Oregon, OH Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

02 of the Oregon Codified Ordinances requires anyone conducting or participating in a parade, procession or assemblage upon a street or highway, or blocking off a street or highway area, to first obtain a permit from the Mayor or Chief of Police. Applications must be filed on prescribed forms containing information reasonably necessary to a fair determination of whether the permit should issue, and must be filed not less than five days before the intended parade, procession or assemblage. The ordinance lists six specific grounds on which a permit may be refused or cancelled: the time, place, size or conduct of the parade (including assembly areas and the route of march) would unreasonably interfere with public convenience and safe use of the streets; the parade would require diverting so many police officers that normal police protection to the Municipality would be denied; the route or assembly areas would unreasonably interfere with movement of police vehicles, firefighting equipment or ambulance service; the parade would unreasonably interfere with another already-permitted parade; the application contains information found false or nonexistent in any material detail; or an emergency such as a fire or storm would prevent the parade's proper conduct.

Once issued, the permit or an accompanying order may limit or prescribe reasonable conditions, including the hours, places of assembly and dispersal, the route of march or travel, and which streets, highways or portions of them may be used or occupied. 04.