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

These sanitation standards sit inside the same section that governs the special event application process, so a street fair or festival organizer applying for a permit through the leisure services manager must build both requirements into the site plan. For dumpsters, the applicant must submit an invoice or receipt from the dumpster provider proving compliance at least ten days before the event starts, dumping in an unapproved dumpster is prohibited outright, and any event running longer than one day must have its dumpsters emptied at least once daily by a waste service provider.

All temporary garbage containers must be off the property no later than the day after the event ends, and the applicant pays every fee tied to securing them. For portable toilets, the same ten-day advance proof of an invoice or receipt applies, the toilets must be serviced at least once a day, and the applicant is responsible for paying for, delivering, setting up, servicing and removing all of them, with removal required no later than the day after the event. If the city has to step in and clean up after the event, the cost comes out of the applicant's damage and clean-up deposit first, with any amount above that deposit invoiced separately to the organizer.