Coral Springs, FL Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit trigger
- Assembly, meeting, parade, or gathering blocking traffic flow
- Filing deadline (500+ attendees)
- 90 days before the event
- Filing deadline (100-500 attendees)
- 60 days before the event
- Filing deadline (under 100)
- 30 days before the event
- Processing time
- 28 days by the city manager
- Prohibited zones
- RS, RD, RC, RM residential districts
- No-permit penalty
- $500 civil fine to organizer/owner
Summary
Any parade, assembly, meeting, or gathering that blocks normal traffic flow or occupies public property in Coral Springs needs a special event permit under Code Sec. 20-1. The city manager processes applications within 28 days and can approve, condition, deny, or revoke a permit under Sec. 20-3.
Any assembly, meeting, parade or gathering of a group of people, animals, vehicles, or a combination thereof, ("event," collectively) having a common purpose on any publicly or privately owned property which substantially inhibits the usual flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or which occupies any public property to the exclusion of others, or any private use of buildings or property which deviates from the established, legal permitted use of such property or building, shall require a special event permit. Any event held without a special event permit that required such permit shall be a violation of this section and shall be punishable by a five hundred-dollar ($500.00) civil penalty. Such violation shall be cited to the organizer or organizers of such event and the owner of the real property where such event occurred if such event occurred with the actual or constructive knowledge of the owner of the real property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 1 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 76 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Section 20-1 defines a regulated event broadly: any assembly, meeting, parade, or gathering of people, animals, or vehicles with a common purpose that substantially inhibits pedestrian or vehicular traffic, occupies public property to the exclusion of others, or uses private property outside its permitted use. Section 20-2 sets tiered filing deadlines based on expected size: 90 days ahead for events of 500 or more people or lasting more than one day, 60 days ahead for events of 100 to 500 people or any event needing a requested or required police or fire detail, and 30 days ahead for events under 100 people.
Every application requires the city's form, the application fee set by commission resolution, an executed indemnification agreement, proof of insurance naming the city as additional insured, and a full site plan covering property boundaries, road access, trash and sanitary facilities, signage, parking, and proposed setbacks; the city has 10 calendar days to review the site plan and the applicant gets up to two resubmissions. Section 20-3 directs the city manager to weigh the event's zoning district, compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood, threat to public health or safety, need for paid public safety details, and duration, capped at seven consecutive days for non-city-sponsored events.
A permit must be denied if the proposed use or activity occurs in an RS, RD, RC, or RM residential zoning district, if the application is incomplete, if it contains a material falsehood, or if the same property has already received two special event permits within 12 months.
Violations & Fines
Holding a regulated event without the required permit is a civil violation carrying a $500 penalty, cited to the event's organizer and, if the property owner had actual or constructive knowledge, to the owner as well. An event that needed a permit but proceeded without one is deemed an illegal assembly and must disperse immediately when a law enforcement officer directs it to.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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