Parker, TX Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 97.15
- Approval authority
- City Administrator or Mayor
- Advertising
- Barred until event is approved, § 97.15(C)
- Organizer liability
- Damages/services cost, § 97.16
- Maximum fine
- $500 per offense (§ 97.99)
- Related waiver
- Parking rules waiver via § 97.15(B)
Summary
Parker requires any group-sponsored event or game at a city park facility to be scheduled with and approved by the City Administrator or Mayor in advance under § 97.15. Advertising an event before city approval is itself a separate violation, and the sponsoring group is liable for any damage or public-safety costs the event causes.
(A) Use of park facilities for group-sponsored events and games must be prescheduled with and approved by the City Administrator or Mayor. (B) The City Administrator or Mayor shall have the authority to issue special permits, grant exceptions, or waivers to any of the terms of § 97.13 for authorized events and activities. (C) No person shall advertise an event, meeting or activity or the time, permitted hours, or usage of an event, meeting, or activity to be held or conducted in a park facility unless such event, meeting or activity and advertisement of such event, meeting, or activity and the time, permitted hours, or usage has been approved by the City Administrator or Mayor.
Full Breakdown
15 of the Parker Code of Ordinances, any group-sponsored event or game that uses a city park facility must be prescheduled with, and approved by, the City Administrator or Mayor before it happens; the section gives no automatic right to reserve a facility just by showing up. 13 so that an approved event can, for example, use additional parking areas that would otherwise be off-limits. 15(C) makes it unlawful to advertise an event, meeting, or activity, or its time, permitted hours, or usage, in a park facility unless the City Administrator or Mayor has already approved the event and that advertising.
16 places the financial risk on the organizer: the person, group, organization, or entity reserving the park facility is responsible for all damage to city property and for the cost of any park maintenance, emergency, or public-safety services, including police and fire, dispatched to the facility because of the group's misuse or unlawful use of it. 15. 99: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500 per offense, with each day of a continuing violation treated separately.
Violations & Fines
Holding or advertising an unapproved event at a Parker park facility violates § 97.15 and is punishable under § 97.99 as a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $500 per offense, each day counted separately. The organizer also remains liable under § 97.16 for any property damage and for the cost of police, fire, or maintenance services the event required.
Frequently Asked Questions
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