Walworth County, WI Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)

Section 42-2(a) lets the County grant permits for overnight stays and special events subject to five conditions. Overnight camping is restricted to Natureland Park and capped at two consecutive nights; campers, motor homes, and other recreational vehicles are banned outright; any sales at the event may only happen under separate county administrative procedures; and any activity involving minors must keep one adult present for every six people under age 16. The most consequential piece is subsection (5): the Public Works Director can waive the general Section 42-1 park rules, such as the alcohol, fire, or motorized-vehicle restrictions, inside the permit itself, but only if the permit spells out hazard and safety mitigation measures and sets deposit and liability terms, all guided by a companion county administrative procedure.

In practice this is the mechanism a scout troop, church group, or festival organizer uses to get camping or activities approved that the default park rules in Section 42-1 would otherwise forbid. Because the waiver authority sits entirely with the Public Works Director, an applicant should expect the permit terms, not the general park rules, to control once it is issued. There is no separate fee schedule printed in this section; permit costs and deposit amounts are set through the administrative procedure referenced in the ordinance rather than a dollar figure in the code itself.