Apple Valley, CA Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Section 11.68.040 of the park regulations chapter lists acts prohibited in any Town park, and subsection (p) covers assemblies directly: no person, company, society, organization, gathering or group of more than 25 persons shall hold or conduct any picnic, celebration, parade, event, gathering, assembly or meeting in any park within the Town without first obtaining a written permit to do so by the Town Manager. The same subsection makes attending an unpermitted park parade or gathering a violation for participants, not just organizers. Section 11.68.030 backs this up by requiring compliance with the whole chapter as a condition of entering a park at all.

For a parade or public assembly staged outside a Town park, on streets, sidewalks or private lots, the governing framework is Chapter 9.21, Special Events Permits. Section 9.21.020 defines a Major Special Events Permit for gatherings over 1,000 people and a Minor Special Events Permit for gatherings of 200 to 1,000, reviewed and approved by the Council or the Director respectively. Section 9.21.040 requires a Planning Division application and a Council-set fee, and Section 9.21.050 caps permits at four events per calendar year per applicant, with no single event running more than fourteen consecutive days. Section 9.21.025 exempts Town-sponsored events, gatherings of 200 or fewer at recreational facilities, and nonprofit events of 500 or fewer people on private property.