Plymouth, MN Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

01 is Plymouth's mechanism for authorizing parades and similar public gatherings on city streets. Subdivision 3, Temporary Closing, lets the Director of Public Safety, after obtaining approval from the City Manager, order the temporary closing of a street or alley, designate one-way traffic, or reroute vehicular traffic when doing so is necessary to control the vehicular or pedestrian traffic or crowds expected before, during or after a public or private convention, assembly, parade, carnival, circus, political rally or sports event that needs the use of a public street, park or other public property.

This is the operative authorization a parade organizer must obtain from the Director of Public Safety's office before staging a parade route through city streets; there is no separate stand-alone 'parade permit' fee schedule printed in this Section. Subdivision 1 gives the City Manager, Director of Public Safety or Fire Chief separate emergency authority to close streets outright for a riot, fire, explosive removal or utility repair, a distinct power from the planned-event closing in Subdivision 3. Subdivision 4 requires that any closed street or area be marked, either by an officer directing traffic, daylight signage stating the restriction and its authority, or, at night, barriers with warning lights, and further requires drivers to obey the officers, barriers, signs and lights so placed.