Lafayette Parish, LA Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required for
- any footrace or parade in city
- Apply
- at least 30 days ahead
- Fee
- $10.00 to revenue collection
- Enforced by
- Lafayette Police Department
- Exempt
- funeral processions
Summary
In the City of Lafayette, anyone holding a footrace or parade on streets or sidewalks must get a police chief permit at least 30 days ahead and pay a $10 fee; funerals are exempt.
(b)Applicability. This section applies only in the city.... (d)Application for permit. Any person seeking to conduct any footrace or parade upon the streets and/or sidewalks shall apply to the chief of police or his designee at least 30 days prior to the event for a permit to hold such event... (e)Permit fee. ...shall pay a fee of $10.00 to the division of revenue collection prior to the permit being granted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 65).
Full Breakdown
Lafayette City-Parish Code Sec. 78-2 requires anyone staging a footrace or parade on a city street or sidewalk to get a permit from the police chief at least 30 days before the event and pay a $10.00 fee to the division of revenue collection; the chief also issues rules governing how footraces and parades are conducted. This section applies only inside the City of Lafayette, not in Broussard, Carencro, Duson, Scott, Youngsville or Milton, and not automatically in the unincorporated parish. Funeral processions are exempt. A separate parish-wide rule, Sec. 86-61, requires a chief's permit for any procession of 200 or more people or 50 or more vehicles anywhere in the parish.
Violations & Fines
Holding an unpermitted footrace or parade in the City of Lafayette violates Sec. 78-2 and can bring police enforcement; running a procession of 200+ people or 50+ vehicles without a permit anywhere in the parish violates Sec. 86-61.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this permit rule cover parades in unincorporated Lafayette Parish?
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Sources & Official References
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