MOTION PICTURE COORDINATION

Los Angeles Administrative Code div. 22, ch. 13, art. 8

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Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.350 Permit Required to Use City Property for Commercial Filming Purposes.

Sec. 22.350. Permit Required to Use City Property for Commercial Filming Purposes. No person, as defined in Section 11.01 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, shall use any property belonging to or under the control of the City of Los Angeles for the purpose of making any commercial motion picture, or still photograph, of, or including such property, without first having obtained a use permit to do so from the City Council, or whomever the Council by order, resolution or ordinance may delegate such authority. No such use permit shall be issued until the permit applicant has paid the application fee and the use and service charge required in connection therewith, and until the permit applicant has furnished proof of insurance with coverage as required by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services in a form approved by the City Attorney. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 144,744, Eff. 7-8-73. Amended by: In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95; Ord. No. 173,363, Eff. 7-29-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.350.1 Commercial Vehicular Equipment Exempt from Temporary No Parking Regulations.

Sec. 22.350.1. [Commercial Vehicular Equipment Exempt from Temporary No Parking Regulations.] Commercial vehicular equipment used by motion picture and television production companies and commercial photographers, when engaged in the activity for which a use permit has been issued under provisions of this article shall be exempt from the provisions of “Temporary” No Parking regulations posted by the Department under the terms of said use permit and during the hours and days of the week specified in said permit. “Temporary” No Parking signs posted by the Department for that purpose shall clearly indicate “Commercial Vehicles With Use Permit Exempt”. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 157,503, Eff. 5-7-83.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.351 Motion Picture Coordination Section Created in Department of Public Works.

Sec. 22.351. Motion Picture Coordination Section Created in Department of Public Works. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 144,744, Eff. 7-8-73. Deleted by Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.352 Adoption of Rules and Regulations Concerning Use Permits.

Sec. 22.352. Adoption of Rules and Regulations Concerning Use Permits. The City Council, or whomever the Council by order, resolution or ordinance may delegate such authority shall adopt such rules and regulations concerning the issuance of use permits required by Section 22.350 as may be necessary to assure that the property will be used in a safe manner, with a minimum of interference with the enjoyment and use of said property by the public and City employees, and consistent with the public health, safety, and general welfare. Said rules and regulations shall provide that no such permit shall be issued until approval of the Police Department has first been obtained. Said rules and regulations shall also be subject to the approval of the departments involved, insofar as such rules and regulations apply to the use of property under their management and control or to the use of property assigned to them. Such rules and regulations shall require, among other matters, that the Department involved be notified and its approval obtained prior to the issuance of a use permit. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 144,744, 7-8-73. Amended by: In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.353 Schedule of Application Fees, Use Charges and Service Charges.

Sec. 22.353. Schedule of Application Fees, Use Charges and Service Charges. The City Council, or to whomever the Council by order, resolution or ordinance may delegate the authority, shall establish a schedule of application fees and use and service charges, which shall be collected prior to the issuance of a use permit required by Section 22.350. The application fee shall be based upon an estimate of the cost to process applications for use permits. The service charge shall be based upon an estimate of the cost of the City providing the services to the permittee. Any excess of this estimate and deposit shall be reimbursed to the permittee. The use charge shall be based on the reasonable rental value of the property involved. Notwithstanding any provision of the Los Angeles Municipal Code or this code to the contrary, the application fee shall not be returned in whole or in part following the issuance of the use permit. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 144,744, Eff. 7-8-73. Amended by: Second para., Ord. No. 165,635, Eff. 4-26-90; Ord. No. 166,259, Eff. 10-27-90; Title and Sec. In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95; Title and Sec. In Entirety, Ord. No. 177,760, Eff. 9-11-06.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.353.1 Use Charges for Filming and Photography Purposes.

Sec. 22.353.1. Use Charges for Filming and Photography Purposes. A charge for the use of a facility, site, piece of equipment, or other property, for filming or photography purposes, except for intellectual property, shall not be imposed except by the Convention Center, El Pueblo, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles Zoo, and the Warner Grand Theater. Each City department or City office that is subject to the fee waiver pursuant to this ordinance shall continue to collect and track data regarding film and photography permits (including whether the use was for filming; the number of days, hours, or other quantitative data regarding the use; and the use charge amount waived). The provisions of this section shall be operative until June 30, 2024. Six months prior to that date, the Department of Public Works shall prepare and present to Council a report that summarizes the estimated revenues foregone as a result of this section. In compliance with the City’s Financial Policies, the City Council and the Mayor, after review of the report from the Department of Public Works, and based on the financial information and status of the budget at that point in time, shall determine whether or not to continue to waive the filming use charge in the future. Any fee waivers granted under this ordinance between June 30, 2019, and the time this ordinance becomes effective are hereby ratified. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 177,760, Eff. 9-11-06. Amended by: Ord. No. 181,386, Eff. 12-15-10; In Entirety, Ord. No. 184,948, Eff. 7-16-17; In Entirety, Ord. No. 186,204, Eff. 8-6-19.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.354 Motion Picture Coordination Fund.

Sec. 22.354. Motion Picture Coordination Fund. There is hereby established in the City Treasury a special trust fund which is hereby designated as the Motion Picture Coordination Fund. At such time as the City Council shall direct there shall be deposited into such special trust fund all service and use charges collected by the entity authorized by the Council to collect them and transmitted as directed by the City Council for such deposit. The departments providing services shall then be reimbursed therefore for such services provided by said departments in connection with the permit. All use charges shall be transferred to the accounts of the Departments of Harbor, Library, Recreation and Parks, and Water and Power to the extent that such use charges are derived from the use of property under the control and management of said departments. All other use charges shall be transferred to Project Restore. Monies shall be expended from said special trust fund for other purposes only when first approved by the Mayor and the President of the Council or the Chairperson of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Council. All application fees received by the City shall be deposited in the City’s General Fund. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 144,744, Eff. 7-8-73 Amended by: Ord. No. 150,582, Eff. 3-24-78, Oper. 4-1-78; In Entirety, Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.355 Application of Article.

Sec. 22.355. Application of Article. The provisions of this article shall not apply to property under the control and management of the Department of Airports, or to property described in Section 22.76 of this code. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 144,744, Eff. 7-8-73.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.355.1 Motion Picture Coordinating Section Processing of City Departmental Films.

Sec. 22.355.1. Motion Picture Coordinating Section Processing of City Departmental Films. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 148,883, Eff. 11-13-76. Deleted by Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 22.355.2 Additional Powers and Duties of Motion Picture Coordinating Section for City Department Film Production Activity.

Sec. 22.355.2. Additional Powers and Duties of Motion Picture Coordinating Section for City Department Film Production Activity. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 148,883, Eff. 11-13-76. Amended by: Ord. No. 150,582, Eff. 3-24-78, Oper. 4-1-78; Ord. No. 164,741, Eff. 5-27-89. Deleted by Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-50443Fetched: 10/24/2026