Broomfield, CO Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)

Municipal Code section 3-04-110 defines a special event as any sales event at a single location lasting no more than three days that includes three or more vendors. City Council built the licensing structure around whether an organizer exists: if one does, the organizer applies for a single special event license, and individual vendors need not separately license. If there is no organizer, every vendor at the event obtains its own city sales tax license and remits collected sales tax directly, under the same finance director oversight that governs Broomfield's general sales tax in chapter 3-04.

Organizers carry real paperwork duties: at least one day before the event starts, the organizer must give the finance director the name, address, and phone number of every vendor, whether or not that vendor separately licensed. After the event, vendors or organizers must file a tax return and remit the sales tax collected by the 20th day of the month following the event, on a form the finance director provides. Only the organizer, not individual vendors, may claim the vendor fee deduction. Because the event tax return rides on chapter 3-04, failing to remit is treated the same as any other sales tax violation: section 3-04-200 makes it unlawful to refuse to file a return, file a false or fraudulent return, or fail to remit taxes collected, and general penalties in chapter 1-12 apply, up to a $2,650.00 fine or 364 days imprisonment per offense, with each day of continuing violation counted separately.