Brooklyn Park, MN Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Brooklyn Park City Code § 152.312 governs special event permits for the City of Brooklyn Park, covering parades, public assemblies, and other proposed events or activities on land within the city. The City Manager holds sole review and approval authority; there is no separate parks department or police sign-off built into the ordinance itself. Deciding whether to grant a permit, the City Manager must weigh eight factors under division (C), including consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with the accessory-use standards at § 152.905(G), whether the event endangers public health, safety, morals, or comfort, whether it will injure neighboring property values, and whether adequate public facilities and services exist to support it.

Once an application is complete, the City Manager must approve or deny it within 30 days. An approved permit comes with written conditions tied to the applicable codes and standards. If the application does not comply, the city must notify the applicant in writing, and the applicant then has ten days to submit revised plans or information before the denial becomes final. A special event permit is not permanent protection: the City Manager or any Brooklyn Park Police Department officer can revoke it mid-event if the organizer violates a permit condition or any other city, state, or federal law. Because § 152.312 sits inside the zoning chapter, violations run through the same City Manager inspection and misdemeanor process that applies to the rest of Chapter 152, and continuing violations can be charged as a separate offense for each day they persist.