Roseville, CA Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)

Applicants must file with the film permit coordinator at least two business days before shooting begins; activities needing more than three minutes of traffic control require four working days' notice, and any filming with street closures, stunts, or pyrotechnics needs ten business days' advance notice (Sec. 050). The coordinator can still accept a late application on a showing of good cause if there is time to process it. 08 exempts news filming, filming for a criminal investigation or court proceeding, non-commercial private or family filming, small still-photography shoots that stay off city property and park no more than two vehicles on a public street, and filming done by or for the city or a public-access channel, so long as none of those activities closes a city street or substantially blocks traffic (Sec.

040). The application must list the applicant's and on-site contact's names and phone numbers, the filming locations, dates and call times, a description of the scenes including any firearms, explosives, open flame, animals, amplified noise, stunts, or moving vehicles, watercraft or aircraft, the number of vehicles to be parked on public streets, and proof of insurance (Sec. 060). The coordinator must deny a permit that would substantially disrupt traffic or emergency access, interfere with scheduled street work or another authorized permit, endanger the public, disrupt residents' privacy or peace, or was filed with false information (Sec. 070).