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

Section 5.92.040 of the Motion Picture and Television Production Permit chapter sets out a menu of charges tied to any permit issued under § 5.92.010. Subsection A imposes a charge specifically for using or occupying city-owned or controlled real property, including public streets, whenever the proposed filming use may be exclusive or otherwise disruptive of the free public use of that street by motor vehicles, pedestrians, or both, which is how the code addresses tying up or closing a street for a shoot. Subsection B adds a charge for the services of every city officer or employee, including public safety personnel, assigned because of the permit. Subsection C imposes a charge for each fire division inspection of the proposed filming or taping location, and subsection D adds a charge for the city's overhead and administrative costs tied to processing the permit. Subsection E covers use of city-owned personal property and utilities, other than utilities already paid for by a private service customer, billed under a rate schedule the city manager approves.

Section 5.92.070 exempts the day charge under subsection A from applying to a public affairs program, as the Federal Communications Commission defines that term, when the street use is not exclusive or disruptive, or when the shoot uses city property other than a public street. Because these charges are set by rate schedule and resolution rather than a flat number printed in the chapter, production companies planning any shoot that would tie up a Glendale block should budget for the street occupation charge, the personnel charge and the fire inspection charge together, not just the base application fee.