Porta Potty Rental in Glendale, CA

Which office handles an event permit in Glendale?

Not the Los Angeles one. The permit information we have is for the City of Los Angeles: the Bureau of Street Services for street events, and the Police Department for parades and demonstrations. Glendale is a separate city, so a street event there is a question for the city's own offices, and we have not sourced Glendale's rules.

Some things are still countywide. LA County Public Health's Community Event Organizer Permit applies to civic, political, public or educational events with two or more temporary food facilities or three or more mobile food facilities, with the application 30 days before the event and no less than two weeks. Whether it applies in a given city is for you to confirm with the health office that covers your event.

What we can say is how the toilets fit in. For events with food, the county wording asks for one toilet for each 15 food employees within 200 feet of each booth, truck or cart, and one handwashing sink for every four public toilets. The handwash station rental page covers the sinks.

What do animation studios and production offices need?

The studios named in Glendale are animation companies, and when a production moves outside, onto a campus lawn or a nearby street, a crew with a base camp needs toilets and handwashing close to the working area. Interior studio work is not what rents portable units; the exterior and location work is.

FilmLA handles commercial on-location filming permits, with submission in MyFilmLA by 10 a.m. at least three full business days before first activity. We found no toilet rule in that process. The unit count comes from the headcount, and for employees Cal/OSHA's Title 8 section 1526 asks for one toilet facility for each 20 employees or fraction, of each sex. Read more on film and TV location toilets.

How should an event on Brand or Colorado Boulevard plan for toilets?

The two boulevards are where a crowd naturally gathers. A shopping-district event around The Americana at Brand and a gathering along Colorado Boulevard will have different layouts, but both need a plan for where people queue and where a service truck can reach.

General industry guidance we have seen is about one toilet per 50 to 100 attendees for an all-day event, adjusted for alcohol, with units 300 to 500 feet from attendee areas and 100 feet from food and water. That guidance is indicative, not a Glendale rule. The guide to how many portable toilets an event needs walks through the factors.

Tell the provider about the date, the hours and the expected attendance. The provider will advise what is free.

What about construction work in the city?

A building project in any of the eight ZIPs puts employees on site, so the Cal/OSHA one-per-20 rule applies to the employer. With fewer than five employees, one single-user all-gender toilet is sufficient. Site managers also have to think about servicing during the build; see construction site portable toilets.