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Ordinance 89-956ORDINANCE NO. 956 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LONG WOOD, FLORIDA, PTER 24T0 BMOTIONPT PHOTOGAAPHY B C RUCTION EPERMITSE' PROVIDING A SHORT TITLEPRO NGPURPOSES, PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, PROVIDING FOR A FILM COMMISSIONER TO RECRIv AND PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS, PROVIDING FDA PERMIT APPLICATIONS, PROVIDING FOR OTHERY CODE REQUIREMENTS, EPROVIDING FFOR RECOHOW VERY COSTS FOR SERVICES R EXTRAORDINARY PROVIDED BY THE CITY, AND PROVIDING AN FFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Motion Picture and Television Industry, including the making of commercials, contributed over 5200 million, statewide, to the Florida economy in —9 ; and WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Commerce recognises a turnover ratio of 3.57 on such expenditures thereby producing a quadrupling economic impact; and WHEREAS, the Motion Pictu_e and Television Industry is an environmentally desirable industry for Longwood and Central Florida without requiring community investment I— infrastructure improvements; and WHEREAS, the climate, diversity of locations, and local talent (both behind the camera and in front) lend themselves to film and television production in the Central Ploriaa area, and WHEREAS, the creation of a central coordination agency with s —d-d permit format aid in the community development of film; NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Longwood, Florida, as follows: SECTION I. The Code of the City of Longwood be, and the same is hereby, amended by the adoption of new Chapter 24 entitled Motion Photography Production Permits to read as follows: CHAPTER 24 SECTION 24.01. Short Title. This Chapter may be known and cited as the Longwood Motion Photography Production Peimit Ozdina — SECTION 24.02. Purposes. The purposes of this Chapter are to establish a standard permitting process for motion photography production endeavors on public property owned os controlled by or under the jurisdiction of the City of Longwood, to provide a means whereby acts otherwise prohibited by this Code may be allowed during such productions, and to provide foe an exemption from other City Code permit regviremen is yn recognition of the economic impact of the motion picture and televf Sion industry. .SECTION 24.03. Definitions. CITY EQUIPMENT IF any tangible property, other than real property, purchased by public funds and utilized in the normal course and scope of providing governmental CITY lL F any public street, yd walk, place o build ingwned ocontrolled by under the jurisdictionof the City Longwood to include, but nIt be limited to, City parks, cemetery es and recreation facilities. M COMMISSIONER is the Oirectos of the Motion picture and Television Division of the Industrial Pevelopment MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY is the c ial taking o making of picture, tel ev is ionc videotape film production utilizing City equipment or utilizing City permit 0a11 be required fox, uch productions private property n tudio involving the e of t other temporaryss volvingctthe eofs pyrotechnics, expl osivestur It" ex endiasy devices. This shall not include the shooting of film a tudios c ted for such purpose where ity equipment o ity tfac i li tI- a involved and shall not rnclude Cany news, news feature, oc the permit required by this Chapter 4.04. Film Commissioner. Film Commissioner is hereby autho x the City of Longwood in the rec ey Dns for production permits. Afte approval by the City Ad min.istrator or his designee, the Brim Commissioner shall issue the permit. with regard to motion photography production, no other City permits shall be required. SECTION 24.05. Permit required; suspension and/or revocation, violation. 1. No person shall advertise, engage in, participate rn, and/or start any motron photography production unless a production permit shall first have been obtained from the Film Commissioner. Violation o£ this section shall be punishable pursuant to General law. 2. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the. production permit once issued shall be grounds for immediate suspension. The suspension shall be in.it Tally <ommunica tad orally, f, llowed by a written suspension order. Continued failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the production perm.i.t may result in revocation of the permit. Revocation or suspension procedure may be carried out by either the Film Commissioner or the City Administrator. Continuation of the production rn violation of the suspension and/or revocation shall be punishable as provided by General law. SECTION 24.06. Application £or permit. 1. Any person seeking the issuance of a production permit shall file an application with, and on forms provided by the Film Commissioner. Said application shall be filed not more than one hundred eighty (180) days before, and not less than five 15) working days before the commencement of production. The application shall be signed, under oath, by an au thorizetl representative of the applicant. 2. The application shall contain the following information: a. Locationls) of the production. b. Duration and type of production. c. Proof o£ general liability insurance coverage in the amount of at. least one million (Sl,000,000.00) dollars with the City named as an additional insured. C. Special effects to be utilized, especially incendiary or explosive devices, with proof of five million ($5,000,000.Oo) dollars liability insurance therefore. In addition, the application shall list the pereon in charge Ipyi0technicia n7 of such special effects together with his qualifications and licensor, by the applicable federal and/Cr state agencies. e. Proposed utilization of City equipment. £. Necessity for closures 0_ public streets or sidewalks and for what duration, approval If which is subject to the public safety and welfare needs of the City. g. A written summary or explanation of the portion of the production to be shot within the City of Longwood. h. Number and type of vehicles and/or equipment and number of personnel to be on location with the production. r. An agreement to pay for extraordinary services provided by the City of Longwood. j. Certificate signed under oath that all private property owners and tenants have been notified o£ the filing and arrangements made to cause the least disruption fox that as possible. SECTION 24.07. Exemption from other City Code xequiiements. 1. Once a production permit. has been 1...ued, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this code to the contrary, no other City permits shall be required for any of the activities forming a part of the production. 2. The provisions of the Code and the Longwood Land D.1—p—lb C— ih—f— as l­­ —It are ­hj­ I, prohibited, may In. suspended by the City Administrator in Connection with the conduct If I production pursuant to this Chapter. Th. City A—hi-11tol —11 not —­—Io the public 11—Y by . —Ipl.li— of If some 11 111 If I motion photography p1ld—tinn is to —, place on public It private property not It o studio and the T--ti.. involves the erection of temporary It'll-1.1 It —P-I'y modification of an existing onto the property, the applicant to, the plld.Itilh permit —11 b. —q—tod to I.It— the ­Ph,ty to in. O 24.08. Co— — b-11oldi—ly The City —11 I.b.— direct b—I for —t—oldl—ly —11 include, but not no limited to, th—glb to, personnel and/or equipment 11—it— in —pp— of the production which are outside the —b— scope If q-t—oh— servrces. Based upon the i—l—till, Illtlilbd in the permit ­Iillti— an —t—to of these costs will be provided to the applicant Clio, to i-- If the -.it. The City may P—PIy.ont of all or I portion 11 estimated t, ,ill to the 11 the permit. It the lln—bib. of the .—.1 costs below 11 in b—II If the es trmat es will be olf.hdld by the City ., paid by the applicant, respectively. The lit, is under 11 .111,1till to provide Ill, 11 and "Ill 11 provided only if the City Administrator approves. SECTION 24.09. —1 prohibited; penalty.