Warren, MI Filming & Production: Production Noise (2026)

Section 12-14 lets the film coordinator condition approval of an application to use city-owned property, governed by Article III and triggered whenever a shoot uses city property or requests a street closure, by imposing reasonable requirements on the time, place, manner and duration of filming. Subsection (g) specifically authorizes restrictions on the use of firearms, explosions, and other noise creating or hazardous devices which disturb the public peace, and subsection (h) separately lets the coordinator restrict stunts involving pyrotechnics, open flame, vehicle crashes or other hazardous materials.

These conditions sit alongside others in the same section covering city-employee presence at the applicant's expense, posted no-parking signage, advance notice to nearby property owners, cleanup requirements, restricted daily filming hours, and permit and licensing compliance. Section 12-25 separately requires any production using pyrotechnics or hazardous material, including fireworks or open flames, to obtain a fire permit from the Warren Fire Department, which then determines whether fire suppression personnel need to be on location. There is no freestanding decibel limit or blanket noise ban written into Chapter 12; the restriction on noise-creating devices operates only as a condition the coordinator can attach to a city-property or street-closure application, not as an automatic rule applying to every registered shoot.