Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 8 Motion Picture Coordination

(Title amended by Ord. No. 148,883, Eff. 11-13-76.)

Section 22.350 Permit Required to Use City Property for Commercial Filming Purposes.

22.352 Adoption of Rules and Regulations Concerning Use Permits. 22.353 Schedule of Application Fees, Use Charges and Service Charges.

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.

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.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 144,744, Eff. 7-8-73. Deleted by Ord. No. 170,515, Eff. 6-18-95.

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.

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.

The Board of Public Works, upon payment of the fee authorized and required therefore in Section 22.357 of this article, shall furnish to a member of the public, to a representative of a department of the City having control over its own special funds, or to a representative of another governmental agency, when acting in the representative’s official capacity, microfilm copies of any public maps, plan or record; printed copies of standard plans, standard specifications, standard practice instructions, and the City's Bench Mark Index; and copies of plans, maps, profiles, charts and specifications reproduced by the following processes: blueprint, negative, brownline, blueline, photostat, electrostat, ozalid, mimeograph, facsimile, cassette diskettes, audio tapes, computerized digital tapes, and any other electronic recordings. If authorized by the Board of Public Works, the Department may also charge a fee for the distribution of specialized guides or handbooks prepared by the Department. The fees and charges herein shall be determined and adopted in the same manner as provided in Section 12.37 I.1. of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for establishing fees.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 129,914. Amended by: Ord. No. 136,625; Title and Sec., Ord. No. 167,700, Eff. 5-8-92; Ord. No. 168,593, Eff. 3-21-93; Ord. No. 176,300, Eff. 1-1-05.

The Board of Public Works shall by order or resolution establish fees to be charged and collected for the furnishing of any item specified in Section 22.356 of this article. Any fee so fixed shall approximate as nearly as practical the cost to the City, including but not limited to material and labor costs, related to the preparation of the items furnished. The Board of Public Works shall from time to time revise said fees to assure that the fees charged are sufficient to reimburse the City for such costs but not so great as to exceed them.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 129,914. Amended by: Ord. No. 136,625.

The Board of Public Works may provide for a waiver of the fees charged pursuant to Section 22.357 hereof when the person requesting is a representative of another governmental agency or department of the City of Los Angeles having control of its own special funds, acting in the person’s official capacity, if that governmental agency or that department furnishes to the City of Los Angeles, without charge, copies of public documents and records in its possession or control, or if the Board, in its discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the City to furnish copies of items specified in Section 22.356 hereof without cost to that agency or that department.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 129,914. Amended by: Ord. No. 136,625.