Daytona Beach, FL Special Events & Permits: Block Party Permits (2026)

City Code § 82-1 defines a "block party" as a gathering of neighbors in a residential area which requires closing a local street for a party or other social, recreational, or similar assemblage, and lists it as one of the four defined categories of "outdoor event" requiring a written permit under § 82-51(a). Because a block party is smaller and neighborhood-based, the code treats its street closure differently than a commercial event's: § 82-54(f)(25) requires the application for a block party or other similar neighborhood event to include a petition in favor of the event signed by individuals representing at least 66 percent of the households on the affected block.

That petition substitutes for the process other outdoor events must follow: § 82-60(a) opens by limiting its 20-day written-notice and 50-percent-owner-consent requirements for a temporary street closure to "an outdoor event other than a block party," expressly carving block parties out of that separate notice-and-consent track. A block party organizer still pays the nonrefundable application fee under § 82-54(e) and any departmental service charges under § 82-57, and the permit is still reviewed administratively, but the neighborhood petition, not individual abutting-owner consent letters, is what the city checks before approving the closure.