Perris, CA Filming & Production: Student Filming (2026)
Key Facts
- Fee waived for
- accredited student films
- Permit itself
- still required
- Definition source
- § 5.49.010
- Fee waiver source
- § 5.49.020(a)
- News coverage
- fully exempt
Summary
Perris waives the filming permit issuance fee for student films made as part of an accredited school's instructional program, though the underlying filming permit is still required.
Student films means motion picture or television photography produced as part of the instructional program of an accredited school or college.
(Code 1972, § 5.49.010; Ord. No. 814, § 1(part), 1989; Ord. No. 1338, § 2, 2-14-2017)
Sec. 5.49.020. - Permit required. (a)No person shall use any public or private property, facility or residence for motion picture or television photography without first obtaining a filming permit from and paying a permit issuance fee to the city. Provided, no permit issuance fee shall be required for charitable films, student films or local access productions, and further provided that no permit or permit issuance fee shall be required for news coverage.(b)The permit issuance fee shall be determined from time to time by the city manager or the city manager's designee. Such permit issuance fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of issuing the permit, and shall be in addition to any fee payable for the use of public property for such purposes. (Code 1972, § 5.49.020; Ord. No. 814, § 1(part), 1989; Ord. No. 1338, § 2, 2-14-2017)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Perris Municipal Code § 5.49.010 defines student films as motion picture or television photography produced as part of the instructional program of an accredited school or college. Section 5.49.020 requires a filming permit for any use of public or private property for motion picture or television photography, but waives the permit issuance fee for charitable films, student films, and local access productions. News coverage alone is exempt from both the permit and the fee. Student productions must still meet the chapter's application, insurance, and city-service-cost requirements.
Violations & Fines
Filming without the required permit, even when the student-film fee waiver applies, is enforceable as an infraction under Perris Municipal Code § 5.49.090, punishable under § 1.16.010.
Frequently Asked Questions
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