§ 2.118.050. Office to be self-supporting—Cost-recovery fee schedule.

A.

The office shall, by January 1, 1993, be fully self-supporting through cost-recovery fees, which shall be periodically and as necessary, increased or, alternatively, services shall be reduced to ensure that no county costs are incurred.

B.

The fee levels shall be as follows:

1.

Application to the film permit coordination office shall be subject to an administration fee of $315.00 for each filming, and a $100.00 annual registration fee for stills.

2.

On January 1, 1993 and each succeeding January 1st thereafter, the amount of each fee shall be adjusted as follows: by calculating the percentage movement in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the Los Angeles Area as compiled by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics during the preceding January through December period, adjusting each fee by said percentage amount and rounding off to the nearest dollar. However, no adjustment shall increase any fee in excess of the reasonable cost of providing services; provided further, however, that no adjustment shall be made to decrease any existing fee.

3.

Subsequent increases or decreases in application fees and use and service charges may be made from time to time by the board of supervisors without amendment to the ordinance codified in this chapter.

C.

In those instances where the board of supervisors, by resolution or order, determines it to be in the public interest to accept applications without a fee, the filming permit office shall accept such applications subject to the requirements specified in such resolution or order.

D.

In addition to the film permit coordination office administration and annual registration fees provided in subsection A of this section, the following fees shall accompany applications as specified:

1.

Riders for filming permit, $20.00;

2.

Riders for stills, $15.00;

3.

County facilities, filming, $400.00 per day;

4.

County facilities, set days and strike days, $100.00 per day;

5.

For the purpose of this section, "county facilities" excludes property in the Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, arboreta and botanical gardens and flood control district, which facilities shall require such use charges as may be set by the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 92-0031 § 1, 1992; Ord. 90-0093 § 8, 1990.)