§ 5-32.02. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

(a)

"Motion picture, television, still photography" shall mean and include all activity attendant to staging or shooting commercial motion pictures, television shows or programs, commercials, web productions, and student films produced to satisfy a post-secondary school course requirement at an educational institution in any medium including film, tape, or digital format.

(b)

"Charitable films" shall mean commercials, motion pictures, television, videotapes, digital recording, or still photography produced by a nonprofit organization, which qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a charitable organization. No person, directly or indirectly, shall receive a profit from the marketing and production of the film or from showing the films, tapes, or photos.

(c)

"News media" shall mean the photographing, filming, or videotaping for the purpose of spontaneous, unplanned television news broadcast or reporting for print media by reporters, photographers, or camerapersons.

(d)

"Studio" shall mean a fixed place of business certified as such by local land use authority having jurisdiction where filming activities "motion picture or still photography" are regularly conducted upon the premises.

(§ 2 (Exh. A), Ord. No. 1198, eff. October 11, 2012)