Doral, FL Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)

Doral requires anyone filming on a publicly owned site, facility or right-of-way to first obtain a permit under Sec. 8-136(a), and the city manager or a designated staff member issues that permit. Sec. 8-137 sets the application content: the applicant's identity, proof of public liability insurance in an amount the city sets, and the number and type of locations to be used along with which city agencies will provide assistance on set. Sec. 8-138 requires the city to grant the permit unless the manager or designee finds the production would unduly impede government business or public access, conflict with an activity already scheduled at that site, or imperil public safety; absent one of those three findings, approval is not discretionary.

Fee collection procedures run through an administrative policy under Sec. 8-139 rather than a fixed fee schedule in the code itself. Sec. 8-141 puts one designee in charge of the whole program: setting the criteria for site-specific permits, issuing, denying or revoking them, coordinating shooting schedules to avoid conflicts, and working with the police and fire departments to line up whatever security or safety services a given production needs, with the city collecting the associated fees and deposits. A denial, a permit's terms, or a revocation can all be appealed to the city manager within ten days under Sec. 8-140, and the city manager's decision on that appeal is final.