**(NPS Form 10-930A) (OMB No. 1024-0026)**

**(NEW 06/06) National Park Service (Expires 03/31/2010)**

**Outer Banks Group**

**1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954**

**Application for Wedding Special Use Permit**

> Please supply the information requested below. **Attach additional
> sheets, if necessary, to provide required information**. Allow at
> least four (4) business days for processing (two (2) business days for
> First Amendment activities). A permit charge of \$100.00 will be
> required at the time of making application. Payment must be by
> personal check, money order or bank check; cash can not be accepted.
> Make checks payable to: National Park Service. Permit fees are not
> refundable.

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  Applicant Name:                     Intended's Name: (optional)

  Street/Address:                     

  City/State/Zip Code:                

  Telephone #:                        

  Cell phone #:                       

  Description of Proposed Activity:   
  Conducting a wedding ceremony on    
  Park land.                          
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Requested Park Location (Please circle one):

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Location within the Park or nearest village:
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Date & Time:
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How many attending:
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Applicant represents that he/she has read the wedding permit regulations
and will abide with the same.

> Signature Date

Your permit will be mailed to you at the address set forth above. It can
be FAXed if you provide a FAX
number\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. The Park
does not have wedding reception facilities. Such facilities are readily
available within the twelve villages in and surrounding our parks. If
your wedding is delayed or rescheduled for another time and date, please
provide that information to the office of the Special Park Uses
Coordinator at 252-473-2111, ext. 121.

*(SEE REVERSE-SIDE FOR CURRENT REGULATIONS)*

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> Return this application to: Special Park Uses Coordinator
>
> National Park Service
>
> 1401 National Park Drive
>
> Manteo, NC 27954
>
> Phone 252 473-2111x121 Fax 252 473-2595

Regulations that apply to special permits for weddings include:

1.  A written permit that currently costs \$100.00 is required for all
    wedding ceremonies and fixes the date, time, and place of the
    ceremony.

2.  Access for other park visitors must not be impeded. Permits do not
    authorize exclusive use of any public lands, and the permittee must
    insure that the rights of the general public visiting Cape Hatteras
    National Seashore and its memorials are not infringed. The permit is
    not a reservation of the site; rather, it is your permission to use
    the site for a wedding.

3.  Available parking is limited in the park. Permittees and their
    guests must park within designated parking areas. Carpooling or
    private shuttle is recommended and may be required for some sites.
    Horse-drawn carriages are prohibited.

4.  Amplified music, CD\'s, radios and public address systems are
    prohibited. One acoustical music instrument (and/or human voice) may
    be permitted for ceremonies taking place on beach area.

5.  The releasing of balloons, birds or butterflies and the throwing of
    rice, birdseed, flower petals or other natural or artificial
    material is not permitted.

6.  No chairs, altars, flower containers, arches, railings, ropes,
    torches or candelabras are permitted. Exception: elderly guests or
    guests with disabilities may use chairs.

7.  Permittees must exercise particular care to avoid disturbing
    wildlife and vegetation. Visitors, photographers and weddings are
    not permitted in undisturbed dune areas.

8.  All activities must stay within open public areas. No weddings may
    be held upon (or in) any walkway, roadway, public park structure or
    its approach or steps.

9.  Affixing signage or ribbons to buildings, property, signs, poles or
    plants is prohibited.

10. All trash must be placed in onsite trash containers. If the site
    does not have containers or if trash volume exceeds container
    capacity, permittee must bag and remove trash from parklands.
    Permittees failing to affect such cleanup will be charged the cost
    for such services.

11. Permits for weddings on the grounds of any lighthouse between
    Memorial Day and Labor Day each year will only be issued for
    weddings occurring before 10:00 AM or after 4:00 PM daily.

The foregoing summarizes some of the conditions set out on each permit.
The actual cost of and conditions contained within the permit are
binding upon the permittee and may be changed from time to time.