Camarillo, CA Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)
Film location permits in Camarillo, CA, sometimes called film shoot permits, production permits, or filming authorizations, cover commercial photography, video shoots, and motion picture production.
Key Facts
- Standard approval time
- 2 working days
- If traffic blocked over 3 min
- 4 working days
- Application form
- Gov. Code Sec. 14999.32
- Insurance
- State Dept. of Commerce form
- Application fee cap
- Actual city service cost
- Late cancellation
- Forfeits cancellation fee
Summary
Every film production in Camarillo needs a film permit under Municipal Code Section 19.63.022, applied for through the director of planning and community development on the state form required by Government Code Section 14999.32. The director must issue or refuse the permit within two working days, or four if the shoot will block street traffic for more than three minutes.
A film permit shall be required for the production of a film within the city.A.A written application for a film permit shall be in a form as provided in Section 14999.32 of the Government Code. Each application shall be filed for review with the director of planning and community development ("director") or his or her designated representative, in consultation with other affected city departments...B.The director shall make every reasonable effort to issue or refuse to issue a film permit, within the following time constraints:1.Two working days after the filing of a completed film permit application;2.Four working days after the filing of a completed application, if the application contemplates the interrupting of traffic on a public street for more than three minutes;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
022(A) requires a film permit for any film production in the city. 32 and is filed with the director of planning and community development, who coordinates with other affected city departments, either by fax or in person. Subsection (B) sets fast statutory clocks: the director must make every reasonable effort to issue or refuse the permit within two working days of a completed filing, or within four working days if the shoot will interrupt public street traffic for more than three minutes; a request that includes a street closure instead goes to the city council.
The application fee, set by council resolution under subsection (E), is capped at the city's actual cost of providing services the production requires, including administrative, police, sanitation, and traffic-control support. on the last working day before the scheduled shoot. Subsection (D) requires the director to notify any other government agency with jurisdiction over the filming location and to tell the permittee which agencies those are, subsection (H) requires the production company to keep a copy of the approved permit on site for the length of the shoot, and subsection (I) lets the director set the permit's expiration date.
Violations & Fines
Filming without a valid permit, or exceeding what the permit authorizes, is a code violation enforceable under Chapter 1.12: a misdemeanor conviction can bring up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail, and an infraction escalates from $100 on a first offense to $500 for repeat violations within a year. A production that cancels after 3:00 p.m. the last working day before the shoot forfeits the cancellation fee the director set under Section 19.63.022(G).
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Sources & Official References
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