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

Section 12.32.140 addresses street closures requested as part of a filming activity: if the applicant asks the city to authorize a street closure on the film permit application, the city engineer determines whether an encroachment permit or street closure permit is also required in addition to the film permit itself. That determination folds into the broader application process in Chapter 12.32. Section 12.32.060 requires at least ten business days' notice for any application proposing street closures, stunts, pyrotechnics or special effects, longer than the two- or four-business-day windows for filming without those elements.

Section 12.32.070(E) requires the application to describe the types and number of vehicles that will be parked on public streets and any equipment placed on public property, information the city engineer needs to evaluate a closure request. The film permit coordinator can deny the permit under § 12.32.080(A) if the filming activity will substantially disrupt use of a public right-of-way or street at a time normally subject to traffic congestion, or interfere with emergency vehicle operation, and under § 12.32.080(B) if the closure would interfere with right-of-way maintenance work or a previously authorized excavation permit.

Conditions the coordinator can impose under § 12.32.090(B) include posting no-parking signs, placing traffic control devices, and hiring traffic and crowd control monitors at the applicant's expense. The applicant bears the cost of these closure-related requirements as part of the fees and actual costs described in § 12.32.100.