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Street Closing Request Process:

Step 1:

  • Complete the Special Event Permit Request and email it to the City of Columbia Special Events Coordinator at Harold.Reaves@columbiasc.gov for approval.
  • Submit payment of the Special Event Permit Processing Fees. Checks or money orders should be made to the City of Columbia and mailed or delivered to the Columbia Police Department, #1 Justice Square, Columbia, SC 29201. The City of Columbia Special Events Coordinator will work with you to determine the correct permit processing fee(s) and city services fees due.
  • If the street being requested to be closed is owned by SCDOT a letter of approval must be obtained. The COC Special Events Coordinator will provide the contact information for this step.

Step 2:

Email the following information to Brenda.Murphy@columbiasc.gov in Major Martin’s office:

  1. The purpose of the street closing request.
  2. The street to be closed and the between streets. For example: 1100 block of Washington Street between Main Street and Assembly Street.
  3. The date of the event.
  4. A beginning and ending time for the event.
  5. A contact name, phone number, and address.
  6. A letter of support from your Neighborhood President.

* If you do not know who your neighborhood president is, please contact the City of Columbia Community Development at (803) 545-3373.

* If your neighborhood is not within the Columbia Council of Neighborhoods, then you must distribute a flyer, with your phone number as a contact within the closure area, and provide a copy of the flyer along with a written statement from you that you distributed this flyer among the residents that are affected by the closure and received no telephone calls with concerns or complaints regarding the closure. Please note that this must be provided prior to the processing of your street closing request.

Construction and Crane Companies
Construction and Crane Companies performing work on a building within the city of Columbia that requires a road, lane, or sidewalk closure, in addition to the above steps 1-6, must call (803) 545-3423 for a temporary encroachment.