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

Lewisville defines a parade as the assembly of three or more persons or vehicles gathering to travel in procession on a public thoroughfare from one location to another (§ 7-148), and a parade automatically qualifies as a special event requiring a permit before it may be held (§§ 7-148, 7-170). Applications must be filed with the neighborhood and inspection services department at least one month before the event date and cannot be submitted more than 180 days ahead (§§ 7-170, 7-172(b)(1)). Beyond the general application items, such as the organizer's name, address, and phone number and the event's proposed location and dates, a parade application must specifically identify the assembly area, starting point, route, disbanding area, and the approximate time needed to complete the procession (§ 7-172(a)(6)).

The applicant must give prior written notice, in a form the city approves, to every property owner within or abutting the parade route or otherwise directly affected by a related street closure (§ 7-149(2)). If the parade requires closing a street, the closure is limited to four hours unless city council approves a longer closing, and if the requested closures match streets already approved by council for a past event, the director of neighborhood and inspection services can issue the permit without going back to council; closures on previously unapproved streets need council approval (§§ 7-149(5), 7-172(b)(2)).

The organizer must also carry commercial liability insurance naming the city as an additional insured, with minimum limits of $500,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate (§ 7-149(13)).