Carver County, MN Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 91.06(E)
- Covers
- parades, demonstrations, meetings, worship
- Requires
- use permit or Board/Director authorization
- Related trigger
- 20+ person group threshold, § 91.04(D)
- Penalty class
- misdemeanor under § 91.99
- Revocation
- for cause, § 91.10(D)
Summary
Carver County requires a use permit or prior Board or Director authorization before anyone holds a parade, demonstration, assembly, or worship service inside a county park, treating expressive gatherings the same as other regulated park activities.
Assemblies, meetings, and the like. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct public meetings, assemblies, worship services, entertainment, parades, or demonstrations within a park without a use permit or prior authorization from either the Board, the Director or his or her designee, or by use permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-20: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 111-2025, passed 7-25-25).
Full Breakdown
06(E), "Assemblies, meetings, and the like," requires a use permit or prior authorization from the Board or the Parks and Recreation Director before anyone holds a public meeting, assembly, worship service, entertainment, parade, or demonstration inside a county park. 06(I), reflecting the county's general approach of requiring advance clearance for any organized group activity on park land. 04(B)(3). 04(D). This rule governs parades and demonstrations that take place on county park property, such as a march through Lake Minnewashta Regional Park; it does not regulate a parade on public streets in a city like Chaska, Waconia, or Victoria, which is controlled by that city's own special-event or parade-permit ordinance, or by county road-use rules for parades on county highways outside park boundaries. 10(D).
Violations & Fines
Holding a parade, demonstration, or public assembly in a county park without the required use permit or Board/Director authorization violates § 91.06(E) and is a misdemeanor under § 91.99, tied to Minn. Stat. § 398.34 and § 609.02(3). The permit can also be revoked for cause under § 91.10(D).
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a permit to hold a demonstration in a Carver County park?
Does this rule cover a parade on city streets?
Can the county cancel my parade permit after it's issued?
Sources & Official References
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