Sandy, UT Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Advance filing
- At least 5 days before event
- Who approves
- Transportation Engineer and Chief of Police
- Funeral exception
- Funeral processions need no permit
- Denial standard
- Only if public safety endangered
- Penalty
- Infraction under § 14-3-1
Summary
No parade or procession, other than a funeral, may use a Sandy street without a permit from the City Transportation Engineer and the Chief of Police. Sandy City Code § 14-10-8 requires applications at least five days ahead and lets the City require organizers to pay for their own police supervision.
No procession or parade, except a funeral procession, shall occupy, march or proceed along any street, and no person, group, or firm may close or similarly affect any public street except in accordance with a permit issued by the City Transportation Engineer and the Chief of Police of this City. All requests for such permits shall state the time, place of formation, proposed line of march, destination and such other information as may be required. All requests for parade permits must be in the hands of the City Transportation Engineer and the Chief of Police at least five days prior to the actual time of the procession. Such a permit will issued unless it is found that public safety would be endangered thereby.
Full Breakdown
Sandy City Code § 14-10-8 requires a permit before any procession or parade, except a funeral procession, may occupy, march, or proceed along a city street, and before anyone may close or otherwise affect a public street for an event. The application must go to both the City Transportation Engineer and the Chief of Police, stating the time, place of formation, proposed line of march, destination, and any other information the City requires, and it must reach both offices at least five days before the event.
The ordinance directs that a permit will be issued unless it is found that public safety would be endangered, so the City cannot deny a parade for content reasons, only genuine safety concerns, though it can adjust the approved time and route if doing so serves the public interest. Once approved, a parade or procession may be authorized to disregard traffic control devices along its route. For parades that are not communitywide in nature, the sponsoring organization and the permit holders must arrange and pay for their own police supervision whenever the City Transportation Engineer and the Chief of Police decide it is necessary to preserve peace and protect public health and welfare. The requirement sits in Title 14, Chapter 10, alongside Sandy's other stops-required traffic provisions, and traces to the Traffic Code's original § 267.
Violations & Fines
Holding an unpermitted parade or blocking a public street without the Transportation Engineer's and Police Chief's sign-off violates § 14-10-8 and, under the general Title 14 penalty in § 14-3-1, is punishable as an infraction unless the conduct rises to a greater offense under state or City criminal law. Organizers who skip the five-day filing window risk outright denial of the permit.
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