Sec. 123.205. - Permit required; suspension and/or revocation; violation.

(a) No person shall film or take photos or do any other type of motion photography for any commercial purpose within a State or local publicly owned or controlled site, facility, or right-of-way within the City of Jacksonville without first obtaining a permit. (b) Exceptions. Nothing in this Section shall require any permit from: (i) Any individuals filming, taking photos, or videotaping only for their own personal or family use. (ii) Employees of print or electronic news media when filming breaking news events as previously defined. (iii) Any student of a secondary school or college or university when filming, taking photos, or videotaping for educational purposes while using a hand-held camera, one camera on one tripod (with the exception of such use on public transit and public transit platforms), hand-held props and/or hand-held equipment with a cast, crew, and personnel of three or fewer people who are: (1) Not asserting exclusive use of City owned or controlled property; (2) Not using prop weapons, fire, pyrotechnics, animals, prop vehicles, stunts, or actors in police, fire, or other emergency personnel uniform; (3) Not requesting parking privileges for production vehicles; (4) Not fighting, whether real or simulated; (5) Not using or projecting noise with profane, vulgar, or indecent language or other language in public that is likely to incite violence or panic; (6) Not creating noise which is frequent, habitual, or long, and plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from the area where the individual is located; (7) Not filming or taking photos at State or local publicly owned or controlled property subject to contract by a private party; (8) Not simulating the use or sale of drugs; and, (9) Not otherwise requesting an exemption from the City's rules and regulations or engaging in conduct that would require an exemption from the City's rules and regulations. (c) No person shall advertise, engage in, participate in, and/or start any motion photography production unless a production permit shall first have been obtained from and signed by the Executive Director, or designee. Violation of this Section shall be punishable as a class "D" offense as defined in Section 632.101 . (d) Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the production permit once issued shall be grounds for immediate suspension of the production until such time as the noncompliance is remedied. The suspension shall be initially communicated orally, followed by a written suspension order. Continued failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the production permit may result in revocation of the permit. Continuation of the production in violation of the suspension and/or revocation shall be punishable as a class "D" offense as defined in Section 632.101 . (Ord. 97-881-E, § 1; Ord. 2021-439-E , § 1)