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Council hears plan to pursue New Jersey "film-ready" designation, draft ordinance and locations list
Summary
Staff outlined steps to seek New Jersey's film-ready community certification, including designating a liaison, adopting a permitting ordinance (likely by ordinance), setting fees, and uploading municipal and private locations and vendor resources into the state portal; staff proposed a timeline to return a draft ordinance by May 6.
Staff told the council they are pursuing the state's Film Ready program and will prepare a draft ordinance to enable a formal permitting and fee structure, designate a municipal liaison and assemble a list of suitable municipal and private locations and local vendors.
"One of the things towns can do is make themselves basically more friendly and ready to go should a film crew need a set that looks like Highland Park," a staff presenter said, outlining the program. The presenter said several training steps already are complete: a community workshop and a…
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