Huntington, NY Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)

Chapter 91, Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs and Amusement Events, adopted in 1993, defines a 'fair' broadly at § 91-2 as any public event whose primary purpose is the display or sale of goods, expressly including bazaars and farmers markets, though events on church or school property are exempt from the definition. Section 91-3(A) makes it unlawful to operate any amusement event, fair included, without first securing a permit from the Town Clerk, with Town Board approval additionally required for events in residential districts under § 91-5.

A single permit under § 91-3(B) cannot run longer than six days, and § 91-3(C) and (D) cap any one applicant to two permits and two events at the same location per calendar year absent a Town Board resolution allowing more. Applications must be filed under § 91-9 at least thirty days ahead of an event on private property, or sixty days ahead on Town property, and must include proof of Suffolk County Health and State Labor Department approvals, a notarized property-owner consent, an original plus four copies of a scaled site plan, a $500 performance bond to guarantee cleanup, and a certificate of insurance.

Section 91-10 sets a nonrefundable $500 application fee, waived for religious, charitable, patriotic or volunteer fire organizations. m. Sunday through Thursday and by midnight Friday and Saturday, with the event closed to the public by those same hours. Amusement rides themselves are capped at seventeen per event under § 91-4(A), each with mandated clearances from entrances and between rides.