The Sandy Springs City Council on Tuesday will consider amending its ordinance to limit how often filming is done at a residential area.

The council will consider the change at its meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Council Chambers at Sandy Springs City Hall.

The amendment under consideration would establish a film production special event permit. Some of the stipulations required by the permit include:

• an application for a permit shall be filed at least five days prior to the date the filming is scheduled to take place; provided, however, no application shall be accepted earlier than one year prior to the date of the filming and provided further no more than one such permit shall be issued quarterly for any one residential location and of no more than 14 consecutive days in duration, unless previously requested and approved by the city manager.
• each permit application must include information, such as purpose of the filming and type of production; location or production manager; proposed date, location and hours of operation; proposed schedule of filming activities; full disclosure of special effects; full disclosure of non-domestic animals and if they’ll be consumption or sale of alcohol on the site; proof of permission of the property owner to use the location.

Other items on Tuesday’s agenda include a request from Regents Partners to modify conditions of zoning for 11.28 acres at 5900 Peachtree Dunwoody Road to allow for residential use other than “for sale” units and a request from Paramount Community Builders to rezone property at 5996 Lake Forrest Drive from R-1 (single family dwelling) to TR (townhome residential district) to develop 10 townhomes.

The council will also consider a reimbursement resolution for proposed financing of the acquisition and construction of the city center project, a resolution to raise the hotel/motel tax from 7 to 8 percent and a resolution urging modification to the Georgia Transportation Funding Act of 2015.

Under H.B. 170, cities, counties and school boards would no longer collect local sales taxes on motor fuel sales used to fund local priorities. If motor fuel is removed or exempted from local sales taxes, the Georgia Municipal Association estimates that Fulton County could lose about $43,136,175.82 annually, which would include $1,369,000 in revenue to the city

The council’s complete agenda can be viewed online.

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