Springfield, OH Special Events & Permits: Block Party Permits (2026)

Section 311.02(a) prohibits blocking off any street or highway area in the City without first obtaining a permit from the City Manager, the same permitting authority that covers parades and assemblages in the same subsection. Applications must be made on prescribed forms containing enough information for a fair determination of whether to issue the permit, and must be filed not less than five days before the intended date of the closure. The City Manager may attach reasonable conditions to the permit or accompanying order, including the hours of the closure, the place of assembly and dispersal, and specifically which streets, highways or portions of them may be used or occupied, which is how a residential block party gets its street boundaries and time window set.

Because 311.02 sits in the Traffic Code chapter on parades and assemblages (Chapter 311), the same street-closure authority that lets the City stage a parade route is used to authorize a neighborhood block party's temporary closure. The section carries no separate refusal grounds for street-blocking beyond the general permit process; residents should apply through the City Manager's office well before the event date to leave time for review.