Redding, CA Special Events & Permits: Block Party Permits (2026)

010 because it uses city streets and falls outside the routine park-facility reservation process. 050, the organizer applies to the city clerk for a special event permit, and the clerk sends that application to the police department, fire department, community services department (recreation and parks division), public works department (streets and transportation divisions), the Redding Convention Center, and the risk management department for comment and approval. Each department can attach its own conditions, and the permit is not approved until the applicant satisfies every condition imposed.

070 lets the director of transportation and engineering, working with the chief of police, prevent vehicular or pedestrian traffic on the affected streets for as long as needed for public safety, but property owners and tenants on the block must get at least five business days' notice of the closure unless the permit conditions put that job on the organizer. 080 puts the cost of city services for the block party on the organizer, though the organizer can ask the city council in writing for co-sponsorship and a waiver of some or all of those costs; whatever the council does not waive remains the organizer's bill. 060 on top of the city permit.