Auburn, WA Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required from
- Auburn police chief, mayor's concurrence
- Filing window
- 10 to 30 days before event
- Application fee
- $25.00 (waivable for nonprofits)
- Exempt groups
- Funerals, school groups, government agencies
- Violation
- Infraction under ACC 1.25.050
Summary
Anyone organizing a parade, march or similar public procession in Auburn needs a permit from the police chief, with the mayor's concurrence, under ACC 10.64.030. Applications cost $25.00, must be filed 10 to 30 days ahead with the chief of police, and the fee is waivable for nonprofit organizations.
10.64.030 Permit - Required. No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any parade, unless a parade permit has been obtained from the Auburn police chief, with the concurrence of the mayor; provided, this chapter shall not apply to: A. Funeral procession, provided such vehicles are marked or distinguished by illuminated headlights; B. Students going to and from school classes or participating in education activities, providing such conduct is under the immediate direction and supervision of the proper school authorities; C. A governmental agency acting within the scope of its functions; and D. Practice sessions by a group or entrant which has previously obtained the approval of the Auburn police chief, with the concurrence of the mayor.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 7023, passed July 6, 2026).
Full Breakdown
020 defines a "parade" broadly to cover any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant or procession of any kind on a street, park or other public place in the city. 030 requires a permit before anyone may engage in, participate in, aid, form or start such an event, though the chapter exempts funeral processions with illuminated headlights, students traveling to school activities under staff supervision, government agencies acting within their functions, and previously approved practice sessions. 040, the application must go to the chief of police between 10 and 30 days before the event, though the chief may accept a late filing for good cause, and must disclose the organizer, route, start and end points, assembly locations and times, expected number of participants, vehicles and animals, and the parade's start and end hours.
00, which the chief of police may waive for a nonprofit applicant. 050 requires every issued permit to state the starting time, minimum and maximum speed, spacing between units, streets to be occupied and the parade's maximum length. 090 govern the standards for issuing, revoking, or appealing denial of a permit. 120 bars anyone from obstructing the parade or driving through it while in motion, and lets the police chief and city engineer restrict parking along the parade route by posted sign, with no liability for parking on an unposted street.
Violations & Fines
Violating Chapter 10.64 ACC, including holding a parade without a permit or driving through an assembled parade, is an infraction under ACC 10.64.130, subject to the penalty schedule set in ACC 1.25.050. Parking on a posted parade route in violation of a restriction ordered under ACC 10.64.120 is separately enforceable once the route has been signed.
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