Fees.
Southaven Code of Ordinances § 8-150
in effectSec. 8-150. - Fees.
(a) The special events coordinator shall classify each application according to the following criteria:
(1) The anticipated amount of extra personnel that shall be required to be furnished by the city to accomplish the necessary public safety and sanitation components of the special event. By agreement, as endorsed upon the permit or in a separate contract, the applicant may furnish some of the personnel required; and the anticipated personnel requirements for classification purposes shall be considered as reduced accordingly;
(2) The type and amount of city services required other than extra personnel hours; and
(3) The anticipated number of persons attending the event over the entire period of the special event.
(b) The classes of special event permits and the evaluated factors of each class shall be as follows:
(1) Class A permit. For a special event which will require between twenty-five (25) and fifty (50) extra personnel hours and for which the attendance is anticipated to be in excess of five thousand (5,000) persons over the entire period of the special event.
(2) Class B permit. For a special event which will require between three (3) and twenty-five (25) extra personnel hours and for which the attendance is anticipated to be from five hundred (500) to five thousand (5,000) persons over the entire period of the special event.
(3) Class C permit. For a special event which will require fewer than three (3) extra personnel hours and for which the attendance is anticipated to be less than five hundred (500) persons over the entire period of the special event.
(4) Class D permit. For a special event which will require no City services and for which the attendance is anticipated to be two hundred (200) persons or less over the entire period of the special event; for any parade sponsored by an educational institution.
(c) If a special event permit is approved, the applicant may obtain such permit by agreeing to accept the classification and conditions imposed by the special events coordinator and by paying the applicable permit fee and sanitation deposit. Such fees shall be determined according to the following schedule:
Application fee | Permit fee | Sanitation fee | Class | Attendance | Extra personnel hour
$10.00 | $2,000.00 | $150.00 | A | greater than 5,000 | 25—50
10.00 | 100.00 | 75.00 | B | 500—5,000 | 3—25
10.00 | 30.00 | 20.00 | C | less than 500 | 3
00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | D | 250 or less | 0 hours and no city services required
(d) The special events coordinator shall waive all fees, other than the application fee, for any event not involving the sale of food or beverages, and not requiring the blocking of any streets or otherwise impeding the flow of vehicular traffic, which is conducted for the primary purposes of expression of First Amendment rights.
(e) The fees set forth in this ordinance shall be in addition to any other inspection and/or permit fees, including, but not limited to the fees set forth in City Code of Ordinances Title V, Chapter 1, Section 5-3.
(Res. of 9-17-24(2))
Source: City of Southaven, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/southaven/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CO_TITVIIILIMIBURE_CH6SPEV_S8-150FEFetched: 11/1/2026