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

Village Code Section 106-44 governs every temporary street closing in Skokie, including the residential block-party closures neighbors organize each summer. The rule has two halves. First, no street may be closed at all without prior written approval from the Village Manager or a designee; there is no self-service option and no exception for a single afternoon. Second, once the Village has authorized the closure and posted the required signs, the closed status has real legal force: no person may drive a vehicle on the closed street or portion of it except a driver who has business there or lives within the closed area, and even that driver must exercise the greatest care while doing so.

Skokie's Police Department, per Section 106-45, is charged with enforcing all Village traffic ordinances, and the Village Manager's authority to install the barricades and signs used to mark the closure comes from the general traffic-control powers in Section 106-46. Applicants should build in lead time: the Manager's office needs to approve the closure, arrange for signage, and coordinate with police and fire before the date, and organizers should expect the request to be handled the same way as other temporary or experimental traffic regulations the Manager is authorized to issue under Section 106-41 for special conditions. 07, so the underlying block-closure authority predates the current codification but remains in force unchanged.