[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson
4-17-1995 as L.L. No. 6-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The village has experienced a significant increase in requests to film
in the community. Because filming has the potential to disrupt orderly life
in a small community, the public welfare and safety require that it be appropriately
regulated and that applications for filming be handled in a consistent manner.
A.Â
No commercial, movie, television program, documentary
or similar presentation, or any portion thereof, shall be filmed, videotaped,
recorded or otherwise made on any private property or public property, including
but not limited to streets, sidewalks, parks and buildings, in the Village
of Croton-on-Hudson without first obtaining a permit. A permit shall be required
for the running of cable, the placing or storing of equipment of any kind,
the parking of vehicles used in connection with filming or any other film-related
activity on any public or private property within the village or for any other
use of such property for the purpose of filming.
B.Â
Application for a permit shall be submitted to the Village
Manager on an application form to be provided by the Village Manager.
C.Â
Permit applications must be submitted at least three
days prior to the date the filming is to take place for a one-day shoot and
five days for any shoots of more than one day.
D.Â
Time restrictions.
(1)Â
No applicant shall allow any filming to be conducted
prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
(2)Â
No applicant shall allow equipment used in connection
with such filming, including but not limited to lights, generators and related
equipment, to be set up or operated at the location described in the permit
application prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. If any such equipment used
in connection with filming is to be dismantled, taken down or removed after
the day's shooting, then filming must cease sufficiently in advance of 10:00
p.m. so that all such activities end no later than 10:00 p.m.
E.Â
The Village Manager shall have the authority to approve
or disapprove an application for a permit and to establish such conditions
for filming as deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson. The Village Manager may
also extend the hours of filming on either public or private property if the
filming is to be in an isolated location or, in his judgment, such extension
is consonant with the public health, welfare and safety, subject to any conditions
he deems necessary and appropriate.
A certificate of insurance must be submitted with the application for
any filming permit involving the use of public property for the purpose of
making films, naming the Village of Croton-on-Hudson as an additional insured,
in the following amounts:
Application for a permit for a film production, including any preparatory
running of cable, placement or storing of equipment or other activity related
to the filming process that will exceed five days, must be submitted to the
Village Manager at least 14 days prior to the date filming will take place.
The request will thereafter be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval,
approval with conditions or disapproval.
A.Â
Applicants shall be responsible for all costs associated
with the use of village employees during the filming process. Payment of the
estimated costs, as determined by the Village Manager, shall be made in advance
of the filming and shall be a condition of the permit. Any adjustment upward
or downward, based on the actual costs incurred by the village, shall be made
after the filming is completed.
B.Â
The decision whether to use village employees shall be
the responsibility of the Village Manager for filming of five days or fewer
and shall be the responsibility of the Board of Trustees for filming that
will exceed five days.
A.Â
Fees shall be adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees
for:
No applicant who has been previously convicted of a violation of this
chapter shall be granted a permit hereunder for a period of 18 months from
the date of such conviction.
Any person or entity who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of $500
or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each violation of any provision of this chapter shall be separate and distinct
offense; and in case of continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof
shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
This chapter shall not apply to the filming by a television news crew
of an event occurring contemporaneously within the Village of Croton-on-Hudson.
This chapter shall become effective immediately upon filing with the
Secretary of State.