Lehi, UT Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Temporary Use Permit, Zoning Administrator
- Maximum duration
- 60 consecutive or 120 total days/year
- Application deadline
- At least 10 days before event
- Police review
- Required if Zoning Administrator deems necessary
- Appeal route
- Development Code Section 32-010
- Revocation grounds
- Fraud or unmet permit conditions
Summary
Lehi treats street fairs, festivals and outdoor concerts as temporary uses that need a Temporary Use Permit from the Zoning Administrator before the event happens, under Development Code Section 21.020.F. Permits cap out at 60 consecutive days or 120 total days in a calendar year, and organizers must apply at least 10 days ahead with a site layout and signage plan.
F. Outdoor entertainment and assembly events including but not limited to fairs, festivals and concerts, when not held within premises designed to accommodate such events, such as auditoriums, stadiums or other public assembly facilities. ... A temporary use permit approved by the Zoning Administrator shall be required for all uses listed in this Chapter and shall be issued prior to the commencement of the use. ... In no case shall approval be given for a period exceeding sixty (60) consecutive calendar days or one hundred and twenty (120) total calendar days within ... any one calendar year except as provided in paragraph B of this Section. ... An application for a Temporary Use Permit shall be made to the Zoning Administrator at least 10 days prior to the date of the requested use.
Full Breakdown
F of the Lehi City Development Code, outdoor entertainment and assembly events including fairs, festivals and concerts held anywhere other than an auditorium, stadium or other purpose-built assembly facility are classified as temporary uses. 030 makes a Temporary Use Permit from the Zoning Administrator mandatory for every such event and requires it to be issued before the activity starts; the permit does not substitute for a separate business license, and the Zoning Administrator can route the application to the Planning Commission or other Reviewing Departments for a closer look.
040 caps approval at 60 consecutive calendar days or 120 total calendar days in one year, with seasonal-sales uses limited separately to five months. 050 requires the organizer to file with the Zoning Administrator at least 10 days before the event, submitting a written description of the use with requested hours of operation, proof of the property owner's permission if the applicant does not own the site, a site layout showing yard setbacks, sanitary facilities and parking, and a signage plan. 060 lets the Zoning Administrator approve the permit, after a written recommendation from the Chief of Police where one is deemed necessary, only on findings that the event will not endanger public health or safety, that the site is large enough, that surrounding streets can handle the traffic, and that adequate temporary parking is arranged.
070 lets the City attach conditions covering noise, glare, dust and odor control, temporary structure placement, sanitation, solid waste, security, sign regulation, and a bond to guarantee removal of temporary facilities and restoration of the site afterward.
Violations & Fines
A festival permit can be pulled under Section 21.090 if the organizer obtained it fraudulently, if conditions of approval go unmet, or if circumstances change so the original safety findings can no longer be made. Because Section 21.070.I lets the City require a bond for removal of temporary structures and site restoration, an organizer who leaves equipment or debris behind risks forfeiting that bond on top of losing the permit. Anyone who objects to a permit decision or its conditions can appeal under Section 32-010 of the Development Code.
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