Fla. Admin. Code R. 14-65.0025

Current through Reg. 50, No. 124; June 25, 2024

Section 14-65.0025 - Scope, Definitions, and Exceptions

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 Section 334.03(13), F.S.

(d) "Local Governmental Entity" means as defined in Section 334.03(14), F.S.

(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 Section 334.03(27), F.S.

(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.

Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 14-65.0025

Rulemaking Authority 334.044(2), 335.10 FS. Law Implemented 316.003, 316.006(1), 316.008, 334.03, 337.406 FS.

New 1-19-89, Amended 4-15-92, 12-31-96, 6-25-12.