Redlands, CA Filming & Production: Student Filming (2026)
Key Facts
- Definition
- Enrolled college/university student, no profit
- Fee status
- Permit required, fee waived
- Cleanup deposit
- Still may be required, up to $1,000
- Governing sections
- §§ 12.42.020, 12.42.070
- Insurance/indemnity
- Still applies under § 12.42.100
Summary
Student films still need a Redlands filming permit, but the city waives the permit fee entirely for productions made by an individual currently enrolled at an accredited college or university who earns no profit from the film.
STUDENT FILMS: Commercials, motion pictures, television, videotapes or still photography produced by an individual currently enrolled as a student at an accredited college or university. The student shall not, directly or indirectly, receive a profit from the production, showing and/or marketing of the film. ... 12.42.070: ... APPLICATION FEE: ... A. ... Charitable films and student films require a permit, but shall be exempt from permit fees.
Full Breakdown
020 defines STUDENT FILMS as commercials, motion pictures, television programs, videotapes or still photography produced by an individual currently enrolled as a student at an accredited college or university, provided the student does not, directly or indirectly, receive a profit from producing, showing or marketing the film. 030), so a qualifying student production must still go through the same application, insurance and site-plan process as any other filming permit. 070: while every applicant otherwise pays a permit fee set by council resolution, subsection A expressly carves out student films (alongside charitable films by 501(c)(3) nonprofits) as requiring a permit but being exempt from the fee itself. 100.
Violations & Fines
A student filmmaker who shoots commercially in the city without first obtaining the Chapter 12.42 permit is subject to the same misdemeanor-level enforcement as any unpermitted commercial filming activity under Section 12.42.030; the fee waiver in Section 12.42.070(A) does not exempt the production from the permit requirement itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
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