Ottawa County, MI Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)

6, "Prohibited Activities," states that while on Commission Park Property no person shall engage in organized activities such as contests, shows, exhibitions, organized sporting or musical events, children's day camp, parades, or any other activity to the exclusion of others, without prior written consent of the Commission or its Agent. The same section separately requires a permit or written permission before using amplified sound that carries 20 feet from its source and bothers other park users, before camping on Commission property, and before commercial activity, peddling, soliciting, or handbill distribution.

5, which requires payment of any Commission-established fee or charge before using a reservable facility, land, area, or service, and bars using a permit-required area without displaying the valid permit. Applications for an event permit go through the Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission's established procedures, which let an applicant reserve specific areas or facilities to the exclusion of others once the Commission grants a permit. Hindering or interfering with an authorized use or a permitted reservation is itself a separate violation under the same section.