Brentwood, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Default park hours
- Sunrise to sunset
- After-hours access
- Permit or director/police permission only
- Restroom hours
- Set separately by the director
- Minimum misdemeanor fine
- $1,000
- Enforcing officials
- Parks director or chief of police
Summary
Brentwood parks are open only from sunrise to sunset unless otherwise posted, and Municipal Code Section 7.02.090 bars anyone from entering or staying between sunset and sunrise without a permit or the director's or police chief's permission. Entering a closed or locked park is a separate trespassing violation.
All parks within the city shall be open from sunrise until sunset unless otherwise posted. No person shall enter or remain within the parks between sunset and sunrise except by permit or permission of the director or chief of police. ... No person shall enter into any facility or park that is closed and/or locked or posted against such entry, except by permit or permission of the director or chief of police. ... Unless otherwise provided, any person violating any of the provisions of this title or who causes, allows or permits any violation of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of at least one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment; and/or that person may receive an administrative citation as provided in Chapter 1.24 of this code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4604307; v5 updated 2025-12-09).
Full Breakdown
090(A) sets the default hours for every city park: open from sunrise until sunset unless a different schedule is posted, and no person may enter or remain in a park between sunset and sunrise except by permit or with permission from the parks and recreation director or the chief of police. Subsection (B) gives the director authority to set and change restroom hours separately from general park hours. 100 adds a companion trespassing rule: no one may enter a facility or park that is closed, locked, or posted against entry, again except by permit or director/police permission.
160, and entering during that closure is trespassing independent of the general curfew. 180(P) restates the curfew as a specific prohibited act: being, remaining, staying, or loitering in a public park or facility from sunset to sunrise or beyond posted hours without the director's authorization.
Violations & Fines
Violating the park curfew or trespassing into a closed park is enforced as a misdemeanor under Section 7.07.020, punishable by a fine of at least $1,000, imprisonment up to six months, or both, or the city may instead issue an administrative citation under Chapter 1.24. Brentwood police officers or the parks director can also order a person to leave under Section 7.02.100 without waiting for a citation to issue.
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