Camarillo, CA Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)
Key Facts
- Approving body
- City council
- Timing
- Earliest scheduled meeting after filing
- Fallback approver
- City manager, if council can't act
- Permit issued
- Next working day after approval
- Applies to
- Filming street closures only
Summary
A film permit that includes closing a public street cannot be decided by city staff alone in Camarillo: Municipal Code Section 19.63.022(B)(3) sends any street-closure request straight to the city council, which must take it up at its earliest scheduled meeting after the completed application is filed, with the city manager stepping in only if the council cannot act in time.
3.Where such an application contemplates a street closure, the same shall be submitted to the city council, which body shall consider the same at the earliest lawfully scheduled meeting thereof after filing of the completed application. If approved by the city council or in the event the council is unable to act in the time required by law, by the city manager or his or her designee, the permit shall be issued on the next working day following the meeting of the body which has approved the permit.
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(B)(1)-(2), with the director deciding within two or four working days depending on traffic impact. Street closures are carved out under paragraph (3): where an application "contemplates a street closure," it must instead be submitted to the city council, which considers it at the earliest lawfully scheduled meeting after the completed application is filed. If the council approves the closure, or if it is unable to act within the time required by law, the city manager or a designee may issue it instead, with the permit issued on the next working day following the meeting that approved it.
This routes street-closure decisions through an elected body rather than staff, adding a public-meeting step that ordinary location shoots do not face. 022 still applies to a street-closure film permit: the application fee is capped at the city's actual service cost under subsection (E), the standard state-approved insurance form is required under subsection (F), a cancellation fee applies for a late cancellation under subsection (G), and the production company must keep the approved permit on site for the length of the shoot under subsection (H).
Violations & Fines
Closing a public street for filming without the city council-approved permit required by Section 19.63.022(B)(3) 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. An unauthorized closure also exposes the production to liability for obstructing a public street under the city's traffic provisions.
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Sources & Official References
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