§ 21-280. Requirements for conduct of block party.

A block party shall be subject to the following requirements:

(a)

The block party shall take place only within a single-family residential area;

(b)

The block party permit shall be posted in a conspicuous location where the block party takes place;

(c)

If the neighborhood where the block party is planned is governed by a mandatory homeowners association, the applicant for the permit may be the association, acting through its representative board of directors, or one (1) or more neighborhood residents. If the neighborhood is not governed by a mandatory homeowners association, the applicant shall be one (1) or more neighborhood residents. All applications shall be accompanied by a petition of nonobjection to the block party that has been signed by at least a majority of the persons residing in the homes on the local street where the block party is planned to take place;

(d)

The road where the block party takes place shall be a local street;

(e)

A block party shall not take place on a particular road more than four (4) times per calendar year;

(f)

Whenever possible, the block party shall take place in a cul-de-sac;

(g)

The block party shall begin no earlier than 10:00 a.m. and shall end no later than 10:00 p.m. the same day; except that a block party that begins on December 31 shall end no later than 1:00 a.m. on January 1;

(h)

The block party shall not be open to the general public;

(i)

An admission fee shall not be charged or solicited to attend the block party;

(j)

The anticipated attendance shall not equal or exceed one hundred (100) persons at any point in time;

(k)

Alcoholic beverages shall not be permitted, served, or consumed on the local street;

(l)

The permittee shall control the parking of motor vehicles so as not to create a hazard or an unsafe condition adjacent to or near the location of the block party, shall place cones, a movable barricade or the like at the site of the local street where the block party takes place, and shall ensure that no motor vehicles, inflatables, tents, canopies, banners, stages, and/or fixed barriers obstruct access to the street for a width of at least fourteen (14) feet, and a vertical distance of at least thirteen and one-half (13½) feet;

(m)

In accordance with F.S. § 316.2035, the local street that is used for the block party shall not be disturbed or damaged, and structures shall not be affixed to it;

(n)

Commercial activity by commercial vendors shall not be conducted on the local street, sidewalk, or other right-of-way where the block party takes place;

(o)

Sound amplification equipment or similar devices shall be permitted, subject to, and in compliance with, the noise and vibration control ordinance (section 15-176 et seq. of this Code). If live entertainment is proposed, the applicant shall describe the nature of that entertainment in the application. Depending upon its nature, the county may prohibit the live entertainment, or approve it with conditions;

(p)

The block party shall be subject to the conditions of the block party permit, if any; and

(q)

The block party shall be subject to all other applicable laws and ordinances, except that the public assembly ordinance shall not apply to a block party.

(Ord. No. 2007-03 , § 1, 5-1-07)