Hialeah, FL Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit authority
- City council approval required
- Covers
- Streets, roadways, public rights-of-way
- Exempt
- Funeral processions (F.S. § 316.1974)
- Exempt
- Military/police/fire parades (F.S. §§ 250.06(4), 870.06)
- Penalty
- Up to $500.00/day (Sec. 1-11)
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 2001-39, 5-22-2001
Summary
Any march, motorcade, procession or parade that uses a Hialeah street, roadway or public right-of-way needs a permit approved by the city council under conditions the council sets for that event. Funeral processions under state law, and military, police or fire department parades, are exempt. Marchers who proceed without council approval face the Code's general civil penalty.
No march, motorcade, procession, parade or other such demonstration, except funeral processions pursuant to F.S. § 316.1974 and parades of the United States military forces or the state and the forces of the city police and fire departments pursuant to F.S. §§ 250.06(4) and 870.06, shall occupy, march or proceed along any street, roadway or other public right-of-way within the city except with a permit approved by the city council under such conditions or requirements established by the city.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 58-67 bars any march, motorcade, procession, parade or similar demonstration from occupying or proceeding along a city street, roadway or public right-of-way unless the city council has approved a permit and the event follows whatever conditions or requirements the council attaches to that approval. 06. Because Article VI of chapter 58 does not set a parade-specific fine, a violation of Sec. 58-67 falls to the general penalty in Sec. 00, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense. The provision was adopted as part of a broader miscellaneous-regulations article by Ord.
No. 2001-39, § 1, on May 22, 2001, alongside neighboring sections on park closing hours, watercraft rules, and state emergency-order enforcement. There is no administrative fee schedule or staff-level approval track written into Sec. 58-67 itself; approval authority rests with the city council rather than a permitting department, and the ordinance leaves the specific conditions imposed on any given event to the council's discretion rather than fixing numeric standards such as a route-length or attendance threshold.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 58 sets no parade-specific fine, so an unpermitted march, motorcade or parade is enforced as a civil infraction under the Code's general penalty, Sec. 1-11: up to $500.00, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense. Funeral processions and authorized military, police or fire department parades are not violations regardless of permit status.
Frequently Asked Questions
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