Mount Pleasant, SC Special Events & Permits: Commercial Filming on Public Right-of-Way (2026)

03 of the Mount Pleasant Code of Ordinances governs minor-impact special event permits, the category that covers grand openings, block parties, craft fairs and photo shoots under Sec. 03(B). For most organizers, Sec. 03(C)(1) caps the town at granting no more than eight special event permits per calendar year, and Sec. 03(C)(2) separately caps any one business, organization, person or entity at 32 total permitted days per calendar year, whether taken as one long permit or split across shorter ones. Both caps carry an identical carve-out: they expressly do not apply to 'commercial film/photography productions with minimal impact to surrounding residents/businesses,' nor to activities with loudspeakers or amplified music systems governed separately under Sec.

03(C)(3). That means a production company or photographer shooting repeatedly in town on a minor-impact basis is not counted against, or limited by, the eight-events or 32-days ceiling that would otherwise apply to a business running frequent minor-impact events, though the production still needs its own Sec. 02 special event permit and pays the Sec. 05(I) filming fee for each permit issued. The exemption reflects the town's separate, more detailed treatment of film and television productions under Sec. 04 and its filming policy, rather than folding repeat commercial filming into the general event-frequency limits designed for things like recurring retail promotions.