Inglewood, CA Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Inglewood Municipal Code § 10-4 makes it unlawful to conduct, maintain, organize, or engage in any dancing, parade, or exhibition in a street, or to use a street or any portion of it for other than street purposes, without first getting a written permit from the Public Works Director. The section reaches beyond formal parades: any private use of the roadway that isn't ordinary vehicular or pedestrian travel, including a neighborhood block party, a street fair, or a filmed exhibition, needs the same written authorization. Section 10-5 sets the price at a flat $6 per permit, and the permit is only good for seven days counted from the effective date printed on it, so organizers cannot apply months ahead and bank the approval; the timing has to match the event.

Section 10-4 sits inside Article 2 of Chapter 10 (Use of Streets) alongside related street-use rules the Public Works Director also administers: § 10-3 requires a separate written permit for games played in a street, § 10-6 bars leaving any structure, sign, or obstruction in a street without a permit, and § 10-12 lets the Director close a street temporarily for public peace, health, or safety reasons on the City's own initiative rather than a private applicant's request. Unlike the vehicle-advertising permit in § 10-11, § 10-4 does not spell out a right of appeal to the City Council if the Director denies a request, so an applicant has no ordinance-based appeal route for a parade or street-use permit specifically.

Because § 10-4 is listed among the sections the Code declares punishable as infractions rather than misdemeanors, a person who stages a parade or other prohibited street use without the permit faces the infraction fine schedule set in § 1-18, not a misdemeanor charge.