Taylor, MI Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

A production filming permit application in the City of Taylor must include the accompanying plans Section 4-184 lists, and item (3) specifically requires a traffic control plan of the exact filming location, listing roads or lanes to be closed, if any. That plan becomes the basis for the notification duty in Section 4-186(2): the permittee or a designee must tell affected residents, occupants, and businesses in advance about the duration and location of filming, including planned special effects, road and lane closures, no-parking requests, sidewalk usage, and the exact time barricades go up on the street or sidewalk.

Section 4-186(3) layers on an access rule that survives any closure: production vehicles cannot block parking lot access drives or fire hydrants, cannot park in fire lanes, and must leave at least 20 feet of clearance between vehicles parked on opposite sides of the road so emergency vehicles can still pass. Before the city issues the permit, Section 4-187(1) requires a finding that the activity will not unduly interfere with neighboring property, traffic, or pedestrian movement, will not endanger public safety, and, critically, that no street will be completely closed to traffic for an unreasonable period of time, with adequate advance notice given for whatever closure does happen.

A production that cannot satisfy that finding, because its traffic control plan proposes too long or too disruptive a closure, does not get the permit.