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Notification & Promotion
Required Notification
Advanced notification of Special Events is
intended to help ensure their success and
mitigate impacts to the community. The review
team will determine the extent of community
outreach required for each event, but generally
outreach shall occur as follows:
Type I Events:
- Block parties as described in BMC
13.13.040 B.2; and/or
- Closure of 1 street segment.
Required notification: Signature verification
form (this form is attached as an appendix to
this Guide)
Type II Events:
- Rolling street closure (short-term);
and/or
- Requires traffic management (e.g.
flaggers, police escort, etc) but doesn't
restrict access to property.
No advanced notification required
Type III Events:
- Displaces on-street parking;
- Closure of more than 1 street segment;
- Rolling street closure (longer-term);
and/or
- Restricts or temporary eliminates
access to property.
Required notification:
1) For displacement of on-street parking, post
NO PARKING signs:
- 24 hours in advance for metered or
time-limited parking
- 72 hours in advance for all other areas
See PARKING topic area for more information
about No Parking signs.
2) Signature notification form signed by any
parties disproportionately impacted (TBD by
Public Works staff)
3) Type II barricade with attached event
description placed at major intersections 1
week in advance of the event (TBD by Public
Works staff).
4) Posted to the City's Event Calendar and/or
distributed through the City's weekly Street
Closure posting/email.
Promotion
The following resources are optional, but may
help promote your event and assist with public
notification. Promotion of an event prior to the
receipt of a Special Events Permit is
undertaken at the risk of the event sponsor.
City of Bellingham Leisure Guide
The guide is produced quarterly and distributed
in the Bellingham Herald. Copies are also
available at City Hall, Bellingham Public Library,
Arne Hanna Aquatic Center, Bellingham Parks
and Recreation and online. Contact Bellingham
Parks and Recreation for more information
about listing your event in this guide.
Bellingham/Whatcom County Tourism
Bellingham/Whatcom County Tourism
maintains a community events webpage where
event organizers may post notification of
events: http://www.bellingham.org/event-
calendar/
City of Bellingham - Bellingham TV
While inappropriate for direct commercial
programming, you may consider advertising
your event through public access programming.
For more details contact BTV.
