Berkeley, CA Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

030 sets tiered advance-notice deadlines tied directly to street closure scope: applications involving pyrotechnics or the closure or partial closure of a major or collector street (as mapped in the Berkeley general plan circulation element) or the re-routing of AC Transit service must be filed at least seven business days before filming; applications for closure of any other street must be filed at least three business days ahead; all other filming needs only two business days' notice. The application must specify the route, whether the closure will affect all or only part of the street, and parking needs.

070 lets the City Manager impose conditions such as maintaining a twelve-foot-wide emergency access lane, providing barricades to close the necessary streets, and posting signs and directional arrows to divert traffic and arrange AC Transit detours subject to the traffic engineer's approval. 110 layers on insurance: a permittee closing major arterial or collector streets, expecting a crowd over one thousand, or triggering a major traffic effect (closure of two or more intersections with AC Transit rerouting) must carry one million dollars of liability coverage naming the City as additional insured, unless the applicant shows compliance would be financially or practically impossible for First Amendment-protected activity.