§ 15-5. Application for permit.  


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  • (a)

    Any person seeking the issuance of a production permit shall file an application with, and on forms provided by, the county. Said application shall be filed not more than one hundred eighty (180) days before, and not less than five (5) working days before the commencement of production. The application shall be signed by an authorized representative of the applicant.

    (b)

    The application shall contain the following information:

    (1)

    Locations(s) of the production.

    (2)

    Duration and type of the production.

    (3)

    Proof of general liability insurance coverage in the amount of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) with the county named as an additional insured.

    (4)

    Special effects to be utilized, including, but not limited to, incendiary or explosive devices, with proof of five million dollars ($5,000,00.00) liability insurance therefor. In addition, the application shall list the person in charge (pyrotechnician or other person) of such special effects, together with his qualifications and licensing by the applicable federal and/or state agencies.

    (5)

    Proposed utilization of county equipment.

    (6)

    Necessity for closures or interruption of public streets, sidewalks or other county facilities and for what duration.

    (7)

    A written summary or explanation of the production.

    (8)

    Number and type of vehicles and/or equipment and number of personnel to be on location with the production.

    (9)

    An agreement to pay for extraordinary services provided by the county.

    (10)

    Certificate to the county administrator and all affected private property owners and tenants have been notified [sic] of the filming and that arrangements have [been] made to cause the least disruption for the property owners and tenants as possible.

    (11)

    Written consent of any private property owners of any property where equipment, cast or crew will enter on said private property.

    (12)

    Certificate that the film shall not be a pornographic film. "Pornographic," for the purposes of this chapter, shall mean a film or tape of activities of one (1) or more of the following:

    a.

    Depiction of human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;

    b.

    Acts of human masturbation, actual sexual intercourse, sodomy, bestiality and in a graphically sexual context masochism, sadism or sadomasochism.

    (13)

    Any additional information that shall be reasonably deemed necessary by the county administrator.

(Ord. No. 90-2, § 5, 1-8-90)