The General Fee Schedule is adopted by Council annually and becomes effective on July 1^st of each year.  Please check off all of the fees that apply to your proposed event to create an estimate for any potential event fees.  Not listed in the General Fee Schedule are hourly police rates.

Local non-profits or non-profits who regularly provide services to Pasadena residents may be eligible for co-sponsorship.  Fee waivers are limited to park rental fees, meter fees, and some deposit fees.  Non-profits are eligible for reduced fee waivers for barricades, temporary street closures, amplified sound permits, and some health and business license permits.

Check off fees that apply to your event.

Fee Description

Fee Calculation

Alcohol Permit, all City facilities

$71.00/day

Amplified Sound Permit (Commercial)

$85.16

Amplified Sound Permit (Non-Commercial)

$9.50

Barricades:   Non-profit organizations that are conducting an event in the public right-of-way and are interested in picking up and returning barricades to the City yards themselves those are free there is not a fee.

If they are a organization for profit and conducting an event in the public right-of-way the fee is $142.25 if they pick up and return the barricades themselves to the City yards.

For all others who wish to use public works barricades and are not conducting an event in the public right-of- way, the fee is $142.25. They must pick up & return the barricades themselves to the City yards.

Anyone wishing to have the barricades delivered and picked up by the City for activity in the public right of way will have the following fees: (1) city block the fee is $403.10 and (2) more than one city block $661.90.

Events that require Water Barricades are required to pay a Fire Hydrant Connection Fee of $150 and pay $661.90 for street closures of one city block.

Business License - Booth with food

$94.10/booth plus $18.82 per each additional employee, partner or relative assisting in the booth

Business License-  Annual Permit for Booth with Food (Site Specific)

$285.15/booth plus $57.04 per each additional employee

Business License - Booth with general merchandise, information, advertisements, handouts

$47.05/booth plus $9.41 per each additional employee, partner or relative assisting in the booth

Business License- Annual Permit for Booth with General Merchandise

$142.58/booth plus $28.51 per each additional employee

Business License - Games (per game)

$44.57/day for 00-25 cents, $57.33 day for 26-50 cents, $76.50/day for over 50cents

Business License - Rides

$170.61 for the first 5

Business License- Special Event Masseuse

$47.05/booth plus $9.41 per each additional employee  (Background Check by Police Department Required)

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda - Administrative processing

$39.15

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda - Fountain alterations

$178.36

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda - Refundable cleaning security deposit

$750.00

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda (4 Hour Minimum during event hours only)

$297.00 (Local Non-Profit)
$447.00 (Non-Local Non-Profit)
$297.00 (Private Individual)

$597.00 (Non-Resident)
$597.00 (Local Commercial Group)
$906.00 (Non-Local Commercial)

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda Set-Up & Clean-Up Rates (Hourly)

$125.00 (Local Non-Profit)

$188.00 (Non-Local Non-Profit)

$125.00 (Private Individual)

$188.00 (Non-Resident)

$125.00 (Local Commercial Group)

$188.00 (Non-Local Commercial Group)

City Hall Electrician

$116.00 per hour

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda - Rest Room Cleanup & Restocking Fee

$206.20

City Hall/Event Sound Monitor

$40.47 per hour

City Hall Event Alcohol Monitor

$33.00 per hour

City Hall Courtyard/Rotunda - Security guard (when Rest Room is open and City Hall is not)

$15.64 per hour (for first 8 hours)
$23.46 (each additional hour thereafter)

Dumpster rental - 3 cubic yard size, no garbage cans are available for events.

$89.00 per dumpster

Generator Permit

$33.00 (up to 100 KVA)

$38.00 (Over 100 KVA)

* Permit Required if Ground Rod is necessary

Generator Permit Processing Fee

$57.00

Generator Permit Inspections made outside of normal business hours

$550.00

Fire Department Event Plan Check

$166.00/event

Fire Open Flame Permit

$166.00

Fire Inspection (per event)

$166.00

Fire Department Administrative Processing Fee (per ¼ Hour)

$41.50

Fire Standby Officer

$166.00/hour, 4-hour minimum

Health Inspection/Permit - food stand

$160.00/booth

Health Inspection/Annual Permit – food stand (Site-specific for one location)

$187.95

Health Inspection/Permit - food vehicle

$155.50/truck

Health Noise Monitor - working hours

$33.10/hour

Health Noise Monitor - outside working hours

$49.80/hour

New Year’s Day Food Stand Vendor

NY Food Stand (Health): $213.40

NY Food Stand (Business License): $111.22

New Year’s Day Foot Peddler

NY Foot Peddler (Health): $77.30

NY Foot Peddler (Business License): $74.20

Noise Ordinance Suspension Environmental Review

$185.50

Noise Ordinance Suspension LA County Clerk Filing Fee

$50.00

Parking: Meters - Old Pasadena

At Cost

Parking: Meters - Civic Center

At Cost

Parking: "No Parking" signs

$1.24/sign

Parking:  “No Parking” signs pre-printed with date and time of event

100 signs or less:  $2.00 per sign

More than 100 signs:  $1.40 per sign

Parks Event Processing Fee

Attendance 0-50=$48.00; 51-150=$73.00; 151-500=$102.00; >500=$174

Parks Event Monitor 

standard: $31; sound monitor: $33; alcohol monitor: $33

Parks/Facility Rental

Park Rental Hourly Rate for local non-profits at Brookside & Area H

$50.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for non-local non-profits at Brookside & Area H

$100.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for local commercial groups at Brookside & Area H

$150.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for non-local commercial groups at Brookside & Area H

$200.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for resident/private individual at Brookside & Area H

$50.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for local non-profit at all other parks

$60.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for non-local non-profit at all other parks

$120.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for local commercial groups at all other parks

$180.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for non-local commercial groups at all other parks

$240.00 per hour

Park Rental Hourly Rate for non-resident/private individuals at all other parks

$180.00 per hour

Park Rentals for commercially sponsored events providing free activities or services open to the public (non-city sponsored)

50% of total rental costs

Parks Refundable Cleaning Deposit

$225.00 - $5,000 depending on size of event

Petting Zoo

$165.42 (Business License)

$0 (Health)

Property Damage - Public Works reimbursement

At Cost (manually supplied dollar amount)

Public Works Administrative Processing

$39.15

Public Works Banner Permit

$39.15 (insurance required)

Staging Permits

Based on total value of project

Temporary Street Closures

No charge for neighborhood events; $40.73 for non-profit; $81.45 for others

Tents

100-450 sq ft:$166.00; 451-3,500 sq ft: $332.00; 3,501-25,000 sq ft: $664.00; over 25,000 sq ft: $1,328.00

Traffic Control Plan Review

At Cost

Trash Boxes (Cardboard)

$3.00 each

Valet Application Processing fee

$39.15

Valet Special Event Permit Fee

$124.85

Valet Special Event Permit Revision (Sponsor or Operator)

$80.01