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

10, Parades, Demonstrations and Recreational Street Use, Division 2, sets the permit mechanics. 031 requires anyone promoting or sponsoring such an event that uses a public street without complying with normal traffic controls to apply for and obtain a permit from the city secretary's office. 034 requires the application on a city form, filed not less than 20 nor more than 60 days before the event, listing the applicant's or organization's name, address, phone, and email, the proposed date and start/end times, the streets to be used with a route map, the approximate number of participants and animals or vehicles, and a signature from the person handling traffic and pedestrian safety details.

on weekdays; the city secretary keeps a current list of those intersections. 036 requires sponsors of parades over two hours, or demonstrations/recreational street uses drawing more than 100 participants, to provide one police or state-certified private security officer per 100 persons or 25 vehicles expected, cleared with the chief of police if city officers are used. 037 sets a nonrefundable fee set annually in the city budget ordinance, due with the application, plus the security costs at the off-duty Lubbock Police Department patrolman rate. 040 allows a late filing under 20 days before the event only for emergency good cause backed by a notarized statement, with a nonrefundable late fee. 041 lists grounds for denial.