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tfm: Glenda Saul, Executive Director
Dept: Redevelopment Agency
Subject: ORDINANCE - PROVIDING FOR MOTION
PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
PERMITS
Date: JUNE 28, 1985
Synopsis of Previous Commission/Council action:
4-15-85
Approved motion authorizing staff to develop a program for promoting film
production in he City of San Bernardino
Recommended motion:
(MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL)
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING CHAPTER 12.64 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION PERMITS
a) WAIVE FURTHER FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE AND LAY OVER FOR FINAL ADOPTION;
OR
b) WAIVE FURTHER FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE AND REFER TO LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
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Signature
Contact person:
GLENDA SAUL
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount: $
N/A
Phone: 383-5081
Ward: N/A
Project : N/A
Date: JULY 1, 1985
Supporting data attached:
YES
No adverse Impact on City:
.Cil Notes:
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CIA OF SAN BERNARD.to - REQU.I-r FOR COUNCIL ACftON
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STAFF REPORT
On 4-15-83, the Community Development Commission authorized Staff to develop a program
for promoting film production in the City of San Bernardino.
During May, Staff met with various representatives of the Film Industry and the
California Film Commission.
On June 13, a meeting was held among effected city departments. The result of that
meeting is the Ordinance before you.
If the first reading is approved, the second reading will occur at the July 15 regular
meeting. The Ordinance would take effect 30 days after approval of the second reading.
There has been interest expressed by one film company to film in San Bernardino in
September of 1985. This Ordinance would need to be in effect for that to occur.
The Ordinance contains the followina:
.) Requires a permit to film in the City of San Bernardino with the
following exemptions:
1) Filming solely for private or family use
2) Filmina for use in a criminal investigation or civil judicial or
administrative proceedings
3) Filming for news purposes
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The City Administrator shall furnish the application form and
process the permit.
1) Application form and permit must be submitted at least two days
prior to the proposed filming
2) There will be no fee charged for the permit
3) The City Administrator's Office will review each application to
determine if the use will unreasonably interfere with the public
health and safety
4) Liability insurance of not less than $1,000,000 must be provided
5) Property damage insurance of not less than $1,000,000 must be
provided
6) The City Administrator may revoke the permit for noncompliance
(Cont. on Pg. 2 of Staff Report)
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CIA- OF SAN BERNARDlo - REQUaT FOR COUNCIL AC.frON
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(Cont. fro Pg. 1 of Staff Report) STAFF REPORT
7) The City Administrator is the designated officer and shall have
the authority to waive any time limits otherwise applicable under
the Municipal Code to approve temporary street closings, and to
issue other temporary permits as the Mayor and Common Council
could do if time were available for submission to the Mayor and
Common Council
Staff is seeking your consideration of this item on our Supplemental Agenda in order
that the ordinance will be effective August 15th. The Film Industry has expressed a
desire to use San Bernardino in September. The drafting of the Ordinance took
additional time due to already approved vacation schedule of Agency Counsel.
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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING CHAPTER 12.64
TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE POR MOTION
PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION PERMITS.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
4 DO ORDAIN AS POLLOWS:
5 SECTION 1. Chapter 12.64 of the San Bernardino Municipal
6 Code is hereby added to read as follows:
7 .Chapter 12.64
8 MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION PERMITS
9 12.64.010 Purpose.
10 It is the policy of the City of San Bernardino to permit a
1] motion picture and television production industry to utilize the
]2 variety of backdrops afforded within the City of San Bernardino
13 as locations for filming of or video taping for motion picture
. 14 production so long as the use of locations within the City does
15 not unreasonably interfere with the public health and safety or
16 unreasonably endanger any property. It is the purpose of this
17 chapter to provide for rules and regulations governing the issues
18 of permits for filming or video taping on location within the
19 City in order to ensure that motion picture and television
20 production companies wishing to use locations within the City
2] will not be unduly restricted so long as their activities in this
22 regard are not inconsistent with considerations of the public
23 health and safety and the protection of property.
24 12.64.020 Permit required.
