Auburn, WA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Opening time
- one-half hour before sunrise
- Closing time
- one-half hour after sunset
- After-hours penalty
- criminal trespass, Ch. 9A.52 RCW
- Vehicle left in closed park
- subject to immediate impoundment
- Repeat-violation penalty
- up to 1-year park exclusion admonishment
Summary
Unless posted otherwise, Auburn parks open a half hour before sunrise and close a half hour after sunset under ACC 2.22.220. Anyone who enters or stays in a closed park faces criminal trespass prosecution, and the director can only extend hours for the specific area hosting a sanctioned event.
A. Unless otherwise posted, parks shall open one-half hour before sunrise and close one-half hour after sunset. Any person entering or remaining in a closed park is subject to prosecution for criminal trespass pursuant to ACC 9.96.900 and/or Chapter 9A.52 RCW. B. The director may extend open hours for sanctioned events, but only that portion of a park being used for the event will be open beyond normal hours; other areas of such a park shall remain closed.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 7023, passed July 6, 2026).
Full Breakdown
220(A) ties park hours to sunrise and sunset rather than a fixed clock time: parks open thirty minutes before sunrise and close thirty minutes after sunset unless different hours are posted at the site. 52 RCW, which is a criminal charge rather than a civil infraction. Subsection B lets the director extend open hours for a sanctioned event, but only the portion of the park actually being used for that event stays open past normal hours; the rest of the park remains closed and off-limits.
030. 240 lets an officer with probable cause order a violator to leave immediately and, for repeat entry the same day or later, issue a written admonishment excluding the person from all city park property for up to one year.
Violations & Fines
Being in a closed Auburn park is prosecuted as criminal trespass under ACC 9.96.900 and Chapter 9A.52 RCW, a criminal charge rather than a civil infraction, and repeat entry the same day as a removal order compounds the exposure. A vehicle left parked in a park after closing can be impounded immediately under ACC 2.22.200(D). Officers with probable cause of a park-code violation may also issue a written admonishment barring someone from all city park property for up to a year under ACC 2.22.240.
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