Lynnwood, WA Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

020(L). 030(A) requires anyone conducting a special event, including a parade, to first obtain a special event permit from the city, and makes sponsoring or conducting one without a valid permit unlawful. 040(B), the application goes to the director or the director's designee at least 21 days before the event, must include the organizers' contact information, the dates, times and expected attendance, a site or route plan showing streets, driveways, fire lanes and staging areas, and, under item 10, any planned street closures or use of barricades.

104 LMC sets the initial commercial or community special event permit fee at $226, with a $74 fee to repeat a previously approved event in the same calendar year, and no fee for a city-sponsored or expressive event; an appeal of the director's decision costs $665. 050 lets the director approve, conditionally approve or deny the permit after consulting affected departments, weighing traffic congestion, parking, noise, and the safe movement and dispersal of the crowd, and may require a monetary deposit for city costs like extra police staffing or a certificate of liability insurance naming the city as insured. 020(L)(3) rather than commercial or community events.