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

01(23) as any event intended to attract, attracting, or likely to attract 25 or more people, including distributors and servers, for delivering or serving food, that take place in a city park or park facility inside the Greater Downtown Park District (GDPD), the area within a two-mile radius of City Hall. Outside of governmental agencies acting within their authority, it is unlawful under subsection (a) to knowingly sponsor, conduct, or participate in the distribution or service of food at a large group feeding in a GDPD park without first getting a Large Group Feeding Permit from the Director of Families, Parks and Recreation or a designee.

Subsection (b) requires the permit to be produced on demand to a law enforcement officer during or after the event while still on site; failing to have it in hand is still a violation, though producing a permit that was valid at the time to the City Prosecutor or a judge later is an affirmative defense. Subsection (c) caps issuance at not more than two Large Group Feeding Permits to the same person, group, or organization for large group feedings for the same park in the GDPD in a twelve-consecutive-month period, and ties issuance to payment of the city's application fee. 15.