Walker County, GA Special Events & Permits: Block Party Permits (2026)

Section 10-257 requires the complete or partial closure of any street, sidewalk or public way for a special event to be approved by the Director of the Walker County Planning Office in consultation with the Sheriff and Emergency Services, and the producer must submit a list of every closure requested as part of the permit application. Section 10-240(d) backs that review with a site-plan requirement: the producer must delineate the event's outermost boundaries on a map no smaller than 8.5 by 11 inches, showing traffic patterns, curb cuts, a parking plan and entrance and exit points for emergency vehicles, and the Director must preserve a path at least 5 feet wide for public circulation and access to neighboring businesses.

Section 10-247 ties the cost of that closure to the applicant: the permit fee equals the county's estimated actual cost of the services it must provide, aggregated department by department, and if final costs run higher the producer is billed the difference, due within 30 days. Section 10-256 requires any tents, stages or grandstands erected for the event to be separately approved by the Planning Director and the Fire Marshal's Office, and § 10-244 lets any reviewing department attach written conditions to the closure that carry the full force of law once the Director adopts them.