Peoria, IL Special Events & Permits: Block Party Permits (2026)

Section 21-121, "Location," allows a block party on a city-owned right-of-way only where the location has been approved by the city manager or designate, and only if the street is city-owned, is a local residential street rather than a primary or secondary thoroughfare, and is not within 300 feet of, or on a block contiguous to, a Class "A" licensed liquor establishment. Section 21-122, "Application procedures," restricts who may apply: only a resident of the section of street to be closed may submit an application, and no business entity may apply for or sponsor a block party permit.

00 deposit, refunded once the barricades are returned in good condition. First-time applications, for a block party not held on that street the previous calendar year, must include written consent signed by at least two-thirds of the dwellings and businesses on the section of street to be used, with one adult signature per address sufficient. Consent is not required in subsequent years unless the city manager or designate receives objections from at least one-fifth of the dwellings and businesses on that street section. Chapter 21's definitions section, Sec.

21-1, defines a block party as a gathering of residents within a residential neighborhood on a city-owned right-of-way for recreational or social purposes. 1, within Article IV, Block Parties, of Chapter 21, Parks and Public Grounds; the chapter's general penalty at Sec. 00 for violations of the chapter's provisions.