Irving, TX Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Section 21-22 sets two overlapping rules. The first bars any procession or parade of thirty or more people or five or more vehicles from occupying, marching or proceeding along an Irving street without a permit from the chief of police, and lists funeral processions, United States Army or Navy forces, state military forces, and police or fire department forces as exempt from that threshold rule. The second, broader sentence goes further: it requires a permit from the chief of police for any procession or parade, regardless of size, with the sole exception of funeral processions.

A permit application must state the time, the place where the parade will form, the proposed line of march, the destination, and any other information the chief of police requires. Section 21-28 cross-references the permit: it bars conduct on a street or sidewalk that is reasonably calculated to interfere with traffic, but expressly carves out parades, funeral processions and other functions the chief of police has authorized, so a permitted parade cannot be cited under that separate interference rule. The permit sits with the police department rather than a separate special-events office, reflecting the traffic-control focus of Chapter 21: the chief evaluates route, timing and safety before signing off, and Irving's other special-event permitting under Chapter 33B runs on a parallel track for vendor, staging and insurance requirements.