LaPorte County, IN Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)

03 of the county code governs permits, reservations, and fees for LaPorte County Parks and Recreation Department property, carried forward from `88 Code, § 4-26 (Ord. 90-15, passed 12-3-90). Subsection (C) requires anyone who wants to use park property in a way this policy or a Board rule restricts to obtain a permit or reservation from the Superintendent before entering or using it; any required fee should be paid when the permit or reservation is applied for, all applications go through the Parks and Recreation Office in advance, and the Superintendent may refuse an application at his or her discretion.

Subsection (D) sets a specific trigger: any picnic involving 25 or more people, or any event that sets a facility aside for a group's exclusive use at a set time, needs a reservation first. If the group plans additional controlled activities alongside the picnic, such as a hog roast, sound amplification, or special vehicle access, the application must list those activities up front, and the reservation fee has to be paid before the reserved time arrives. Subsection (F) leaves fees and charges for park facilities to the Parks and Recreation Board, which can change them from time to time, and Subsection (G) bars using a pay facility without paying first unless the Superintendent grants special permission.

03(B) separately restricts posting signs or advertising without written Superintendent permission, though permit holders may post temporary directional signs for their own event if the signs come down when the event ends and are not attached to a tree, shrub, post, building, gate, or other structure.