Troy, MI Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)
Key Facts
- Closure permission from
- City Manager or designee, § 61A.11(E)
- Must disclose in application
- street closure request, § 61A.6(B)(7)
- Site sketch required
- traffic/parking plan showing closed rights-of-way
- Cost recovery
- Public Property Use Fee, cost deposit, § 61A.8
- Penalty
- misdemeanor, up to $500 fine or 90 days jail
Summary
Troy bars anyone from closing or obstructing a public right-of-way for filming without advance permission from the City Manager or a designee. Section 61A.11(E) folds street and sidewalk closures into the Chapter 61A film permit process, and crews must also clear any cable strung across a street.
(E) Rights-of-Ways. No person shall close or impose upon any right-of-way in the City unless first obtaining permission from the City Manager or his/her designee. The permittee must obtain permission from the City Manager or his/her designee to string cable across streets, sidewalks or from a generator to a service point.
Full Breakdown
11 lists the specific circumstances the City Manager's designee may weigh when reviewing a film production permit application, and subsection (E), Rights-of-Ways, is Troy's street-closure rule: no person shall close or impose upon any right-of-way in the City unless first obtaining permission from the City Manager or a designee, and a permittee must separately obtain permission to string cable across streets, sidewalks, or from a generator to a service point. That closure permission is folded into the broader Chapter 61A application rather than issued as a stand-alone permit.
7(A)(1) requires a submitted sketch showing the traffic and parking control plan for the base camp and each location, including which rights-of-way will be closed or intruded upon. 11(F), Traffic Control and Parking, adds that a shoot impairing traffic flow or parking in any manner must follow whatever traffic control and parking requirements the City or its approved private security personnel deem necessary, and notes that use of City police officers depends on whether the closure site falls under City, Oakland County or State jurisdiction.
8 lets the City assess a Public Property Use Fee and a cost deposit for the personnel, equipment and traffic control the closure requires, collected in advance of permit issuance.
Violations & Fines
Closing or obstructing a Troy right-of-way for filming without the City Manager's advance permission violates Chapter 61A. Section 61A.15 makes any Chapter 61A violation a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500.00 and costs or up to ninety days in jail, and Section 61A.14 lets the City revoke the entire film production permit once a permittee is found to have violated any of its terms or conditions.
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