Download an application for a Block Party permit by clicking here.
Before authorization is granted, applicant must:
- Provide dates, times and hundred block(s) for street closure no less than two (2) weeks prior to date of closure.
- Provide petition/signatures of residents within the closed area with at least 50% approval for closure request.
- Notify all residents within the boundary of the date and times of the closure no less than one week prior to closure.
During/After Block Party, applicant must:
- MUST keep street clearance wide enough for emergency vehicle access (police, fire, ambulance).
- MUST NOT block fire hydrants.
- Set up and take down the City-owned barricades at the beginning and end of the stated times.
- Provide name, address and telephone numer of primary and secondary contact persons responsible for all the above.
The Department of Public Works will deliver the necessary cones/barricades within 24 hours to the primary point of contact (or his/her designee) of the scheduled event.
Hyattsville Administrative Office, City Clerk - 4310 Gallatin Street (3rd Floor)
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.