Service Areas
Location Guides by County and City
Find the guide for the community, then check which county or city office controls a street, a park or an event there before placing a unit.
Most of the communities below are unincorporated Census places rather than towns with their own government. Bon Air, Short Pump and Mechanicsville have no town hall, so the county decides who can place a unit in a road, a park or a school field. Richmond, Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Hopewell are independent cities, separate from the surrounding counties, and each runs its own permit and event process. The guides are grouped the same way. Each place guide names a venue or rule that changes a placement and links the official source. Give the street address when you call, and your rental contact plans delivery and servicing for that location.
City of Richmond
The City of Richmond handles events on public property through a Special Events Request and any unit in a street, sidewalk or alley through a Work in Streets Permit from Public Works. The Richmond guide covers the Fan and the city's other town-house blocks.
Chesterfield County
Chester, Midlothian, Bon Air and the other Chesterfield communities are unincorporated, so county offices decide. Chesterfield Parks asks for an event rental application at least 30 days ahead and makes organizers responsible for vendor insurance certificates (county source). School fields and association pavilions have separate approvals.
- ChesterCounty parks and VDOT roads: Goyne Park's restroom is 675 feet from Shelter 1, and road closures need 60 days.
- ChesterfieldCounty event applications can include county-ordered toilets; VDOT handles most road shoulders and closures.
- MidlothianMid-Lothian Mines Park is a 44-acre historic site; ask Parks where a unit and its truck may go.
- MeadowbrookSchool-field events follow Chesterfield schools' facility approval; county roads are mostly VDOT's.
- Bon AirUnincorporated Chesterfield: county Parks rules and VDOT roads; Huguenot Park already lists restrooms.
- BrandermillSunday Park pavilions have restrooms; Harbour Pointe and Waterside do not, and temporary structures need association approval.
- ManchesterChesterfield County community, not Richmond's Manchester neighborhood; county parks and VDOT roads apply.
Henrico County
Henrico requires a permit for outdoor events on county park property, with applications 30 days ahead, and weighs equipment needs in its review (county source). A unit in a county road needs Henrico's own right-of-way permit. Wyndham's association facilities follow the association's rules.
- Glen AllenMeadow Farm at Crump Park has shelters and restrooms beside a historic farm museum with off-limits pastures.
- WyndhamWyndham Foundation facilities follow HOA rules; Henrico park shelters keep vehicles in the lot and need approval for extras.
- Short PumpShort Pump Park's soccer-field shelter is reservable January through July; the dog-park shelter cannot be reserved.
- TuckahoeTuckahoe Park renovation runs to spring 2028; count only restrooms the county has open.
- LaurelLaurel Recreation Area has restrooms and a shelter reservable January through July; Henrico keeps vehicles in the lot.
- Highland SpringsThe community center rents indoor space with restrooms until 10 PM; the grounds close at dusk.
- East Highland ParkThe Eastern Henrico Recreation Center has indoor restrooms; its picnic shelter is first come, first served.
- LakesideThree Lakes Park lists restrooms and a reservable shelter; its Nature Center opens only a few days a week.
Hanover and Prince George counties
Independent cities: Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Hopewell
Each city runs its own process. Hopewell requires a Special Event Permit for events on public property, or on private property that could affect the right-of-way, with applications 30 days ahead (source). Petersburg's special events review can involve Public Works and the Health Department (source). Colonial Heights keeps parks open to the public during pavilion rentals (source).
- PetersburgCity Special Events reviews even park reunions; the Sports Complex has restrooms, and street use needs a per-day permit.
- Colonial HeightsCity-run parks and streets: residents-only pavilions since July 2026, and park restrooms open April to October only.
- HopewellCity event permits can reach private events; no vehicles on park grounds, and Woodlawn lists only seasonal portable toilets.