City Requirements

City Insurance Requirements for Film

Sample Certificate of Insurance

Event notifications are required and a critical step in managing a successful event. They are even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thoughtful and thorough notifications can help reassure impacted communities that you are taking the necessary steps to create a safe and compliant event and can help educate potential attendees of their personal responsibilities to help safeguard other attendees, vendors and staff. Follow the steps below in preparing and distributing your notifications and contact Jill Lis at jill.lis@denvergov.org with any questions.

1. Create a notification flyer that includes:

• “IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Upcoming Event in Your Neighborhood” text featured prominently at the top of the document

• An event-specific variation of the following:

  The XYZ Event prioritizes public health and safety and will follow state and local guidelines to ensure that the event is safe for staff, attendees and the surrounding community. We ask everyone staffing or attending the event to:

• Stay home if you feel ill

• Wear a mask or face covering  - it is required!

• Follow entrance and exit paths and physical distancing signage/markings

• Wash hands and/or use hand sanitizer often, at the stations provided

Event details (i.e., dates, times and location, set-up dates and times, road closures, parking restrictions/accommodations, site and/or route map, organizer contact email and phone number.

VIEW A SAMPLE NOTIFICATION (pdf).

Use the Word version of the SAMPLE NOTIFICATION to create your own.

2. Upload the pdf of the final notification flyer to Step 5 of your special event application. Add notes about your notification plan and include distribution details. OSE staff will review and approve or provide feedback/suggested changes to incorporate before distributing.

3. Distribute the approved notification flyer 45 days (or asap) before the event and then again, one week before the event.

4. Hand-deliver notification flyers to impacted residences, businesses and community centers (e.g., churches, schools, etc.) while wearing a mask and maintaining appropriate physical distancing by placing the flyers in mail boxes and near doors/front entrances when possible.

5. Distribute the notification flyer by email to the following. Include a request that recipients share the information with their communities by posting it in common areas and also via newsletters, websites, social media, Next Door and word-of-mouth. Copy Jill Lis at jill.lis@denvergov.org on all notification emails.

• City Council offices that represent the impacted district(s). Find the City Council district map and contact information: www.denvergov.org/citycouncil.

• Registered Neighborhood Organizations (RNO’s) AND Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) – lists and contact information can be found at www.denvergov.org/RNO. Some RNOs and BIDs are continuing to meet virtually at this time. As time and opportunities permit, offer to participate in these meetings to share event details, answer questions and address concerns.

• Denver Police Department District(s) – find DPD district contact information: https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/police-department/police-stations.html

Thank you for your careful attention to the event notification process.

Denver Fire Department Website

• Denver Fire Department Requirements
• Special Events Permit Application
• Fees

Joseph Florez
Phone: 720-913-3464
Email: joe.florez@denvergov.org

Steven Holtz
Phone: 720-913-3448
Email:steven.holtz@denvergov.org

Denver Police Department Website

• Denver Police Department Requirements

Special Events Unit
Parades, Runs, Races, Walks, Rides
Phone: 720-337-1030
Email: dpdspecialevents-dpd@denvergov.org

Office of Secondary Employment
Analisa Ortiz
Phone: 720-337-0775
Email: analisa.ortiz@denvergov.org

Developmental Services Website

• Development Services Requirements
• Temporary Outdoor Stages and Platforms
• Temporary Fabric Structures
• Temporary Occupancies within Existing Buildings
• Temporary Power (Generation)

Electrical and Generators
Carol Pafford
Phone: 720-865-2827
Email: carol.pafford@denvergov.org

Stages and Building Department
Street Schellhase or Keith Ostrander
Phone: 720-865-2930 or 720-913-1651
Email: street.schellhase@denvergov.org, or Keith.ostrander@denvergov.org

Zoning
Phone: 720-865-3000
Email: zoningreview@denvergov.org

Department of Public Health and Environment Website

• Emergency Medical Requirements for Special Events
• Food Vendor Requirements
• Noise Requirements
• Instructions to Obtain a Denver Temporary Retail Food Establishment License
• Affidavit of Commissary
• Food Establishment Guidelines 

Emergency Medical Requirements
720-865-5452
eqcomments@denvergov.org

Food Vendor Licenses
720-865-5401
phicomments@denvergov.org

Noise Ordinance
Jud Bemis
judson.bemis@denvergov.org
720-865-6877

Excise and License Website

• Application for Special Event Permit
• Example Site Plan not on-line at agency site
• Special Event Cabaret Permit
• Special Event Liquor Permit

State of Colorado Links:

Special Events Liquor Permit information can be found here

Colorado's Special Event Permit Information can be found here 

Special Event Liquor Licenses
Phone: Dial 311 (or 720-913-1311 if outside Denver)
Email: 311@denvergov.org

Office of Emergency Management Website

• Office of Emergency Management Special Events Guide
• Public Safety Planning at Special Events

David Powell
Phone: 720-865-7600
Email: David.Powell@denvergov.org

• Food Truck Requirements
• Banner Entrance Requirements
• Other Event Resources
• Special Event Accessibility Information
• Information on Event Environmental Sustainability
• Food Vendor Checklist - English
• Food Vendor Checklist - Spanish
• Festival Vendor Carpet Use Illustration

Parks and Recreation Permit Website

• Park Permit Application
• Park Rules and Regulations

Parks Permit Office
Phone: 720-913-0700
Email: park.permits@denvergov.org

Department of Transportation & Infrastructure (DOTI) Permits Website

• DOTI Requirements - Meters
• DOTI Requirements-Special Event Forms & Street Occupancy
• DOTI Requirements- Film Permit Request/Film Revocable Street Occupancy Permit
• DOTI Requirements-Block Party Street Occupancy Permit
• DOTI Requirements - Wastewater
• Special Event - Example of a Traffic Control Plan/Method of Handling Traffic
• Special Event - Example of a Certificate of Insurance
• Special Event - Parking Meter Application Form

Right-of-Way Requests
Phone: 720-913-0896
Email: transportationtmc@denvergov.org

Meter Requests *questions only*- all applications must be made online
Phone: 303-446-3759
Email: pwpermits@denvergov.org

Website:
www.denvergov.org/pwpermits

IMPORTANT NOTE: Handbills are illegal in the City & County of Denver. Unauthorized posters, notices, ads or flyers may be removed. Follow all required regulations for banners or temporary signs; learn more at www.denvergov.org/pwpermits.

City and County of Denver Treasury Website

• Tax Requirements - City and County of Denver
• Tax Requirements - State of Colorado
• Denver City Tax - Application & Tax Return
• FDA and Sales Tax as they Apply to an Event 
• FDA Exemption Application
• FDA Tax Return (regular return)
• FDA Tax Guide

Denver City Tax
Art Martinez
720-913-9410
art.martinez@denvergov.org

State of Colorado Tax
303-866-5643
DOR_Specialevents@state.co.us