West Bloomfield, MI Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)

Under Sec. 6-71, no person may conduct or operate a carnival or similar amusement open to the public in West Bloomfield Township without first securing a license from the township clerk. The application must name the applicant (and every partner or corporate officer and director), list their residence addresses, describe the exact nature and address of the amusement, and disclose any prior denial or revocation of an amusement license and any felony conviction. Sec. 6-72 sends every application to the police chief for investigation; no license issues until the chief confirms the applicant, or each officer and director if a corporation, has no conviction within the preceding two years for a criminal statute or ordinance violation showing flagrant disregard for the safety of patrons, employees or nearby residents.

Under Sec. 6-73, the township clerk places approved applications on the next regular Township Board meeting agenda, and the license issues only after the board-set fee is paid. Sec. 6-74 caps the license term at whatever period the Township Board sets, and licenses are never renewable, so every carnival must reapply. Sec. 6-75 conditions issuance on a cash deposit, set by board resolution, that guarantees the licensee follows state law and township ordinances, ceases operating by the license's expiration and removes all rides, booths and equipment from the site afterward.

Sec. 6-76 forbids any license where the zoning ordinance does not permit the use, and separately bars licensing any carnival or amusement staged on a public street or sidewalk, or anywhere the only public accommodation is a public place, though it exempts school-property amusements approved by the local board of education.