Conditions Affecting the Issuance of a Special Event Permit
San Diego Municipal Code § 22.4013
in effect§22.4013 Conditions Affecting the Issuance of a Special Event Permit
(a) The City Manager may issue a Special Event Permit, when all of the conditions listed in Sections 22.4013(a)(1)–(10) are met.
(1) The Event will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly movement of aerial or marine navigation.
(2) The Event will not substantially interrupt public transportation or other vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area of its route.
(3) The Event will not cause an unresolvable conflict with construction or development in the public right–of–way or at a public facility.
(4) The Event will not block traffic lanes or close Streets during peak commuter hours on weekdays between 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on any of the following Streets:
(A) Streets designated as “Primary Arterials” or “Major Streets” on the City Engineering Department’s Intercommunity Street System Map and as defined in Council Policy 600–04,“Standards System Map and as defined in Council Policy 600–04, “Standards for Rights–of–Way and Improvements Installed Therein.”
(B) Streets designated as “Preferred Streets” on the Preferred Street System Map pursuant to Council Policy 600– 32, “Preferred Street System for Centre City.”
(C) Streets or portions of Streets determined to be “principal commuter routes” by the City’s traffic engineering staff, based on historic traffic density and congestion during peak commuter hours or based on an average daily trip (a.d.t.) basis of five thousand (5,000) vehicles or more.
(5) The Event will not require the diversion of a great number of police employees from their normal duties, thereby preventing reasonable police protection to the remainder of the City.
(6) The concentration of Persons, animals or vehicles will not unduly interfere with the movement of police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency vehicles on the Streets.
(7) The Event will move from its assembly location to its disbanding location expeditiously and without stopping enroute.
(8) The Event will not substantially interfere with any other Special Event or Demonstration for which a permit has already been granted or with the provision of City services in support of other scheduled Events or unscheduled governmental functions such as visits of chiefs of state.
(9) The Event will not have unmitigatable adverse impact upon residential or business access and traffic circulation in the same general venue.
(10) If the Event is a marathon, it will not occur within thirty (30) calendar days of another marathon.
(b) To make the determination under Section 22.4013(a), the City Manager shall consider pedestrian and traffic circulation, traffic volume and population density.
(c) In order to ensure that the conditions in Section 22.4013(a) are met, the City Manager may place conditions on the Special Event Permit.
(“Conditions Affecting the Issuance of a Special Event Permit” added 11–18–1997 by O–18439 N.S.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art02Division40.pdf#page=9Fetched: 10/28/2026