DANCE / POOL TABLE LICENSES: Applications for Division I and Division II Dance Hall
licenses, and for the operation of pool tables (coin-operated and/or standard) are taken by the Tax
and License Administration Division by appointment only. Please call (205)254-2198 to make an
appointment. Division I Dance Hall provides for patron dancing only. Division II Dance Hall is
classified as an “ADULT ESTABLISHMENT” and covers all forms of entertainment dancing,
exhibitions and/or performances, as defined by Ordinance No. 97-183, as amended.
DANCERS/PERFORMERS (Division IV Dancing) IN AN ESTABLISHMENT SERVING
ALCOHOL must obtain the proper Police Department permit and a valid business license (Division
IV Dancing) before dancing or performing. The establishment in which the applicant will dance or
perform must be a licensed Division II adult establishment. Contact Officer Fred Patterson at
(205) 254-6416, or the Tax and License Administration Division at (205) 254-2198 for more
information.
TRANSIENT DEALERS - SPECIAL EVENTS: Transient Dealers are considered to be all
persons, partnerships, associations, corporations, or any other type of business, both principals and
agents, whether a resident of the City of Birmingham or not, who engage or conduct in this City
either in one locality or in traveling from place to place, temporary shows, (including but not limited
to, trade shows, festivals, fairs, arts and crafts shows, home shows, boat shows, gun shows), a
temporary/seasonal business, a temporary or transient business of selling, or soliciting orders for the
sale of goods, wares, or merchandise with the intention of continuing in said business in said City for
a period of not more than 180 days, and who rent, lease, use, occupy, either in whole or in part, for
the purpose of carrying on such business use, any room (including public rooms or space in hotels
or motels), building, area within the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center or other publicly or privately-
owned building, any lot or parcel of land, any motor vehicle including trucks and semi-trailers, tent,
booth, stand or other approved structures within the City, for the exhibition and sale of such goods,
wares and merchandise.
All transient dealers are required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2, Ordinance
No. 97-183. See Transient Dealers - Special Events for licensing requirements and additional
information.
PEDDLERS & STREET VENDORS: No peddlers or street vendors (including ticket scalpers)
are permitted to operate within the City without a current, valid business license. In addition to a
current, valid business license, a special permit is required to peddle or vend in the downtown City
Center Study Area* (This area includes the Five Points South business district). To obtain a
permit to vend in this area, please contact Operation New Birmingham at (205) 324-8756. To obtain
a permit to vend in the Birmingham Civil Rights District, please contact Urban Impact (not ONB),
at (205) 328-1850.
* “No vending is allowed on sidewalks, streets, highways, or roadways located
withing the “Study Area” designated under the Master Plan for Downtown
Birmingham, namely that area bounded on the north by 12
th
Avenue North,
on the east by Red Mountain Expressway and 26
th
Street North, on the south
by Highland Avenue South and 12
th
Avenue South and on the west by I-65,