Stamford, CT Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Who decides
- Chief of Police or Fire Chief
- Who pays
- event operator/promoter
- Covers
- gatherings, contests, exhibitions, theaters
- Chapter
- Ch. 187, Public Gatherings
Summary
Stamford requires organizers of public gatherings, exhibitions, and contests to fund whatever police or fire protection the Chief of Police or Fire Chief determines the event needs.
When police or fire protection shall be necessary or required as determined by the Chief of Police or Fire Chief, respectively, at any boxing bout or wrestling match, any theater, place of public amusement, sport contest or hockey, baseball or basketball game or any other exhibition, contest or public gathering which is being held or is to be held in the city, the amount of such protection necessary shall be determined and shall be furnished by the Chief of Police or Fire Chief. Such protection shall be paid for by the person operating, conducting or promoting such game, exhibition or contest, public gathering or theater, at a uniform rate to be determined and fixed by the Chief of Police or Fire Chief. Nothing in this section shall affect the jurisdiction of the Department of State Police.
Footnotes: --- (2) --- Amended 11-6-85 by Ord. No. 566.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72).
Full Breakdown
The city has no separate parade-permit application chapter; instead Chapter 187 puts the gate on public events through police and fire cost recovery. Whenever the Chief of Police or Fire Chief determines that protection is necessary for a boxing bout, sport contest, theater event, or any other exhibition or public gathering in the city, that official sets and furnishes the protection level, and the person operating or promoting the event must pay for it at a uniform rate the Chief sets. State Police jurisdiction is unaffected.
Violations & Fines
The chapter sets no stated penalty of its own; nonpayment or refusal to arrange required protection is addressed as a condition on the event rather than a fine schedule.
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