Osceola County, FL Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)

Sec. 13-45 covers special events, exhibits and traveling shows at shopping malls, hotels and motels, convention centers, art shows, circuses, tent shows and side shows: the promoter or organizer must obtain a permit before the event, priced at $225 per day or $1,350 for an annual permit valid only at the location where it was issued, as noted on its face by the tax collector. Two categories are exempt from the permit altogether: shows sponsored by a government or tax-exempt entity, and 'cultural events,' defined in the section as programs that develop intellectual and moral faculties through education, enlightenment and appreciation of fine arts, humanities and the sciences, as distinguished from vocational, recreational or technical activity.

As an alternative to the blanket promoter permit, the organizer can instead buy a $30 local business tax receipt for each individual vendor, exhibitor, act or attraction, plus a separate $30 receipt for the promoter; those individual receipts can then follow the vendor to other locations around the county during the same receipt year. The premises hosting the event, unless owned by a government or tax-exempt entity, must also carry its own local business tax receipt. Because these events are typically one-time or weekend affairs, Sec.

13-45 exempts the applicant from the standard departmental zoning, health and code-compliance review that Sec. 13-34(a) otherwise requires before a business tax receipt issues, but the section is explicit that the applicant still has to independently comply with every applicable zoning, environmental, health and other legal requirement even without the upfront review.