Peoria, IL Filming & Production: Student Filming (2026)
Key Facts
- Student film budget cap
- $50,000.00 or less
- Proof required
- Valid student ID from an educational institution
- Standard filming bond
- $25,000.00, may be reduced/waived
- Standard filming liability minimum
- $2,000,000.00 general commercial
- Film permit application fee
- $150.00-$250.00, Sec. 21-7(b)
Summary
Peoria lets student filmmakers shoot on city parks and public grounds under a reduced burden: the city may waive or cut the insurance and bond that other filming permits require, as long as the applicant is an enrolled student with a valid ID and a budget of $50,000 or less.
Student films are applications for a film permit on parks and public lands in which the producer of the film is a student and can produce a valid student identification from an educational institution, and the total budget of the film is $50,000.00 or less. ... Sec. 21-126. - Student films. Requirements for insurance and a bond may be reduced or waived for a student film.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 119).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 21's Article V governs filming on city parks and public grounds, added by Ord. No. 18323 in November 2025. Sec. 00 or less. That definition matters because Sec. 21-126 lets the city reduce or waive the insurance and bond obligations that otherwise apply to filming permits for a qualifying student production. 00 bond under Secs. 21-124 and 21-125; the student waiver is what separates a school project from a commercial shoot in cost. Student filmmakers still file the same permit application under Sec. 21-6, with several of the usual event-logistics items (restrooms, exhibitor parking, carnival-ride details) waived for any filming application under Sec. 21-6(c), and still pay the film-specific application fee set in Sec. 00 if filed with less notice.
Violations & Fines
Filming on city parks or public grounds without the underlying permit required by Sec. 21-6, or misrepresenting a production's budget or student status to claim the Sec. 21-126 waiver, is enforced as a Chapter 21 violation under Sec. 21-18: a fine of not less than $100.00, up to the maximum in Sec. 1-5 of the Code, with the reduced insurance and bond subject to revocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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