Public conduct during parades.
Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 46-182
in effectSec. 46-182. - Public conduct during parades.
(a) Interference. No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct or impede, or interfere with any parade or parade assembly or with any person or vehicle participating or used in a parade.
(b) Driving through parades. No driver of any vehicle, except emergency vehicles, shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated as a parade.
(c) Parking on parade route. The chief of police shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a highway or part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade. The chief of police shall post signs to such effect, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation thereof. No person shall be liable for parking on a street unposted in violation of this article.
(d) Following parade floats. Individuals are hereby prohibited from following parade floats and bands without authorization from the parade chair.
(e) Unauthorized participation. No person, group or vehicle shall participate in a parade without proper authorization from the parade organization or interfere in any manner with the orderly conduct of the parade.
(f) Obstruction of parade or parade traffic. It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of a vehicle, horse or mule, or vending cart or other contrivance to park, stop, loiter or stand in such a manner as to obstruct, impede or inhibit the passage of any parade, or to obstruct, impede or inhibit the passage of traffic on any intersecting or adjacent street to the parade route.
(g) Obstruction of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to place or cause to be placed any type of obstruction, including, but not limited to, ropes, tents, scaffolds, barricades or vehicles, which may act to impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any right-of-way along a parade route, without first seeking proper permission from the city.
(Ord. No. 3211, § 12, 3-7-2017; Ord. No. 3300, 11-16-2021)
Source: City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/hattiesburg/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH46STSIOTPUPL_ARTVIPABLPAEV_DIV2PA_S46-182PUCODUPAFetched: 11/1/2026