Pico Rivera, CA Filming & Production: Street Closures (2026)

Section 5.61.040(J), the traffic-control provision of the filming permit chapter, requires any permittee whose shoot will impair the flow of traffic to use local law enforcement personnel to satisfy whatever traffic-control requirements the city deems necessary. Paragraph 1 requires the production to furnish and install advance warning signs and other traffic-control devices that conform to the current California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, taking all appropriate safety precautions. Paragraph 2 then draws the hard line for street and lane closures: a street closure, lane closure, blocking of a major intersection during peak rush hours, defined as 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m., stopping of traffic, or detouring traffic across a double line is not permitted on any street unless the city approves it in advance.

Paragraph 3 requires that proposed filming not unduly impede, obstruct, or interfere with emergency vehicles or with emergency roadwork or construction being performed by city or county crews or their contractors. Paragraph 4 requires camera cars to be driven in the direction of traffic and to observe all traffic laws unless the city authorizes otherwise. These traffic-control conditions sit alongside the separate Section 5.61.040(H) requirement that no film permit issue at all without an approved parking plan, and the Section 5.61.040(I) requirement to post and later remove any temporary 'No Parking' signs with city approval.