Orlando, FL Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Chapter 18B, adopted by Ordinance No. 2025-31 in November 2025, consolidated Orlando's parade and public-assembly permitting into one process run by the Special Events Office. 01(13) defines an 'Outdoor Public Assembly' broadly enough to reach parades: any event calculated to attract, during the course of the event, the physical attendance of 100 persons or more on outdoor public property, or held on private property in a way reasonably likely to substantially impede, obstruct, impair, or interfere with public streets or sidewalks, and states that any parade as defined shall be considered an outdoor public assembly.

02(1) makes it unlawful to engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any outdoor public assembly without a permit first obtained from the city, though funeral processions and events held wholly inside four named city-owned venues are exempt. 03(1)(c) for spontaneous public-issue-speech events with no food, alcohol, fees, structures or street closures. 03(2)(m). 05 lists the standards the Manager applies before issuing a permit, including that the assembly won't unduly disrupt traffic, overburden police, fire or ambulance coverage, or occur during weekday peak commuting hours.