Running a vendor market in Manassas Park.

Temporary Activity Permit Application (City of Manassas Park Department of Public Works and Community Development (Zoning)): The form asks for the site, dates, times and a description, plus a location map and plans for parking, traffic flow, lighting and fire and police access. A clean-up deposit bond is set case by case when the permit is approved. Facility Use Application (parks and facilities) (City of Manassas Park Parks and Recreation): A Facility Use Application is required for every reservation, with payment if required; applications are available at the Manassas Park Community Center and a rental is a request only, not a guarantee. Rentals are booked and paid 7 days before the event, and cancellations get a refund only with 14 days' notice for shelters.

Business license (BPOL) (City of Manassas Park Commissioner of the Revenue): New businesses must file with the Commissioner of the Revenue before engaging in business. Retail merchants must submit a Virginia sales tax ID reflecting the Manassas Park jurisdiction. Established businesses with receipts of $7,500 or more file each year by March 1.

Temporary Sales Tax Certificate/Return (Form ST-50) (Virginia Department of Taxation (Virginia Tax)): The vendor collects sales tax at the rate of the locality where the event is held and files the ST-50 with payment by the 20th of the month after the event. The form lists a 5.3% general rate and 6% in the Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and Central Virginia regions. Permanent sales tax account for frequent event sellers (Virginia Department of Taxation (Virginia Tax)): Virginia Tax says vendors at more than three events a year must register a sales tax account, and seasonal sellers can register as a seasonal business so they file only for the months they sell. Registration is done online through Virginia Tax's business registration page. For organizers: Virginia Tax's rule for fairs and flea markets says the Department may authorize a sponsor or operator to remit the tax collected by the vendors at the event; an operator who wants that arrangement must apply to the Department in writing. The rule does not require a vendor list. A 1992 Tax Commissioner ruling also describes an organizer obtaining a single temporary registration covering all sellers at the event, which is optional.

Application for Temporary Food Establishment Permit (Virginia Department of Health, Prince William Health District): Vendors file the district's temporary event application. The form waives the fee for churches, fraternal groups, schools, social organizations and volunteer fire and rescue departments, and for a Prince William District resident joining only one temporary event a year.

Temporary Activity Permit Application: Submit at least 10 working days before the event Facility Use Application (parks and facilities): Book and pay at least 7 days before the event Temporary Sales Tax Certificate/Return (Form ST-50): Return due on or before the 20th of the month following the show Application for Temporary Food Establishment Permit: Forms submitted at least 10 days before the event