Bellevue, WA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard closing
- One-half hour after sunset
- Standard reopening
- One-half hour before sunrise
- Downtown Park hours
- Closes 11:00 p.m., same sunrise reopening
- Vehicle rule
- Leaving a vehicle after closing is also unlawful
- Exemptions
- Scheduled parks events and through roads excluded
Summary
Bellevue parks close one-half hour after sunset and reopen one-half hour before sunrise under BCC 3.43.330, except Downtown Park, which closes at 11:00 p.m. Being in a park, or leaving a vehicle unattended there, after closing time is unlawful. Scheduled parks department events and dedicated roads and sidewalks used for through transportation are exempt from the curfew.
It is unlawful to be in a park, or leave a vehicle unattended in a park, after closing time. Unless another closing time has been established for a particular park by the city manager or their designee, parks shall close one-half hour after sunset and reopen one-half hour before sunrise, provided the Downtown Park shall close at 11:00 p.m. and reopen one-half hour before sunrise. This section does not apply to scheduled parks department events or to dedicated roads and sidewalks used for transportation which are not designated as closed.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 6929, passed July 14, 2026).
Full Breakdown
330 sets the citywide default: parks close one-half hour after sunset and reopen one-half hour before sunrise, unless the city manager or a designee has established a different closing time for a particular park. while reopening at the same half-hour-before-sunrise time as other parks. The section reaches both people remaining in a park after hours and vehicles left unattended there past closing. Two carve-outs keep the rule from blocking normal city business: scheduled parks department events are exempt, and dedicated roads and sidewalks used for transportation are exempt as long as they are not separately posted as closed.
030(F) lets the city set opening and closing times for particular parks or facilities, which is how a park can end up with hours different from the citywide default. 100, separately makes it unlawful to enter any area posted "No Admittance" or "No Trespassing," or to enter a park during any period it is posted closed to the public, reinforcing the closing-time rule with a trespass violation.
Violations & Fines
Remaining in a Bellevue park, or leaving a vehicle there, after its posted closing time violates BCC 3.43.330. Because the section falls under Chapter 3.43's general parks conduct code, a violation can support expulsion from all city parks for one to seven days under BCC 3.43.320(A)(6), and a person with two expulsions in 30 days, or more than one chapter violation in 30 days, faces expulsion of up to one year under BCC 3.43.320(B).
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