Fair Oaks Ranch adopted an Oct. 1 special-event permit system with a 45-day application window, a $150 application fee for each covered event and separate charges for required city services.
Beginning Oct. 1, organizers must apply at least 45 days ahead and pay a $150 application fee for each covered event; there is no fixed monthly or annual amount because the charge applies per event, and required city-service costs are additional.
The complete June 18 source package includes the agenda, packet, meeting page and official minutes. The ordinance applies to qualifying events involving such conditions as more than 200 people, a street or sidewalk obstruction, certain temporary structures, amplified sound during overnight hours, alcohol service, city property or extraordinary city services.
What Organizers Would Pay
The fee schedule also sets hourly and equipment charges when the city requires additional resources: $70 an hour for public works staff, $75 an hour for a sworn police officer, $50 per 30-foot barricade section per day and $55 per quarter-lane-mile for a street sweeper. The city manager may waive the application charge for qualifying tax-exempt or local charitable organizations, or when an event serves a public purpose or benefit.
Before the ordinance, the city handled street-closing events case by case without a formal special-event or street-closure ordinance. The packet traces the policy through a March 5 council workshop and a June 4 first reading before the June 18 final reading.