Mount Pleasant, SC Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

02, with the Town Administrator as the issuing authority. The chapter defines PARADE broadly as any march, procession, or motorcade of persons, animals, or vehicles on town streets that interferes with normal traffic flow, and PUBLIC ASSEMBLY as any meeting, demonstration, picket line, rally, or gathering of more than 50 people, arranged through prior planning, that interferes with normal pedestrian or vehicular traffic. 03: funeral processions; a governmental agency acting within its own functions; and spontaneous events triggered by news or affairs that became public knowledge within the prior three days, so long as the organizer gives the town at least 24 hours' written notice.

04, though the Administrator can waive the 10-day minimum after weighing public-safety factors like the date, location, expected turnout, and town services required. The application must disclose the organizer's contact information, the sponsoring organization if any, the date, route, start and end points, expected number of people, animals, and vehicles, event hours, whether the full street width will be used, assembly points, and details on sound equipment, signage, and decibel levels. 05 sets a non-refundable $25 administrative fee due when the application is filed, plus separate charges for any town property or services the event requires, billed at rates the Town Council sets by resolution.