Los Banos, CA Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Article 41 of the Los Banos zoning code sets time, place and manner rules for parades and other special events on City-owned property. 4102 defines a 'parade' as a march or procession of persons, animals or vehicles on a City street, sidewalk or other City land that obstructs, delays or interferes with normal traffic flow, and a 'public assembly' as a gathering of more than 75 people for an organized common purpose on City property. 4103, anyone sponsoring a parade, public assembly or other special event must obtain a special event permit first, with narrow exceptions: licensed funeral processions, pedestrian-only parades confined to sidewalks and crosswalks, spontaneous expressive events triggered by news less than 30 days old, government-sponsored activities, sidewalk picketing and other pure expressive activity, block parties that meet the separate block-party article, and conforming farmers' markets.

4104 requires the written application, filed with the Community and Economic Development Department, no less than 30 days and no more than one year and two months before the event date, accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee set by City Council resolution; the application is not complete until that fee is paid. Parade applications carry extra detail: the assembly point, the route, whether the parade will occupy all or part of the streets traversed, and the number, type, size and material of floats or banners. 4105(b) bars the City from weighing the content or message of the event in that decision.