Camarillo, CA Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- CMC § 10.44.030
- Permit required under
- Chapter 19.63
- Applies to
- Any Section 10.44.020 prohibited act
- Properties covered
- Constitution Park, Dizdar Park, Library exterior, F-Canyon
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 1142, 6-14-2017
Summary
Anyone wanting to hold an event on Camarillo's named city properties that involves an otherwise-banned park activity, from amplified sound to after-hours use, must get a special events permit approved under Chapter 19.63 first.
No member of the public while on city property as defined in Section 10.44.020 shall commit any of the acts prohibited by Section 10.44.020 unless a special events permit has been approved by the city pursuant to Chapter 19.63 of the Camarillo Municipal Code granting permission for such uses.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Camarillo Municipal Code Section 10.44.030 states that no member of the public on city property, defined by Section 10.44.020 as Constitution Park, Dizdar Park, the Library Property exterior to the Library Building, and F-Canyon, may commit any of the acts Section 10.44.020 prohibits "unless a special events permit has been approved by the city pursuant to Chapter 19.63 of the Camarillo Municipal Code granting permission for such uses." Section 10.44.020 bans twenty categories of conduct on those properties without a permit, including organized sports team use, amplified sound equipment, cooking devices other than city-provided ones, alcohol, bounce houses and inflatables, and use of the property outside sunrise-to-sunset hours.
That breadth means most organized gatherings on these properties, from a reserved sports league game to an evening event needing a speaker system, fall outside what is allowed as of right and require the Chapter 19.63 special events permit to proceed legally. The section was adopted with the rest of Chapter 10.44 by Ordinance No. 1142 on June 14, 2017. The permit is the sole mechanism the code provides for lifting any of the Section 10.44.020 restrictions; there is no separate administrative waiver process described in this chapter.
Violations & Fines
Conducting a Section 10.44.020 activity on the covered city property without an approved special events permit is itself the violation defined by Section 10.44.030, subjecting the organizer or participants to citation and removal from the property under the same enforcement path as the underlying prohibited act.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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