Request a Block Party 

You must complete the online Block Party Permit below. 

Please complete this form a minimum of 15 days prior to the event. We will respond to you within 5-10 business days.  

All requests will be reviewed. Please be sure to provide a working phone number and email address on the form. 

Questions? Call 847-658-5676 option 6, or email communityrelations@lith.org.

What You May Need for Safety

Depending on the size of your block party and how many houses are involved, people may be going back and forth to houses across the street. Or, you may have front lawn activities for kids and would like to have drivers be more alert to the block party. To help provide a safer environment and to notify other drivers that there is a block party in the area, you may use barricades from Public Works. Barricades are intended to slow traffic down, not to close the road.

Barricades are available to you with a $50 refundable deposit. This deposit is refundable as long as the barricades are returned damage free. Call the Public Works Department at 847-960-7500 to set up the date and time to pick up and return the barricades at the Public Works Facility (9010 Haligus Rd). 

How to Place the Barricades

To legally use the Public Works barricades, they must be placed touching the curb and have minimum of eighteen feet of unobstructed path across from each barricade on the roadway. This is the amount of space a fire engine needs to drive down your street.

With the use of Public Works barricades, you are prohibited from closing down the roadway. In addition, the use of any parked vehicles and/or other type of personal barricades is also prohibited. Please keep all fire hydrants clear, not decorated and unobstructed. Keep tents and any amusements/rides/blow-up decorations clear from all fire hydrants. Please do not park over sidewalks and do not block sidewalks.

Approval of a block party request does not allow for the disregarding of any village ordinances or state law. Violations are subject to ordinance violation citations or Illinois Vehicle Code (IVC) citations. See below for a complete list of village ordinances that may be applicable to your block party.

Requesting a Visit from the Police and/or Fire Department

You may request a visit from the police and/or fire department to stop by your block party. This provides an opportunity for children and parents to see the vehicle(s) and equipment up close and talk to the officers and fire personnel. This is available on dates that do not conflict with village community events and holidays. Visits are also subject to officer/fire availability based on emergency calls during shift on the day of the event.

Band/DJ/Music Playing

It is permitted to have a band/DJ/music playing with respect to everyone's comfort and consideration. LITH does have a two-part noise ordinance. Please familiarize yourself with it below with the links to both the municipal code and the zoning ordinance. Should there be a complaint, an officer will come out and speak with the host and/or residence where the music/sound is coming from to determine if a violation is occurring.

Most block parties/parties fall under a Class A zoning area: areas especially noise sensitive in that they incorporate sleeping quarters such as residential and institutional areas. The maximum noise level (dB A-level) at the emitter’s lot line are as follows: between 7:01 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. is 55dB and between 10:01 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. is 45dB if the property is adjacent to another Class A property. The impulsive sound shall not equal or exceed 88 decibels at any time. Impulsive sound that repeats two or more times in any hour shall meet the requirements in the table provided in the zoning ordinance 19.2.

Village Ordinances

Below is a list of many village ordinances commonly associated with block parties. Please familiarize yourself with them as some may or may not be applicable to your event.

Click on any of the following titles to be taken to the full LITH Village Ordinance.

• 41.05 All Night Parking
• 41.06 Exception to Section 41.05, All Night Parking (Should an event attendee need to stay over, their car needs to be called in for overnight parking)
• 41.09(c) Parking on Private Property (Parking on grass)
• 41.10 No Parking (A full list of streets where no parking is ever allowed; no parking for block party access will be granted)
• 43.06 Fireworks (Illegal)
• 43.07 Fires and 12.08 Open Burning & Recreational Bonfires
• 43.09 Noise and Zoning Ordinance Section 19 Performance Standards - 19.2 Noise
• 43.24 Alcoholic Beverages (no alcoholic beverages at any time on/at the public park, street, alley or public place owned, controlled or operated by the village)
• 43.12 Littering
• 14.08 Dogs at Large (dogs shall be leashed from running freely)
• 43.26 Persons Responsible for Unlawful Activities on Their Premises
• 41.01 Adoption and Incorporation by Reference of the Illinois Vehicle Code (IVC) (for example but not limited to: parking over sidewalks, within 15ft of any fire hydrant, parked within 30ft of any stop sign/yield sign/traffic control signal, parked with the left-hand wheels to the curb, etc). Visit the Illinois Vehicle Code (IVC).