Santa Fe, NM Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

7 of the Santa Fe City Code governs parades, processions and other special uses of streets, including street closures. Paragraph A funnels every such request through one office: applications go to the city clerk and require approval from the city manager before the event can proceed. Paragraph B makes clear that a special use permit, obtained from the city clerk's office, is mandatory, not discretionary, for any applicant, and lists two conditions the city may impose case by case: a map delineating the parade or procession route, and proof of a city business registration or business license number if the event involves selling anything.

Paragraph C hands the fee-setting power to the governing body, which sets the specific special use permit requirements and any service charges for obtaining one, rather than fixing a dollar figure directly in the ordinance. The section sits in Chapter XXIII's special-uses article alongside related street and park permitting rules, including the city's authority over Plaza Park events, so an organizer running a parade route through the historic Plaza must also clear whatever event-specific rules the governing body has layered onto the special use permit process.

Because street closures are folded into the same permit requirement as parades and processions, an organizer cannot sidestep the city clerk/city manager approval chain by characterizing an event only as a street closure rather than a parade.