Corona, CA Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)
Film location permits in Corona, CA, sometimes called film shoot permits, production permits, or filming authorizations, cover commercial photography, video shoots, and motion picture production.
Key Facts
- Permitting body
- Board of Zoning Adjustment
- Standard application lead time
- 2 working days minimum
- Traffic/stunt filming lead time
- 4 working days
- Required insurance
- $1,000,000 combined single limit
- Also required
- City of Corona business license
- Suspension notice
- written grounds within 1 working day
Summary
Anyone filming, video taping, or producing motion pictures for public exhibition or television anywhere in Corona, other than at an established studio or entirely inside an enclosed building, needs a film permit from the Board of Zoning Adjustment under Corona Code of Ordinances § 17.97.020(A). Private/family footage, emergency and news footage aired within 24 hours are exempt.
(A) Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business or activity of filming, video taping or producing motion pictures on motion picture film or electronic video tape for public exhibition as motion pictures or for television, at any place in the city, other than at or in an established motion picture or television studio or entirely within an enclosed structure or building with no outside storage of filming equipment without a film permit from the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Any person interested in filming shall complete in full a film permit application and provide to the city the information requested therein.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
010). 020(A) makes it unlawful to film, video tape, or produce motion pictures for public exhibition or television anywhere in the city, outside an established studio or fully enclosed building, without a permit from the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA). 020(B) include private or family filming, footage for criminal investigations, civil proceedings or emergencies, news footage aired within 24 hours, and cable-franchise education, government, and public-access programming. 030, and the film permit coordinator convenes the BZA to review it within two working days. 040). 080).
Violations & Fines
Filming contrary to Chapter 17.97 or in violation of permit conditions is enforced under Chapter 17.108 (§ 17.97.130). The film permit coordinator may immediately suspend a permit for protection of public health, safety, or welfare, serving written grounds within one working day; the holder can appeal to the City Council (§ 17.97.110). The Council must revoke a permit for violations of city ordinances or permit terms, fraud in the application, failure to meet permitting criteria, or public welfare grounds (§ 17.97.120).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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