The Town 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 certificate of insurance must be submitted with the application
for any filming permit involving the use of public or private property
for the purpose of making films, naming the Town of East Fishkill
as an additional insured, in the following amounts:
A. Property damage: $1,000,000 per individual; $1,000,000 per occurrence.
B. Personal injury: $1,000,000 per individual; $1,000,000 per occurrence.
Applications for filming on public property shall require approval
by the Town Board.
Fees shall be adopted by resolution of the Town Board.
An applicant must comply with all sections of the Town Code
and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code,
and must obtain all necessary permits in addition to the filming permit.
The Building Department or any of its designated agents shall
have the right to inspect the area of filming without providing prior
notice.
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 a separate and distinct offense; and, in
the case of a 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 Town
of East Fishkill.