Albany, OR Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Default closed hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily
- Posted hours
- Director's posted order overrides the default
- Who is exempt
- Law enforcement and people authorized by the City Manager or designee
- Closure power
- Director can close any park or portion at any time
- Ejection bar
- Return can be barred for up to six months
- Park camping fine
- Not to exceed $100 without written authorization
Summary
In the City of Albany, Oregon, parks are closed to the public between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. daily unless the Parks and Recreation Director posts other hours. During closed hours no one can enter or remain in a park except law enforcement and people the City Manager or a designee authorizes. The Director can also close any park or portion at any time.
(1) Hours. Unless otherwise posted by order of the Director as provided in subsection (2) of this section, parks shall be closed to the public between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. daily. During hours when parks are closed, no person shall enter or remain in a park except law enforcement personnel and others duly authorized by the City Manager or designee. (2) Park Closures. Any park or portion thereof may be declared closed to the public by the Director at any time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regular and stated intervals (daily or otherwise) and either entirely or merely to certain uses, as the Director finds reasonably necessary.
Full Breakdown
Albany Municipal Code § 7.28.240 sets the park operating policy. Subsection (1) fixes the default hours: unless otherwise posted by order of the Director, parks are closed to the public between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. daily. The closure is a ban on presence, not only on activity. During closed hours no person can enter or remain in a park except law enforcement personnel and others duly authorized by the City Manager or a designee. Someone who is already in a park when 11:00 p.m. arrives is covered by the word remain.
What counts as a park is broad. Section 7.28.010(4) defines it as a park, playground, beach, recreation center, trail, multiuse path, or any other area in the City owned or used by the City and devoted to active or passive recreation. Director means the person appointed by the city manager as the director of parks and recreation, or a designee.
Subsection (2) gives the Director flexible closure power: any park or portion of a park can be declared closed to the public at any time and for any interval, temporarily or at regular and stated intervals, either entirely or only to certain uses, as the Director finds reasonably necessary. That means posted hours at a particular park can differ from the 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. default, and a posted closure notice controls. Section 7.28.170 separately bars entering an area posted as Closed to the Public.
Related rules add weight to the curfew. Camping in a park without the Director's written authorization is a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed $100 (§ 7.28.245). Under § 7.28.310 the Director and park attendants can eject anyone violating the Albany Municipal Code or state law from a park, and can bar return for up to six months. A person who enters or stays in violation of that directive is guilty of criminal trespass. Minors face a separate curfew on streets and other public places under Chapter 7.44.
Violations & Fines
Section 7.28.240 prints no penalty clause, so AMC § 1.04.010 applies. An offense defined without a penalty is deemed a misdemeanor with a fine of not more than $2,500 or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, unless the City Attorney treats it as a violation under § 1.04.020 with a civil penalty of not more than $1,000. Park staff can also eject the person and bar return for up to six months under § 7.28.310.
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