Orange County, FL Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)

The prohibition sweeps well beyond event organizers. Section 21-72(b) lists the covered conduct as staging, promoting, conducting, engaging in, participating in, aiding, forming, advertising, or starting the assembly, so a person who merely advertises or joins an unpermitted gathering of this size falls within the section's terms along with whoever organized it.

The 700-person trigger is measured at any one time, not across the whole day, and it counts more than actual attendance. The permit requirement applies when the assembly is attended by 700 or more people at one time, is calculated to be attended by that many, or is reasonably expected to be attended by that many. An organizer therefore cannot wait to see whether the crowd materializes; an assembly reasonably expected to reach 700 needs the permit before it happens.

The permit comes from the manager of the Orange County parks and recreation division under § 21-72(b) and § 21-75(a), and the application must be filed at least 21 calendar days before the event under § 21-75(b). Smaller gatherings sit outside the scheme entirely: assemblies of fewer than 700 people are exempt under § 21-74(e). The division's authority does not end at issuance, since permits may be denied, suspended, or revoked under § 21-77 and § 21-78.