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

07 sets the operating conditions attached to every filming permit issued under Chapter 2. Applicants must submit their permit application at least two working days before the activity, but the City Manager or a designee can require four working days' notice if the activity might interfere with traffic or create a public safety hazard. If the production needs to park equipment, trucks, or cars where parking isn't otherwise allowed, subsection (D) requires the Department of Public Works, not the production itself, to post temporary no-parking signs, and the permittee must coordinate the timing and placement with Public Works in advance.

Subsection (E) requires productions that affect traffic flow to use local law enforcement personnel for traffic control and to comply with whatever traffic control conditions the Police Department determines are necessary. Subsection (F) makes the permittee responsible for reimbursing the city for the personnel and equipment costs of that assistance, and the City Manager can require a cash deposit against those costs as a condition of the permit. The site itself must also be restored: subsection (B) requires continuous cleanup of trash and debris during the shoot and full restoration of the area before the crew leaves, and subsection (I) lets the City Manager require a refundable performance bond or cash deposit to guarantee that cleanup, returned only after a city inspection confirms the site is satisfactory.