Victorville, CA Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Group-size threshold
- More than 25 persons
- Governing section
- VMC § 14.04.060
- Permit issuer
- Recreation and Park Director
- Covers
- Picnics, parades, celebrations, assemblies
- Attendee liability
- Attending unpermitted event is also a violation
- Related rule
- §14.04.040(n) permission for meetings regardless of size
Summary
Groups of more than 25 people need a written permit from Victorville's recreation and park director before holding a picnic, parade, celebration, or assembly in any city park, under Municipal Code Section 14.04.060. Both organizers and everyone who attends an unpermitted gathering of that size can be cited.
No person, company, society, organization, gathering or group of more than twenty-five persons shall hold or conduct any picnic, celebration, parade, exercise, gathering, assembly or meeting in any public park within the city without first obtaining a written permit to do so by the recreation and park director; and no person shall attend, take part in or be a participant in any such picnic, celebration, parade, exercise, gathering, assembly or meeting in a public park unless the permission has first been obtained.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 57).
Full Breakdown
060 sets Victorville's threshold for group park use at twenty-five persons: any company, society, organization, gathering, or group larger than that must get a written permit from the recreation and park director before holding a picnic, celebration, parade, exercise, gathering, assembly, or meeting in a public park, and the code separately bars anyone from attending or taking part in such an event once it starts without the permit having already been obtained. 040(n), which independently requires written permission from the recreation and park director before any meeting, service, concert, exercise, or exhibition in a park regardless of headcount, so even a smaller organized program can trigger a permit obligation.
050 to prohibit or confine any park activity, including a permitted gathering, to posted areas whenever necessary to protect public health, safety, or welfare, or to prevent damage to city or park district property. 060. 060 applications in this chapter; applicants deal directly with the recreation and park director's office to arrange approval before the event date.
Violations & Fines
A gathering that exceeds the 25-person threshold without the required permit is enforced under the general Section 1.04.010 penalty scheme: a misdemeanor punishable per California Penal Code Section 19 by default, or, at the discretion of the citing officer or city attorney, an infraction with base fines up to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second, $400 for a third, and $1,000 for each further violation within a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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