As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Fair Lawn, Bergen County, New Jersey.
FILMING
The taking of still or motion pictures either on film, video
tape, or similar recording medium, for commercial or educational purposes
intended for viewing on television or in theaters or for institutional
use.
MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
Any film that is financed and/or distributed by a major motion
picture studio, including but not limited to the following:
B.
Warner Brothers, including New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Cinema,
Village Road Show and Bel-Aire.
C.
Paramount 20th Century Fox, including Fox Searchlight.
H.
Any major streaming service, such as Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon
Prime Video.
I.
Any film for which the budget is at least $5 million.
J.
Recurrent weekly television series programming.
NEWS STORIES
The reporting or summarizing of information concerning something
that has either recently taken place or of current events of general
interest and includes such features commonly known as newscasts, news
bulletins and news anthology programs.
PUBLIC LANDS
Any and every public street, highway, sidewalk or square,
public park or playground or other public place within the Borough
which is within the jurisdiction or control of the Borough.
See Chapter
94, Fees, §
94-12, Miscellaneous fees, Subsection
FF, "Chapter
98, Filming."
This Chapter
98 shall not apply to the filming of news stories by authorized press personnel within the Borough. In addition, filming by the Borough of Fair Lawn's Police Department, Fire Department, Ambulance Corps or OEM, or other Borough agency for training purposes, shall be exempt. Filming by Fair Lawn TV Productions Inc., and video clubs or video classes of the Fair Lawn Public Schools is exempt but shall comply with §
98-4A,
D and
E of this chapter.
Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to the general penalty provisions at Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, General Penalty Provisions, of the Borough Code.