§ 13.30.010. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

"City equipment" means fire, police, street, machinery or other mechanical devices owned and used by the city.

"City facility" means any city-owned real property and any improvements made thereto, other than a facility for which rental or user fees have been authorized by any ordinance of the city.

"Commissioner" means the El Paso Film Commissioner.

"Film-making event" means any filming or photography session done for commercial purposes in connection with the making of a film, movie, television production, commercial or like endeavor, which requires the closing of the street or a portion thereof to normal vehicular traffic or the use of a city building or facility for a period of time not to exceed forty-eight hours.

"Location" means any street, alley, other city right-of-way or city facility proposed to be utilized for a film-making event.

"Non-public portion" means the portion of any city facility not designated for public use that is currently utilized by city staff for city business.

"Permittee" means the individual to whom a film-making permit has been issued.

"Predesignated department representative" means one of three employees within a given department authorized to review film-making permit applications. Such employees shall be the department head and two designees or three designees designated by a department head. The names of these individuals shall be provided to and kept on file with the El Paso Film Commission as a primary and secondary contact for each department requiring review of a film-making permit application. Each predesignated department representative shall be authorized to provide approval on behalf of the respective department.

"Right-of-way" means the entire area of a street or alley owned by the city in easement or by fee simple interest, including the driving surface of the street and any improved or unimproved abutting land not used for vehicle traffic.

"Street" means that portion of public right-of-way improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic to include alleys when applicable.

"Traffic engineer" means the Traffic Engineer for the City of El Paso as defined in Section 12.04.190 or that person's designee.

(Ord. 15885 § 2, 2004)

(Ord. No. 17321, § 1, 5-11-2010)