Filming in Eatontown, New Jersey
Eatontown adopted an amended film ordinance in April 2026. The permit contact is confirmed; the submission mechanics are not yet, and we would rather say so than guess.
Limited guide. This page publishes only what has been confirmed. Fees, hours, lead time, notice and bond are governed by Ordinance 07-2026 and should be read from the ordinance itself, linked below.
- County
- Monmouth County
- Film Ready status
- Not verified against the current State certified-localities list in this pass. Check the Film Ready towns page before relying on it.
- Permit contact
- Kathy Muscillo, Director of Planning and Zoning
- Reviewed by
- The Zoning Officer
- Controlling ordinance
- Ordinance 07-2026, adopted April 8, 2026
- Submission mechanics
- Pending. Not yet confirmed by the Township
- Daily rate at exactly $20 million
- Unresolved. See below
- Last verified
- August 2026
What is confirmed
Film permits are handled by Kathy Muscillo, Director of Planning and Zoning, and applications are reviewed by the Zoning Officer. The Township Clerk forwarded the operational questions to the Zoning Officer, which is itself useful: it tells you which desk actually owns this process.
Ordinance 07-2026 was adopted on April 8, 2026 and is the controlling source for lead time, filming hours, fees, affected-party notice, bond and public-safety requirements. Read it directly rather than relying on any summary, including this one.
What is still open, and why we have not filled it in
Exact submission mechanics are pending. There is no confirmed application URL, payment method or direct submission email. We are not publishing one. An invented process address is worse than an honest gap, because it sends a real packet to a desk that is not expecting it.
The ordinance’s definition of a major motion picture and its fee table use inconsistent threshold language. Until Kathy Muscillo confirms which daily rate applies at exactly $20,000,000, we are not stating one.
We also could not read the ordinance PDF when compiling this page, so no fee, hour, lead-time or bond figure is reproduced here. Open the ordinance directly and confirm anything schedule-critical with the Planning and Zoning office.
Fort Monmouth sits partly in Eatontown
Part of the former Fort Monmouth falls inside Eatontown’s borders, and this catches people out. Most of that land is now privately owned, and FMERA is not a filming contact. Confirm the parcel’s current owner first, then bring the municipal question to the borough that actually contains it. See the Fort Monmouth guide.
Confirm before filming
Confirm before filming. The municipal permit fee is only one line of the cost. Police, fire, traffic control, parking, cleanup, escrow and property-owner charges are project-specific and set departmentally. Ask for a written estimate for your actual footprint before you budget.
Official sources
Last verified: August 2026. Municipal requirements, fees and staffing change. Confirm current information with the municipality before relying on it. Report a correction.
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Eatontown sits in Monmouth County and shares the former Fort Monmouth footprint.
Comparing municipalities? See every Film Ready town in New Jersey, or search a specific town’s published permit, fee and contact details in the New Jersey Film Permit Finder.
This guide is researched and reviewed by Sam Moskowitz, a New Jersey-based producer and DP who runs BLL Films. Sam’s production and cinematography credits include work for Netflix, History Channel, Hulu, the NFL and Google. Every changing fact on this page carries a verification date; see how this site is researched for the full process.