Glen Cove, NY Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Section 239-10 of the Streets and Public Places article requires written permission from the Chief of Police before any person authorizes or engages in a parade, procession or exhibition of any kind on a Glen Cove street or public place. The section is written broadly: it does not carve out an exception for small neighborhood processions, holiday walks or informal marches, and it does not set out specific application deadlines, fees or standards for the Chief's decision, leaving the timing and conditions of approval to police department practice.

That structure differs from Glen Cove's more detailed regulatory schemes, like the roll-off-container permit in § 239-15, which spells out fees, insurance minimums and durations; here the code simply vests the decision in the Chief of Police. Because § 239-10 sits in Article I of Chapter 239, a violation, holding or joining a parade or exhibition without first securing that written permission, falls under the general penalty in § 239-18. Event organizers in Glen Cove coordinate road closures through the Police Department alongside the Department of Public Works, since a parade route often requires temporary no-parking or street-closure measures that overlap with the excavation and obstruction permitting the Director of Public Works administers under §§ 239-2 and 239-3 elsewhere in the same chapter.