Florida Regulations 14-65.0025: Scope, Definitions, and Exceptions
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This rule chapter specifies procedures for obtaining a prior written approval from the Department when necessary to conduct a special event, and the requirements for filming on a state road.
(1) Definitions.
(a) “”Department”” means the Florida Department of Transportation.
(b) “”Commercial Activities”” means displaying merchandise for sale or distribution, servicing, repairing or storing any vehicle for profit, or displaying advertising of any sort.
(c) “”Limited Access Facility”” means as defined in Florida Statutes § 334.03(13)
(d) “”Local Governmental Entity”” means as defined in Florida Statutes § 334.03(14)
(e) “”Special Event”” means an art festival, parade, charity drive, fair, fund drive, race, run, motorcade, or similar activities of local interest.
(f) “”Filming”” means the activities involved in the creation of visual media, including film, broadcast, or video production.
(g) “”State Road”” means as defined in Florida Statutes § 334.03(27)
(h) “”Temporary Closing”” means the stopping, detouring, or otherwise restricting traffic flow of one or more vehicle traffic lanes of a state road for a cumulative period of fifteen minutes or more.
(2) Exceptions:
For purposes of this rule chapter, special events and filming that do not require prior written approval include the following:
(a) A motorcade when no traffic lanes are closed and law enforcement personnel control traffic at each intersection;
(b) A run, walk-a-thon, or bicycle event accompanied by a police escort and when there is no detour of traffic;
(c) A parade route which only intersects a state road and when law enforcement personnel control the traffic at those intersections;
(d) Broadcast news, or other filming, that does not require a temporary closure, obeys traffic regulations, and does not impair vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Rulemaking Authority 334.044(2), 335.10 FS. Law Implemented 316.003, 316.006(1), 316.008, 334.03, 337.406 FS. History-New 1-19-89, Amended 4-15-92, 12-31-96, 6-25-12.
Terms Used In Florida Regulations 14-65.0025
- Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
(a) “”Department”” means the Florida Department of Transportation.
(b) “”Commercial Activities”” means displaying merchandise for sale or distribution, servicing, repairing or storing any vehicle for profit, or displaying advertising of any sort.
(c) “”Limited Access Facility”” means as defined in Florida Statutes § 334.03(13)
(d) “”Local Governmental Entity”” means as defined in Florida Statutes § 334.03(14)
(e) “”Special Event”” means an art festival, parade, charity drive, fair, fund drive, race, run, motorcade, or similar activities of local interest.
(f) “”Filming”” means the activities involved in the creation of visual media, including film, broadcast, or video production.
(g) “”State Road”” means as defined in Florida Statutes § 334.03(27)
(h) “”Temporary Closing”” means the stopping, detouring, or otherwise restricting traffic flow of one or more vehicle traffic lanes of a state road for a cumulative period of fifteen minutes or more.
(2) Exceptions:
For purposes of this rule chapter, special events and filming that do not require prior written approval include the following:
(a) A motorcade when no traffic lanes are closed and law enforcement personnel control traffic at each intersection;
(b) A run, walk-a-thon, or bicycle event accompanied by a police escort and when there is no detour of traffic;
(c) A parade route which only intersects a state road and when law enforcement personnel control the traffic at those intersections;
(d) Broadcast news, or other filming, that does not require a temporary closure, obeys traffic regulations, and does not impair vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Rulemaking Authority 334.044(2), 335.10 FS. Law Implemented 316.003, 316.006(1), 316.008, 334.03, 337.406 FS. History-New 1-19-89, Amended 4-15-92, 12-31-96, 6-25-12.