Rock Hill, SC Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

City Code § 26-13 requires the city manager or a designee to maintain a special events policy governing access to public property, and it states that all persons desiring to hold a special event on public property must abide by the terms and conditions of the policy, with the city manager or designee authorized to shut down and close any noncompliant event. Chapter 26's companion section, § 26-16(b)(8), defines what the code treats as a "special event" for this public-property permitting scheme: a pre-planned activity on public streets, sidewalks, trails, facilities, parks, or other city property that significantly impacts public property or normal traffic, and the definition names a "commercial movie or television production" and a "photography shoot" specifically, alongside parades, races, and other events.

Once a filming production's street closure is approved and the city puts up authorized signs marking the closure, § 18-87 takes over as the enforcement mechanism: no person shall drive a vehicle upon any street or portion of a street that authorized signs mark as temporarily closed. 00, up to 30 days in jail, or both, with continuing noncompliance treated as a separate offense each day. The zoning ordinance confirms this split, noting that the city regulates special events on public property through the City Code of Ordinances rather than through zoning, so a production company scouting a Rock Hill street closure works with the city manager's office under Chapter 26, not the planning department, to secure approval before signs go up and the road closes.