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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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