Roswell, GA Filming & Production: Student Filming (2026)
Key Facts
- Exempt activity
- student class-project productions
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 15.2.2
- Permit needed
- none for qualifying shoots
- Other exemptions
- private property, news, city productions
Summary
Class-project productions filmed on Roswell public property by students are exempt from the city's media production and portrait photography permit requirement entirely.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
A.Any media production or portrait photography activity which occurs solely on private property with no impact to public property.B.Current news productions, which includes reporter, photographers or camera persons in the employment of a newspaper, news service, broadcasting station or similar entity engaged in the broadcasting of a news event.C.Productions which are conducted by students as part of a class project.D.Productions which are conducted by the City of Roswell. (Ord. No. 2014-01-01, Added, 1/13/2014)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
Article 15.2 of Roswell's code, which otherwise requires a permit for any commercial media production or portrait photography session on public property, carves out a specific exemption for student work. Productions conducted by students as part of a class project need no permit, application, fee, insurance, or save-harmless agreement under this article. The same exemption list also covers shoots entirely on private property, current news coverage, and productions run by the City of Roswell itself.
Violations & Fines
Claiming the student exemption for a shoot that is not genuinely a class project can result in a citation for filming without the required media production permit under § 15.2.1.
Frequently Asked Questions
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