HERMOSA BEACH : Council Amends Zoning Laws to Permit Filming
Film companies are welcome to shoot scenes in Hermosa Beach’s photogenic neighborhoods, city officials say.
The City Council voted unanimously recently to amend the city’s zoning codes to permit filming in and around homes. Officials hope to prevent a rerun of last year’s battle with residents over the filming of the television show “Beverly Hills 90210.”
A Torrance Superior Court judge ordered the show’s producers to stop filming at an oceanfront home after residents complained that the crews, trucks and heavy equipment disrupted the neighborhood. The judge ruled that the filming violated city laws prohibiting business activity in residential areas.
The council said the city’s zoning codes failed to reflect the city’s “film friendly” position. “We just hope if good film companies want to come down and shoot films in our city, that they consider us,” said Mayor Sam Y. Edgerton.
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