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Request for temporary street closures throughout San Antonio are prepared by the
Traffic Engineering Division and then sent, as a Request for Ordinance, to the City Council for its consideration and
action. The purpose of developing an ordinance is to comply with legal requirements regarding the use of public property for private purposes.
In addition, this process is used to inform the Police Department, Fire Department,
Emergency Medical Services, and VIA Metropolitan Transit, so that they may plan
their routes accordingly. Also, this requirement is intended to insure that the
community follows the correct street barricading procedures for the safety of
pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
All requests for temporary street closures need to be in writing and turned into the office of the
Traffic Engineering Division at least 30 days in advance of the closure.
Information required in the letter for all street closures is as follows:
1. Purpose of closure, e.g., festival, block party, etc.
2. Name of streets to be closed and the names of the cross streets that they intersect.
3. Dates and times of beginning and ending of closure.
4. Statement as to whether or not anything, and alcohol in particular, will be sold in the public right-of-way.
5. Permission in writing from all persons whose houses or businesses front the street being closed and from those whose driveways access that street.
6. A person's name, telephone number, and address as a contact for future information if necessary.
7. Name of the barricade company which will provide barricades for the event (Please note that barricades must comply with the
Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices).
8. A Street Closure Agreements form, which needs to be signed and returned to the Streets and Traffic Engineering Division offices.
The cost for temporary street closures is $100.00 per block per calendar day.
Streets that are not primarily residential in character will not normally be considered for this type of closure.
For customer service, please call 311.
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