Titusville Special Event Permits

Any special event held inside Titusville city limits needs a city special event permit, and some features, such as a road closure, fireworks or a tent over 400 square feet, make an event special regardless of size.

Sec. 11-501 of the Titusville Code of Ordinances says any special event held within the corporate limits of the City of Titusville shall obtain a special event permit (Titusville Code, Chapter 11, Article XII). The code defines a special event as a temporary public gathering for entertainment in an open area, such as music, parades, fairs, festivals, carnivals, sports events or arts and crafts. It also counts public events held in a facility outside its original purpose, and any event with amusement rides subject to state inspection, a temporary closing of a road, a fireworks display, or a temporary tent in excess of four hundred square feet.

Some activities fall outside the program. The definition excludes state and federally owned property and property controlled by the county parks and recreation department unless the organizer requests city services, and it states that organized sport leagues are not special events. Activity on a watercourse or body of water, such as a boat race, is not a special event unless it also includes an activity that is (Sec. 11-500). The city's package page repeats the definition and adds that permits are required for exhibitions, celebrations, festivals, shows and any event that is not a normal function of a location or is on public owned property (Titusville Special Event Permit Package).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, with new reads of the Titusville permit package page, the Article XII and Chapter 13 noise text on Municode, the Ordinance 33-2021 page, the city's Apply For menu and section 616.242 of the Florida Statutes.

Titusville sorts events by reach: Class A draws visitors from outside Brevard County, Class B serves the Titusville area, and Class C is a private event on city property that is not open to the public.

The classes come from the definitions in Sec. 11-500, and each class has a list of characteristics the event may include (Titusville Code, Sec. 11-500).

All three classes share the same clock in the Titusville code: no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and no later than 11:00 p.m., with a later end allowed on New Year's Eve, unless the permit says otherwise. Class B events face a venue cap: no single location may host more than four Class B events per calendar year, although property in the downtown redevelopment area and industrial zoned property is exempt (Sec. 11-502(d)). Class C events on property controlled by Brevard County Parks and Recreation are exempt from the city process, and the code says Class C is not meant to regulate typical park use, only events that need pavilion or facility rentals, road closures, building or alcohol permits, or city or county services.

Titusville wants Class A and B applications at least 60 days before the event and Class C at least 30 days before, but the city page and the code treat late applications differently.

The Titusville permit package page states that Class A and B applications must be submitted 60 days prior to the event, Class C applications 30 days prior, and that applications submitted beyond these deadlines will not be accepted or processed (Titusville Special Event Permit Package). Sec. 11-503 of the code sets the same minimums but adds a window and a late path: Class A and B applications may be filed no more than 180 days ahead, or 365 days ahead for events on listed holidays and holiday weekends; requests under 60 days are subject to a late fee in the amount on file with the city; and no Class A or B request is accepted with less than 40 days' notice. Class C requests under 30 days are also subject to a late fee (Titusville Code, Sec. 11-503).

Two later dates matter as well. As amended by Ordinance No. 33-2021, Sec. 11-502(f) requires all permits, including the finalized site plan, finalized life safety plan, security schedule and letters to affected property owners, to reach the special events coordinator no later than twenty-one days prior to the first day of the event (Titusville Ordinance No. 33-2021). Under Sec. 11-504, the city must notify a Class A applicant of approval or disapproval no less than 30 days before the event, and Class B and Class C applicants no less than 14 days before (Sec. 11-504).

The Titusville application fee is $50.00 per event, capped at $200.00 per year per organization, and the city's estimated charges for police, fire, EMS and public works are due at least five days before the event.

The fee language appears in Sec. 11-502 as rewritten by Ordinance No. 33-2021, which lists an application fee of $50.00 per event with a maximum of $200.00 per year per organization (Titusville Ordinance No. 33-2021). The permit package page adds that City Code Section 11-504 requires all fees, including the $50 application fee and any law enforcement, fire, EMS, building, public works and equipment fees, to be paid at least five days prior to the event (Special Event Permit Package). The code says payment is by nonrefundable check to the City of Titusville on approval, that unpaid estimated fees mean no permit unless the city approves otherwise, and that if a whole event is canceled, everything except the application fee and fees for services rendered or contractually obligated is reimbursed. Events observed for federally recognized holidays are exempt from the fee requirements (Titusville Code, Sec. 11-504).

