Special Events & Permits in Nassau County, FL (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Park Event Permits
A nonprofit group wanting to camp overnight at Burney Park must first get a group camping permit from the county's Public Works Department under Code § 23½-13. Groups of 10 to 30 people can camp up to three consecutive nights, twice a year, after posting a $250 cleaning bond.
Nassau County Burney Park group camping permit
Significant RestrictionsNassau County Code § 23½-13
a.Each group must obtain a group camping permit through the county public works department. The permit and application forms shall be prepared by the public works director and approved by the county manager. ... g.Each group shall be required to provide a cleaning bond/deposit in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the three (3) day permit.
Street Fair Rules
Anyone staging a festival, fair, art show or musical event in Nassau County must first get a festival permit from the county manager under Code § 19½-2. Festivals are capped at ten hours a day, two days total, and must shut down between midnight and 8:00 a.m.
Nassau County outdoor festival permit rules
Significant RestrictionsNassau County Code §§ 19½-2, 19½-5
No person shall stage, promote, or conduct any festival in the county without first obtaining a festival permit from the county manager. ... (1)Permit the festival to continue for more than ten (10) hours in any twenty-four-hour period, under no circumstances however, shall the festival be conducted within the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., within the permitted period. No festival shall exce...
Parklets
Nassau County only recognizes parklets inside the Timber to Tides Design Overlay, the SR 200/A1A corridor running through Yulee and East Nassau. The Land Development Code lets pedestrian space push into an on-street parking lane there through bulb-outs, mid-block plazas or parklets, sized to match the parking lane, eight feet in the code's own example.
Parklets in Nassau County's Yulee Overlay
Light RestrictionsNassau County Land Development Code § 45.04.03.B.1.d
d.Extension zone: the area where pedestrian space may be extended into the parking lane, via features such as bulb-outs with mid-block plazas, or parklets. This zone is applicable when there is on-street parking, and the width is that of the parking lane, typically eight (8) feet.
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