(A) No person shall use any public right-of-way, or any public or private property or facility for the purpose of producing, broadcasting, taking or making any commercial motion picture, television, radio or photographic unless he or she shall have first made application for and obtained, as prescribed in this subchapter, a permit for each instance.
(B) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) Current news productions, which includes reporters, photographers or camera persons in the employment of a newspaper, news service, broadcasting station or similar entity engaged in this broadcasting of news events;
(2) Productions which are conducted by the city’s public, education and government access organizations or by or at the direction of the city;
(3) Productions which are conducted within legally established commercial motion picture/ television/radio/photography studios;
(4) Video or multimedia broadcast or transmission of a live performance within a live entertainment venue on large screen monitors; or
(5) Private events filmed or photographed for non-commercial purposes, such as private parties or weddings.
(Prior Code, § 8.2-2) (Ord. 1321, passed 2-8-2010) Penalty, see § 10.999