Daytona Beach, FL Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)

Section 82-1 defines "filming activity" as the use of any street, alley, sidewalk, park, pier, way, or other city property to make motion pictures or videotape for broadcast, and § 82-53's outdoor-events list names filming activity as one of the event types this article regulates. Section 82-51(a) makes it unlawful to hold, manage, or conduct an outdoor event, including filming activity, without a written outdoor event permit issued by the city, reviewed under the criteria and procedures set out in the rest of this article.

Section 82-52(a)(3) exempts filming on public right-of-way or sidewalks only when it is conducted by reporters, photographers, or camera operators employed by a newspaper, news service, or similar entity doing on-the-spot news broadcasting of events genuinely in the news, or when the filming does not obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic or create a visual disturbance to traffic; filming that misses both prongs needs the permit. Applications, per § 82-54, must be filed by the event organizer with full details including location, dates, equipment, and expected crowd size, and are due at least 45 days ahead for a category C event (the tier most filming falls into absent large crowds or street closures), with a nonrefundable application fee set by the city commission under § 82-54(e).

Permits max out at 14 consecutive days including setup and breakdown under § 82-67, extendable up to three more days if conditions are being met.