Antioch, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard hours
- Dawn to dusk unless otherwise posted
- After-hours ban
- Unlawful to remain past posted hours
- Exceptions
- Pathway transit, pier fishing, boat ramp use
- Enforced by
- Director, designee, or peace officer
Summary
Antioch Municipal Code § 10-2.08(A) closes every city park and recreation facility from dusk until dawn unless a sign posts different hours. Staying past closing without the Director's written permission is unlawful, with narrow exceptions for pathway transit, pier fishing and the Antioch Boat Ramp.
(A) Park hours.
(1) Park and recreation facilities are open to the public from dawn to dusk, unless otherwise posted.
(2) No person shall refuse or fail to leave a park and recreation facility upon being directed to leave by the Director or the Director's designee, or by a peace officer.
(3) No person shall be or remain in a park and recreation facility after or before scheduled hours as posted, except as follows:
(a) With the written permission of the Director;
(b) When using a sidewalk or pathway within the facility as a transportation corridor;
(c) When engaged in fishing at a fishing pier;
(d) When engaged in launching or retrieving a boat at the Antioch Boat Ramp.
Full Breakdown
08(A) of the parks chapter sets Antioch's baseline park hours: parks and recreation facilities are open to the public from dawn to dusk, unless a posted sign states otherwise for that specific facility, so any individual park's actual closing time depends on what is posted at its entrance. The section then makes staying past those hours an offense in its own right: no person shall be or remain in a park after or before the scheduled hours as posted. The ordinance carves out four narrow exceptions rather than leaving the after-hours ban absolute: a person with the Director's written permission, someone using a park sidewalk or pathway purely as a through-route, someone fishing from the Antioch Public Fishing Pier, and someone launching or retrieving a boat at the Antioch Boat Ramp may all be present outside posted hours.
08(A)(2) makes it unlawful to refuse or fail to leave a park when directed to do so by the Director, the Director's designee, or a peace officer, which gives park staff and Antioch police the tool to clear a park at closing even absent a separate after-hours violation. 04, and notice of such a closure is posted at the facility when possible.
Violations & Fines
Remaining in an Antioch park after posted closing hours, or before opening, violates § 10-2.08(A)(3) unless one of the four listed exceptions applies. Refusing to leave when directed by the Director, a designee, or a peace officer is a separate violation of § 10-2.08(A)(2), giving officers authority to cite or remove anyone who will not comply with a closing order.
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