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Greenville council clears Danish Festival permits, approves street closures and special permissions
Summary
The Greenville City Council unanimously approved a package of permits for the Danish Festival (Aug. 16—20), including street closures on M-91 (Lafayette) and multiple downtown streets, vendor space and dumpster placement, limited ATV/ORV use by festival personnel, and nuisance-ordinance relief for a beer tent.
The Greenville City Council on June 20 unanimously approved a suite of permits and street-closure requests to host the Danish Festival and associated events on Aug. 16—20.
Council approved the festival's opening ceremony on Aug. 16 and a primary event package (Aug. 17—20) that included street closures on M-91/Lafayette (from M-57/Washington to Montcalm), partial closures of East and West Cass Street and East and West Grove Street from Lafayette to adjacent alleyways, and public-space permissions. The council authorized placing 12 handicap parking spaces in the public lot behind Kemp Insurance (6 on the east side, 6 on the west), reserved eight parking spaces in Parking Lot #6 for food-vendor trailers, and the temporary placement of two 30-yard roll-off dumpsters from GFL (one in Parking Lot #6 near Clay Street, one at 112 W. Washington for Tivoli Gardens) from Aug. 17 through Aug. 21. The city also authorized limited use of ATVs/ORVs by festival personnel contingent on proof of insurance and approval by the City Manager.
Council also approved ancillary event permits, including the Tivoli Gardens Beer Tent (Aug. 18—19) with relief from the nuisance ordinance, the DF-WAN Market Place & Food Court (Aug. 17—20), the Fairy Tale Parade (Aug. 18), the Fireman's Parade (Aug. 18), the Grand Dansk Parade (Aug. 19), and the Annual Danish Dash (Aug. 19). All motions were recorded as unanimously adopted.
The minutes record the permissions and conditions but do not include insurance documentation or detailed operational plans; organizers must provide required insurance and obtain City Manager approval for ATV/ORV use as noted.
