Colorado Springs, CO Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Section 4.2.102 of the City Code sets the daily window parks are open to the public: 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. during the months of November through April, and 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. the rest of the year. The section makes it unlawful for anyone other than City employees performing official duties to enter or remain in a park outside those hours, unless the presence is part of an official City-permitted activity such as an evening event authorized under a temporary park permit issued under Section 4.3.101.

The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Manager also has standing authority to promulgate rules closing specific park roads, vehicular access areas or trails beginning at 9:00 p.m. year-round, even during the extended summer hours, and under Section 4.2.103 may close any park in whole or in part at any time to protect park land or public health, safety or welfare. Because Section 4.2.105 makes every City ordinance apply within parks and directs that the more restrictive rule controls in a conflict, the park-hours curfew stacks on top of, rather than replaces, other applicable ordinances such as noise or open-container rules.

There is no specific penalty written into Article 2 for a park-hours violation, so it falls to the Code's General Penalty at Section 1.1.201: conviction in Municipal Court carries a fine of up to $2,500.00, imprisonment in jail for up to 189 days, probation, or a combination of those, unless a lesser penalty applies elsewhere. The Manager enforces Chapter 4 under Section 4.1.102 and has specific authority to eject any person from a park who is violating the chapter and to seize property used in the violation.