Daytona Beach, FL Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

Because § 82-1 classifies "filming activity" as a defined category of regulated "outdoor event," a production needing to close a city street for shooting follows the same temporary street closure process required of any other non-exempt outdoor event under § 82-60(a). That section requires the applicant, at its own cost and no less than 20 days before the temporary closing, to provide written notice to the owner or occupant of every lot directly abutting the portion of the street to be closed and give the city proof of that notice; obtain the written consent of the owners or occupants of at least 50 percent of the abutting lots; and pay all additional permit fees and departmental service charges tied to the closure, which can include police, traffic control, and barricading costs billed under § 82-57.

This general process applies to filming unless the production instead qualifies for the narrow news-gathering exemption in § 82-52(a)(3), which only covers reporters or camera crews doing on-the-spot news coverage that does not obstruct traffic, not a scripted or commercial shoot. The § 82-60(a) process is distinct from the lighter path given to a block party, which is expressly excluded from this 20-day notice and 50-percent consent requirement and instead uses a household petition under § 82-54(f)(25); a production filming during a street festival also faces the additional merchant first-right-of-refusal condition in § 82-60(b) if vending is involved.