El Dorado County, CA Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

Chapter 5.58 does not carve out a separate street-closure permit; instead it folds road and facility closures into the general filming permit under Section 5.58.020(A) and treats county-personnel support as a cost the production must cover. Section 5.58.020(B)(4) draws the line for exemptions: portrait photography of individuals, students, or families is exempt only if it does not require road or facility closure, reimbursement for personnel, or use of drones. The moment a shoot needs a street or county facility closed, it loses that exemption and must file the full application under Section 5.58.040(B), which asks for the exact dates and hours, the specific location, personnel counts, and a parking plan for vehicles and equipment.

Section 5.58.040(D) then makes the financial consequence explicit: the production company shall reimburse the County for any personnel provided to the company, such as Sheriff or Department of Transportation staff, for the purpose of assisting the production. In practice that means a production closing a county road pays for the Sheriff's traffic control and Department of Transportation crew assigned to the closure, on top of the permit fee the Board of Supervisors sets by resolution under Section 5.58.040(C). Section 5.58.050 layers on liability insurance naming the county as additional insured and a refundable security deposit for site cleanup, both of which apply with extra weight when a closure affects public rights-of-way.