Special Events Permit Application

  1. New Event
  2. Returning Event

“Special Event” means any concert, parade, fair, show festival, carnival, rally, party, filming of movie, video or television show, motorcade, run, fishing, swimming, or other lake activities, street dance, bike-a-thon, race, walk or athletic event or other attended entertainment or celebration that is to be held in whole or in part upon publicly owned property or public right-of-way, or, if held wholly upon private property, will require the use of special services.

 “Special Services” means the exclusive allocation of City resources, including, but not limited to, City personnel, equipment, right-of-way, property or facilities for use in conjunction with a specific event or activity, as requested by the host or sponsor of the event, or as requested by or on behalf of any person attending the event, or deemed necessary by City staff in order to maintain public safety.  Special Services shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: street closures requiring police officers to stop or reroute traffic, special police protection, stationary emergency vehicles at or in the immediate vicinity of the event, exclusive use of City streets as a staging area or for event parking, additional street cleaning and garbage removal services, special signage, such as temporary no parking signs, the use of any City buildings, equipment or other property for any purpose other than the normal daily operations of the City, or the City otherwise providing exclusive services.