Public Works, Highway Engineering

Guidelines

Request for Permission to hold a Special Event in Unincorporated Salt Lake County, Utah

Applications submitted through this system are not approved until notification is received from the Salt Lake County Public Works Department.

Please contact the Engineering Department at 801 468-2245 or Email for any questions or to arrange for off-duty deputies.

1. Countywide Policy and Procedure #1012 requires that the sponsor of any organized race, run, walk, bicycle race, block or neighborhood party, parade, carnival or similar activity occurring, whole or in part, on any unincorporated Salt Lake County public roadway or property must request permission of the County, through submission of this form to Public Works Department, Permits Section, 2001 South State Street #N3100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84190-4600.
2. Block parties will submit paperwork with the signatures of affected neighbors' concurrence to the road-closure.
3. Block and neighborhood parties, parades of less than one mile, and school activities held in the immediate area of the school are excepted from the insurance requirements set forth in Section 14.56.100 of the ordinance.
4. Salt Lake County reserves the right to deny permit applications for proposed special events which pose a significant danger or threat to the public health, welfare or safety, or which may result in unreasonable inconvenience or cost to the public.
5. A violation of Section 14.56.040 shall be Class B Misdemeanor. Failure to obtain a permit as required by this chapter may also result in enforcement action by the County Sheriff's Office which, in its discretion, may stop an event which has not been issued a permit and/or may issue citations where event staff or participants violate other state statutes or county ordinances, including but not limited to traffic rules and regulations, disturbing the peace, public nuisance, failure to disperse, trespass, or other health and safety regulations.
6. Any request for events on public roadways, except as covered by (III) above, or sponsored by a County agency must have obtained a certificate of insurance naming Salt Lake County as an additional insured as indicated in Section 14.56.100 of the ordinance.