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

Chapter 26, Article III governs 'itinerant merchants', vendors, flea-market operators and temporary tent businesses, who set up during what § 26-51 calls the county's 'recognized events': the Daytona Beach Bike Week Festival, Biketoberfest, Daytona Speed Weeks and the Pepsi 400. Under § 26-52 the article applies only in unincorporated Volusia County. Section 26-54(a) requires the property owner, not just the vendor, to obtain an itinerant merchant host license before any itinerant merchant may operate on the site, and caps it at one host license per parcel per license term; the term runs one year, expiring September 30, with fees set by county council resolution and paid in full regardless of when the license is purchased.

The license must be posted where customers can see it (§ 26-54(f)). Subsection (e) limits host licenses to parcels zoned commercial or industrial (or approved for temporary campgrounds) and flatly bars any itinerant merchant from operating on a right-of-way. Subsection (g) sets the construction window: booths, tents and display areas can't go up more than five days before an event's official opening and must be fully torn down within three days of its close, unless another recognized event starts within five days. Subsection (j) requires sheriff's office approval for higher-risk activities, aircraft operation, weapons or explosives, animal encounters with the public, driver-occupied vehicle exhibitions, or discharge of toxic substances.

Subsection (k) blocks a new license for any owner found in code-enforcement noncompliance in the past 12 months or whose license was revoked within the past 12 to 24 months.