ORD-35-83 PERMIT FEES AND COSTS FOR PERMITS FOR FILM MAKING MOTION PICTURES TV PRODUCTIONS131
ORDINANCE NO. 35-
83 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTIONS 5.45.
080 AND 5.45.090 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING PERMIT FEES AND COSTS FOR
PER-MITS FOR FILM MAKING, MOTION PICTURE
AND TV
PRODUCTIONS.WHEREAS, the City Plaza has been utilized for the production
of motion pictures and TV shows such as Quincy and Cannonball Run;
and WHEREAS, the City Plaza is a historical area and is so
listed in the historical register;
and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to allow the continued use
of this area for media productions;
and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that City
Plaza is properly maintained and those media productions pay their
fair share for the use of this historical
area.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:SECTION
I:Section 5.45.080 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as
follows:5.45.080 Permit Fees. A. Filing fee. Each
application shall be accompanled by a non-refundable filing fee of
one hundred
dollars ($IOO).B. Permit fee. A non-refundable permit fee
of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) shall be paid by permittee
for each day that activity is conducted. Such fee shall cover use
of any property described in the application for permit for the
purpose of photograph-ing and recording exterior and interior scenes,
including the right to exhibit all or any part of such motion
picture production through-out the world in any manner or medium. Such fee shall
also cover the right to bring personnel and equipment, including
props and temporary sets, onto the property described in the application
for permit, and such personnel and all equipment belonging to said
permittee shall be removed therefrom at the time the project is completed, or
at such time as the City
Manager deems
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C. City Plaza Fee. In addition to the fees set forth in A and B
above, a non-refundable permit fee of one thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars ($1,750) per day shall be paid by permittee for each
day or, portion of a day that the activity is conducted at the City
Plaza.SECTION
II:Section 5.45.090 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as
follows:5.45.090 Cost of Additional Cit Services. The cost of
providing City serv~ces, ~nc ud~ng po ~ce, f~re, pub ~c works, and staff
planning,shall be paid to the City by the applicant. The applicant shall
pay in advance the estimated cost of City services as determined by
the City Manager, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,
000).After completion of the permitted activity and upon approval of
the City Manager, the amount paid in excess of the actual cost of
pro-viding City services shall be returned to the permittee. In
the event that the actual cost of City services exceed the amount
paid in advance by the permittee, the permittee shall be informed
of the amount owing and it shall be a debt to the
City.SECTION
III:The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and
section by section, and does hereby declare that the prov~s~ons of
this Ordinance are severable and, if for any reason any sentence,
para-graph, or section of this Ordinance shall be held invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of
this
Ordinance.SECTION
IV:Any person violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance,punishment for which is not otherwise provided herein, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in
the county jail for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by
both such fine and
imprisonment.SECTION
V:A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a
certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the
Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the City
Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary of
this Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (15) days
after this Ordinance's passage in the Orange City News, a newspaper
of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of
Orange.The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a
certi-fied copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance along with
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133names ofthose
City
Council members voting for and against the Ordin-ance in accordance with
Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (
30) days from and after the date of its final passage.ADOPTED this
20th day
of September , 1983.2 ATTEST:q~_M~C~
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e--C~t 0 Orange STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
ss CITY OF ORANGE )
I, MARILYN J.
JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange,California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at
the regular meeting of the City Council held on the
13th day of September, 19 83, and thereafter at a regular
meeting of said C~ty Council duly held on the 20th day of
September, 1983, was duly passed and adopted by the follow~
ng vote, to wit:-AYES: COUNCILMEN: SMITH, BARRERA,
MAYOR BEAM, PEREZ, BEYER NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN: NONE WITNESS
my hand and
seal this 21st day of September 1983.J Mar ~ yn J.
ensen
t/City Clerk of the
City 7.//.-?-R~of Orange 3-
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