Georgetown, TX Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Who sets fees/rules
- Parks and Recreation Director
- Fee schedule review
- Annual report to City Council
- Unauthorized entry
- Unlawful during a reservation
- Commercial use in parks
- Needs permit or agreement
- Park closure power
- Director may close any park anytime
Summary
Georgetown's Parks and Recreation Director sets the fees, rental rates, and rules for reserving park pavilions, meeting rooms, athletic fields, and other reserved facilities. Once a facility is reserved, unauthorized people can be ordered out and it is unlawful for them to return.
Sec. 12.20.020: The City Council authorizes the Director to establish usage fees, rental rates, and policies and regulations governing the use of City parks. ... Sec. 12.20.050.G: Reserved Facilities. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to enter a reserved facility or are during the period of time the facility is reserved or to remain or return to a reserved facility after being given notice to leave.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 15).
Full Breakdown
20 defines a "reserved facility" broadly to include indoor and outdoor spaces such as pavilions, meeting rooms, gathering areas, classes, and athletic fields with their support areas. 020 gives the Director authority to set usage fees, rental rates, and the policies and regulations that govern how City parks and their reservable spaces are used, and the Director must report an updated fee schedule to the City Council annually with a summary of the prior year's changes. 025. 050(G) makes it unlawful for anyone without authorization to enter the reserved facility while the reservation is in effect, or to remain or come back to it after being told to leave.
050(E). 040, which effectively suspends any reservation for that area. Together these sections establish that park facility use beyond ordinary public access runs through Director-set reservation policies rather than a fixed City-Council-adopted fee schedule printed directly in the Code.
Violations & Fines
Entering or remaining in a reserved park facility without authorization, or returning after being told to leave, is unlawful under Section 12.20.050(G). Any violation of Chapter 12.20 is a misdemeanor under Section 12.20.080, punishable by a fine under the general penalty in Section 1.08.010, with each violation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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