Insurance is a separate requirement for public events in Titusville. Before a permit is issued, the applicant signs an indemnification form and provides liability insurance naming the city as additional insured of not less than $1,000,000.00 per person for bodily injury, $1,000,000.00 per accident and $1,000,000.00 per occurrence; an outdoor event that serves or sells alcohol adds $500,000.00 of liquor liability insurance. Class C events are exempt from the insurance requirement but still file the indemnification form (Sec. 11-509). Sec. 11-510 also requires security for damage to public property within 1,500 feet of the event and a cleanup of that area within 24 hours of the close.

The Titusville code ties staffing to attendance, starting at two police officers for up to 2,000 people a day and two EMTs for up to 2,500, with fire standby once an assembly structure reaches 300 occupants.

Unless the police chief authorizes otherwise, the Titusville Police Department is the sole provider of law enforcement at a special event. The guideline in Sec. 11-511 is two police officers for the first two thousand or fewer persons peak attendance per day, and two additional officers for each additional increment of two thousand, with more allowed depending on the character and risk of the event; private security numbers are set at the planning meeting (Titusville Code, Sec. 11-511).

The Titusville Fire Department provides fire standby and emergency medical services unless the fire chief authorizes otherwise. Sec. 11-512 requires fire standby for each structure used for public assembly when attendance reaches three hundred or more occupants, two firefighters for each tent or assembly structure as deemed necessary, and a firefighter at each entrance where open flame or flammable material is used. Sec. 11-513 calls for two EMT or paramedics for the first two thousand five hundred or fewer persons per day, two more for each additional 2,500 or part of it, and advanced life support for events over 2,500. Any event with boats, kayaks, paddle boards or swimming on the river and lagoon system needs a two-person water rescue team with an approved rescue craft, and Sec. 11-514 sets sanitary facilities at one per one hundred people (Secs. 11-512 to 11-514).

Parades, tents, fireworks, amusement rides, alcohol and amplified sound each add their own paperwork in Titusville, and two of them involve permits outside the special event file.

A Titusville parade permit comes from the special events coordinator and needs a route map with an alternate route, a state road closure permit if the route uses a state highway, notice to the affected public at least seventy-two hours before the road closes, and a maintenance of traffic plan; parade vehicles may not exceed fifteen feet in height or ten miles per hour (Titusville Code, Sec. 11-515). Tents need a flame-retardant certificate and a plot plan, and a portable generator over ten kW as the primary supply needs a separate electrical permit (Sec. 11-507). A fireworks display needs the shooter's and transporter's details, a shell list and an NFPA 1123 site plan (Sec. 11-506). Open containers on a street or sidewalk need city manager approval through the same process (Sec. 11-508).

Amplified sound is handled under the noise chapter. Sec. 13-102(f) lets the city manager grant written relief from the decibel limits for entertainment only if the function is open to the public, takes place on public property, runs no more than four hours in one twenty-four-hour day, and is staged between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight; abutting owners are notified and get five days to comment (Titusville Code, Chapter 13, Article IV).

Carnival rides bring in the state. Under section 616.242 of the Florida Statutes, a temporary amusement ride may not operate without a current permit, the ride must be inspected by the state department that issues the permit to get one, and a new application must reach the department each time the ride is relocated, at least 14 days before its first operation there (Section 616.242, Florida Statutes). Titusville's code counts any event with such rides as a special event.

Titusville organizers request the application from Community Development at specialevents@titusville.com or (321) 567-3760 and file it with the special events coordinator, with a site plan, schedule and, for Class A and B, a life safety plan.

The Titusville package page asks for a detailed site plan, schedule of events, indemnification and hold harmless form and a temporary traffic control plan with each application if required, and says a life safety plan must be submitted for Class A and B events; missing documents can lead the city to deny the application or revoke the permit in whole or in part (Special Event Permit Package). Special Event Permits also appear on the city's Apply For menu (Titusville Apply For page), and the package page lists the City of Titusville at P.O. Box 2806, 555 S Washington Avenue, Titusville, FL 32796, phone 321-567-3775 (Special Event Permit Package).

Under Sec. 11-502, the pre-event assessment list covers the event type, location, dates and times, contacts, estimated attendance for each day, any fee waiver requests, the schedule, a site plan with pedestrian access and a vehicular traffic control plan. The coordinator decides whether the event qualifies, holds a planning meeting for Class A and B events, and city staff approve or disapprove them; Class C events need no planning meeting and the coordinator approves them (Titusville Code, Sec. 11-502). A denial comes with written reasons and can be appealed in writing to the city manager within ten days, with a written decision within seven working days (Sec. 11-505). After the event, the city departments that served it may file an after-action report with Community Development, and the package page says that report is considered when any future application is submitted (Special Event Permit Package).