Operation of Block Events.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 455.70
in effect455.70. - Operation of Block Events.
(a) Timing. A block event may only be held on the date(s) specified on the permit.
(b) Other approvals. Applicants will be responsible for obtaining all permits and licenses required for activities to be conducted as part of block events.
(c) Compliance with permit conditions. Applicants will operate block events in accordance with the provisions of their block event permits.
(d) Access aisle. Applicants shall maintain an unobstructed aisle at least fourteen (14) feet wide within the block event to permit the entrance and exit of emergency vehicles.
(e) Barricades. Applicants shall provide, install, and remove barricades, signs, and delineation equipment for block events in accordance with a city-approved traffic control and management plan.
(f) Restriction of Parking. For block events in a business district, "No Parking" signs will be posted by the city within the event space. Within ten (10) business days following receipt of city invoice, the applicant must reimburse the city for the cost of installing and removing said signage.
(g) Personnel.
(1) For all block events, trained city staff or trained personnel shall perform on-site traffic-management duties at all intersections where traffic crosses the block event space, in accordance with the requirements of a city-approved traffic control and management plan. Any certification or training for traffic control management must be approved by the director of regulatory services. During the term of the block event, these individuals shall be deemed authorized persons for purposes of Section 466.140 of this Code, with respect to duties performed as required by the permit; and
(2) For all block events, trained city staff shall perform on-site traffic-management duties on detour routes, where necessary, in accordance with the requirements of a city-approved traffic control and management plan.
(3) Within ten (10) business days following receipt of city invoice, the applicant must reimburse the city for the cost of city staff's performance of on-site traffic-management duties.
(4) For all block events, applicants shall provide on-site personnel to:
a. Administer the event, in accordance with the requirements of their permit;
b. Perform event security duties, in accordance with a city-approved security plan;
c. Monitor the barricades at all intersections not requiring traffic-management personnel, in accordance with the requirements of their permit.
(h) Refuse and recycling.
(1) Waste handling at an event is required independent of any permanently placed containers, unless otherwise approved by the manager of said permanently placed containers and in the applicant's city-approved waste and recycling plan.
(2) The applicant must, throughout the event and within the three-hour period immediately following the end of a block event, clean up, remove, and dispose of all litter, garbage and recyclable materials associated with the block event which is placed or left on the street or sidewalk of the block(s) on which the event is held and also on any of the immediately adjacent blocks. Additional time for cleanup may be granted to large block event permits.
(3) When food and beverages are dispensed, block event applicants are encouraged to use supplies made of compostable materials and to collect and deliver all compostable materials to an approved composting or processing facility.
(4) All applicants for block events shall provide for the collection and processing of recyclable material separate from non-recyclable materials, in accordance with a city-approved waste and recycling plan. In furtherance of this requirement, recyclable material collection containers must be equal in number to collection containers for garbage and must be situated within five (5) feet thereof during the block event. Signage shall be placed on all collection containers for patrons to easily separate recyclable materials from garbage.
(5) Applicants may be granted an exemption from providing one-to-one garbage and recycling with a city-approved zero waste plan. In the plan, applicants must ensure vendors are uniform in their use of recyclable or compostable materials and that collection containers are available for all recyclable and compostable materials generated at the event. All compostable materials must be delivered to an approved composting or processing facility.
(6) Within ten (10) business days following a large block event, the applicant must submit to the city proof of weights and delivery locations for all garbage and recyclable and compostable materials collected at the event.
(Ord. No. 2023-070, § 2, 12-7-23)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=MICOOR_TIT17STSI_CH455BLEV_455.70OPBLEVFetched: 11/2/2026