Bloomfield, NJ Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

The fee line is in § 228-14 of the Bloomfield Township Code: under inconvenience fees, street closures are listed at $1,500 per day, in a schedule headed Fee (not to exceed). The same schedule charges parking fees at the same rates charged to the public, and it prices public safety separately: the hiring of off-duty police and fire inspections, according to the agreed public safety plan, at the municipality's standard hourly rates. Section 228-14B adds that the applicant reimburses the Township for lost revenue such as parking meter revenue, repairs to public property or other revenues the Township was prevented from earning because of filming.

The permit comes first. Section 228-2 bars filming that involves public property for vehicles, equipment or any temporary structure, barricade or device intended to restrict or block off pedestrian or vehicular traffic until the Fire Department issues a permit naming the approved location and dates. Incidental use of a sidewalk or street that does not close it to public use is not treated as filming on public property, so the closure itself is what moves a shoot into the permit and fee process. The Police Department reviews the filming plan, including location and duration, before the application is submitted.

Section 228-5 requires the permit holder to minimize interference with the free passage of pedestrians and traffic and to comply with all lawful directives of the Bloomfield Police Department. Under § 228-13 the Chief of Police can require off-duty police officers under the Public Safety Plan, and the Township reserves the right to require on-site patrolmen where the production could impede traffic, at the applicant's cost. Directly affected businesses, merchants and residents must get written notice at least three days before the requested shooting date. The Township Clerk can refuse a permit where filming would unreasonably impede the free flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.