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What is NYC RCNY § 46-08?

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(a) A permittee is responsible for cleaning and restoring the properties and facilities under the jurisdiction of DEP after the rigging, shooting and/or holding. The cost of any DEP employee time incurred due to a permittee failing to clean and/ or restore such properties and facilities following the rigging, shooting

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Effective: 2/5/2017

§ 46-08 Post-Production Requirements.

RCNY § 46-08

(a)A permittee is responsible for cleaning and restoring the properties and facilities under the jurisdiction of DEP after the rigging, shooting and/or holding. The cost of any DEP employee time incurred due to a permittee failing to clean and/ or restore such properties and facilities following the rigging, shooting and/or holding will be borne by the permittee and reimbursed to DEP.

(b)Any fixtures, furniture, books, doors, windows, walls, and other structures and/or objects must be returned to their original position and/or restored to their original condition by the permittee during the de-rigging, unless the permittee has obtained prior approval from the DEP official responsible for operations at the facility or property in question or his or her designee. The permittee must immediately remove any props used during the production from properties and facilities under the jurisdiction of DEP. The permittee must reimburse DEP for any property and facility damage arising from such production activities.

(c)At the conclusion of all film and photography shoots, the permittee must reimburse DEP for all production related costs including, but not limited to, DEP personnel costs contemplated by 15 RCNY §§ 46-04(d) and 46-07(b) and subdivision (a) of this section, including administrative overhead costs, and reimbursement for any property or facility damage in accordance with subdivision (b) of this section. If the permittee cancels any of its production-related activities twenty-four (24) hours or less prior to the scheduled commencement of such activities on properties or within facilities under the jurisdiction of DEP, the permittee may be subject to the reimbursement of costs for DEP personnel assigned to staff such production. (Added City Record 1/6/2017, eff. 2/5/2017)

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