25 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be
26 unlawful for any person to engage in the business or activity of
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27 filming, video taping or producing motion pictures on motion
28 picture film or electronic video tape for public exhibition as
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motion pictures or for television, at any place within the City,
other than at or in an established motion picture or television
studio, without a permit from the City Administrator. Any person
violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of an
infraction, which upon conviction thereof, is punishable in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1.12.010, Subsection B
of this Code.
12.64.030 Exemptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply tOI
A. The filming or video taping of motion pictures solely
for private or family use,
B. The filming or taping of motion pictures for use in a
criminal investigation or civil judicial or administrative
proceedings,
C. The filming, video taping or production of motion
pictures for news purposes. -News purposes- under this section
shall mean the filming or video taping for television news
broadcasting by reporters, photographers or cameramen in the
employ of a newspaper, news service, television broadcasting
station, or similar entity, of news events concerning those
persons, scenes or occurrences which are in the news and of
general public interest.
12.64.040 Application form.
The City Administrator shall furnish an application for such
permit. Such application shall request the following
information:
A. Full name of applicant,
B. Business name of applicant (if different),
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C. Business address of applicant,
D. Business telephone of applicant,
E. Location(s) of proposed filming or taping,
F. Date(s) and time(s) of proposed filming or taping,
G. Lists which include the make, type and license number of
all motor vehicles that applicant, its agents or employees will
park on City streets or parking lots during filming,
H. Services of City employees desired or required on
location during filming,
I. Description of scene(s) to be filmed or taped,
J. Name of person in charge on location,
K. Such other information as the City Administrator may
deem necessary or desirable.
12.64.050 Time for filing application.
Application shall be presented to the City Administrator at
least two (2) days in advance of the time that the proposed
filming, taping or production is to commence.
12.64.060 Granting - Denial.
The City Administrator shall approve the application and
issue a permit for such activity unless he or she determines that
the proposed use will unreasonably interfere with the use and
enjoyment of the property by the public, result in damage or
injury to the property, or will unreasonably affect or interfere
with the use of neighboring property by the owners or occupants
thereof. If the application is approved, the City Administrator
shall attach such conditions to the permit as he or she finds are
necessary to assure that the activity will not unreasonably
interfere with the use and enjoyment of neighboring public and
private property.
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12.64.070 Fee.
No fee shall be charged for the issuance of any such permit.
12.64.080 Insurance.
No permit may be issued unless the applicant provides
evidence of insurance in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Such insurance shall include a certificate naming the City as an
additional insured, and shall indemnify and protect the City, its
officers, employees and representatives from liability for uses
as provided for in the permit with limits of not less than one
Million ($1,000,000) Dollars for bodily injuries, including
accidental death, on account of anyone occurrence, and in an
amount of not less than One Million ($1,000,000) Dollars for
property damage on account of anyone occurrence. The provisions
of this subsection may be waived or reduced by the City
Administrator if he finds that the proposed activity involves no
risk or a minimal risk to persons or property so as to warrant a
waiver or reduction or insurance requirements.
12.64.090 Suspension and revocation.
If any person fails to comply with any condition of a
permit, the City Administrator may forthwith suspend or revoke
the permit.
12.64.100 Designated officer.
The City Administrator is designated as the officer to
process each application under the provisions of this chapter.
The City Administrator, or his or her designee, shall coordinate
any matters involving investigation or determination affecting
the granting of a permit, and, after the granting of any permit,
shall coordinate all City officers and services to provide such
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assistance in tbe filming as is reasonable under tbe
circumstances. To effectuate tbe purposes of tbis cbapter, tbe
City Administrator sball have authority to waive any time limits
otberwise applicable under tbe San Bernardino Municipal Code, to
approve temporary street closings, and to issue sucb otber
temporary permits as the Mayor and Common Council could do if
time were available for submission of sucb matters to the Mayor
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and Common Council.
I HEREBY CERTIFY tbat the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of tbe City of San
Bernardino at a
meeting thereof, held on tbe
day of , 1985, by tbe following vote, to
wit:
AYES: Council Members
NAYS:
ABSENT:
CITY CLERK
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Tbe foregoing ordinance is bereby approved this
, 1985.
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Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney
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