Iron County, UT Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Iron County Code § 8.16.020
- License threshold
- 1,000+ people for 18+ consecutive hours
- Application deadline
- 30 days before the event
- License fee
- $100 per day, per assembly site
- Bond required
- $1 per attendee under § 8.16.040(B)(12)
- Processing time
- License issued within 20 days if conditions met
Summary
Iron County Code Section 8.16.020 requires a county license before anyone organizes, promotes, or sells tickets to a gathering of 1,000 or more people that continues 18 or more consecutive hours in the unincorporated county. Applications are due at least 30 days ahead, and the fee is $100 per day for each assembly site.
A.No person shall permit, maintain, promote, conduct, advertise, act as entrepreneur, undertake, organize, manage, or sell or give tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of one thousand or more people which continues or can reasonably be expected to continue for eighteen or more consecutive hours, whether on public or private property unless a license to hold the assembly has first been issued by the Iron County commissioners, application for which must be made at least thirty days in advance of the assembly. ... C.A separate license shall be required for each location in which one thousand or more people assemble or can reasonably be anticipated to assemble; the fee for each license shall be one hundred dollars for each day. ... C.Any person who violates Section 8.16.020(A) or who violates any condition upon which he is granted a license may be fined not more than two hundred ninety-nine dollars or six months in the Iron County jail or both. Each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 8.16, Large Public Assemblies, defines an assembly broadly as a company of persons gathered together at any location at any single time for any purpose, so a parade, festival, concert, or other public event that meets the 1,000-person, 18-hour threshold falls under this license rather than a separate parade permit. Section 8.16.020 requires the license before anyone permits, maintains, promotes, organizes, or sells tickets to such an assembly, and Section 8.16.030 requires a detailed written application at least 30 days out, covering security, medical staffing, sanitation, water supply, fencing, lighting, parking, and fire protection plans, plus a bond.
Section 8.16.040 sets the actual conditions the applicant must meet, including a perimeter fence, potable water at one gallon per person per day, toilets sufficient for the crowd, physicians and nurses in a set ratio, security guards, fire protection equipment, and a bond of $1 per attendee filed with the county clerk. The chapter exempts established places of worship, stadiums, and similar permanent venues so long as attendance does not exceed capacity by more than 250 people, and exempts government-sponsored fairs on established fairgrounds. Section 8.16.050 requires the county to process an application within 20 days, and Section 8.16.060 lets the commission revoke a license for noncompliance.
Violations & Fines
Section 8.16.070 lets Iron County enforce the chapter by injunction and treats an unlicensed or noncompliant large assembly as a public nuisance subject to abatement. Violating the license requirement in Section 8.16.020(A), or any condition attached to a license, is punishable by a fine of up to $299 or six months in the Iron County jail, or both, with each day of the violation treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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