Filming Rules
Please contact your community manager for an updated fee schedule.
Our CC&Rs permit our Association to set regulations and charge fees to production companies on location in The Riviera Estates. The fees ($2000/day for filming and $1500/day for prep and strike, and for commercial still photo shoots) are used to help defray the costs of administering our Film Rules and landscaping maintenance expenses. We want you to be informed about our policy and the Filming Rules/Regulations set up by your Board of Directors. These Rules/Regulations are specific to our neighborhood and are more restrictive than those of Film L.A.
The Riviera Estates Association requests 10 business days' notice for filming in our neighborhood. If filming plans are rushed and less than 10 business days' notice is provided, the fees are doubled. Occasionally, a production company films without first obtaining a permit from our Association, which invokes a penalty where our fees will be tripled.
Our regulations are reasonable, but must be brought to the production company’s attention to be effective. In the event the production company does not pay the fee, the property owner will be responsible for payment. If these situations cannot be controlled in the future, our Association may have to consider legal action, such as obtaining immediate injunctive relief to stop filming until our conditions can be met.
If you are approached to use your home, or the street on which your home is located, for filming:
Please tell the production company to immediately contact our community manager, Patrick Panetta, at ppanetta@pmpmanage.com or at (310) 694-0600 ext. 2210 for a copy of our regulations and arrange to pay the fee. Our community manager will coordinate the details.
Contact the Association office yourself.
The Board of Directors asks for your cooperation on this matter. We work at maintaining a good rapport with the City of Los Angeles, but Film L.A. issues hundreds of location permits and cannot enforce our regulations for us.