;
(c) Take place outside of the peak shopping season from Thanksgiving Day to December 31;
(d) Have a minimal impact on parking, vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow and maintain public access to businesses that are open and allow for normal flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic;
(e) Utilize no more than two on-street parking spaces in any linear block containing businesses or residents dependent upon on-street parking;
(f) Utilize no on-street parking where there are no marked on-street parking spaces;
(g) Utilize no more than 25% of the available sidewalk for filming-related activity and provide a clear path around or through such activity; and
(h) Produce minimal noise between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(2) HIGH IMPACT FILMING ACTIVITIES may be defined as those which involve extenuating circumstances including, but not limited to, those which take place during business hours, disrupt traffic flow or parking, occur during the peak shopping season, involve the use of explosives, pyrotechnics, fire, smoke-making machines or similar special effects, extensive set dressing, extensive nighttime lighting, loud noises, gunshots, street closures, and larger than average base camps and/or base camps with larger than average trucks parked on public streets.
(D) The low vs. high impact determination will be made by the city on a case-by-case basis.
(Ord. –, passed 1-9-2014)