Parade Rules

These rules have been adopted to provide the safest possible parade experience for attendees and participants.

• Floats/vehicles should be constructed in dimensions that do not interfere with traffic control devices, roadway lighting, private property, etc.
• Participants should not stop unless the entire parade has otherwise stopped.
• Each parade participating group must be responsible not only for their own safety, but also for the safety of the public audience around them.
• Vehicle drivers are solely responsible for the safe operation of their vehicle.
• Candy, prizes, promotional items, etc., should be thrown away from the parade float/vehicle with enough distance that onlookers do not have to enter the roadway to retrieve them. Items should be thrown in an arching manner that does not target any individual. Promotional products made from paper may not be thrown or distributed.
• Participants may not spray liquids at the crowd.
• Alcoholic beverages should not be consumed on the parade route.
• Participants with horses or animals of any kind should each provide people to perform immediate excrement removal.
• Immediately bring to the attention of a parade official any unsafe or troublesome conditions along the parade route.
• Participants may not solicit attendees to enter the parade route.
• Each float/truck driver must be the holder of a valid driver’s license.
• All floats/vehicles should be equipped with a fire extinguisher readily marked and available.
• All participants must follow directions from authorized parade & law enforcement officials. This includes all uniformed public safety personnel and anyone else identifiable as a parade official.