Pacifica, CA Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)

101(f) and (g) define the two permit triggers: an "event" is any planned or likely gathering of fifty or more persons at a beach or park for the same collective purpose, and a "major event" is a gathering of more than one hundred fifty. 103 requires a permit before any person conducts, organizes, promotes, or allows either kind of gathering to occur, notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the contrary. 105 sets the filing clock: applications go to the Director at least twenty City business days before an event and thirty City business days before a major event, on a City-approved form, accompanied by the permit fee and security and cleaning deposits set by Council resolution.

108 for reasons including an incomplete application, a conflicting prior reservation, undue interference with traffic on a major street, or a prior applicant's history of a disturbance requiring three or more responding officers. 111 caps major events at 300 attendees, restricts them to Frontierland Park among the City's parks, and bars any event or major event in a mini-park. 113 requires liability insurance of at least $250,000 per person and $500,000 per occurrence for an event, rising to $1,000,000 per category for a major event. 109.