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

§ 4.68.190(b). Block Party Street Closure. Requests for a permit to utilize a street for a block party shall be made by filing an application for a "permit to close a public street" with the Department of Transportation. The applicant must be a resident living on or a business located on the block of the street to be closed. Where the majority of the parcels in the area of the requested closure are zoned R-1 Single Unit Residential, the applicant must include a petition in favor of the event signed by 51% of residents and/or businesses on the block of the street to be closed, and must provide at least three days' advance notice of the closure to all residents and businesses located on the portion of the street to be closed. Where the majority of the parcels in the area of the requested closure are zoned other than R-1 Single Unit Residential, the applicant must include a petition in favor of the event signed by 25% of the residents and/or businesses located on the block of the street to be closed, and must provide at least five days' advance notice of the closure to all residents and businesses located on the street to be closed. Only a street classified by the City in its Land Use and Circulation Element as a "Neighborhood Street," "Shared Street," or "Avenue: Industrial" may be utilized for a Block Party. Block Parties do not need to obtain a community event permit.