Prescott Valley, AZ Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)

Article 8-07 of the Prescott Valley Town Code regulates transient selling events where independent vendors come together to sell. Section 8-07-010 defines swap meets, flea markets, fairs, carnivals, circuses and festivals, and it excludes events in or around malls or shopping centers where the vendors work from permanent facilities under lease agreements.

Under Section 8-07-020, the operator, not the individual seller, carries the paperwork duty. The vendor list must show each vendor name, business name, business address and date of sales. An authorized Town official can mail a written notice demanding the list for a designated period, and a verified copy must reach the Office of Administrative Services within ten business days of the notice. An operator whose events run more than six times in a calendar year must send a verified list automatically, arriving by the 5th business day of each month for the prior one-month period, though a Town official can agree in writing to filing every two months when initial lists show a relatively small number of new independent vendors.

The vendors themselves are subject to the business license requirements of Town Code Article 8-02 and the Transaction Privilege Tax provisions of Chapter 8a. A person who sells at such an event on only one calendar day within each of the three periods, January 1 to April 30, May 1 to August 31 and September 1 to December 31, is not counted as an independent vendor. The Chief of Police and the Administrative Services Director can inspect the premises to look for articles reported as lost, missing or stolen and to check the vendor list. Section 8-07-030 lets the Town Council modify these terms by development agreement with an operator for economic development purposes.