5.35.020 Permit—Required—Exceptions.
A. No person shall use any public property or facility for the purpose of taking commercial motion pictures in violation of this chapter or without a valid permit therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. No person shall use or discharge pyrotechnic devices or special effects on private property for use in commercial motion pictures or television pictures, in violation of this chapter or without a valid permit therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
C. The permit requirement set forth in subsection A of this Section shall not apply to:
1. News media (e.g., reporters, photographers and cameramen in the employ of a newspaper, news service, or similar entity) engaged in on-the-spot broadcasting of news events concerning those persons, scenes or occurrences which are in the news and of general public interest;
2. The filming or video taping of motion pictures solely for private-family use;
3. Projects produced by a nonprofit organization qualified as charitable under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (Ord. 3815 § 1, 1998)