Daytona Beach, FL Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Under City Code Section 86-33, the city's parks and recreational, sports, leisure and other city facilities are closed from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise, with narrow exceptions for unusual or unforeseen emergencies, scheduled meetings, or activities specifically permitted by the leisure services director. The closure is not merely advisory: once a person has received notice of the prohibition under Section 86-34 (posted signage or notice from the official in charge), no one may enter, remain within, or refuse to leave a city park or facility while it is closed.

Vehicles are covered separately and more strictly. No vehicle may be left in any city-owned or city-operated park or recreational facility during closed hours unless the city manager has specifically authorized 24-hour parking at that location. If a vehicle is found unattended inside a park in violation of this rule, the police department is authorized to have it removed under Section 94-4, the city's vehicle-impoundment provision, meaning a car left overnight in a closed park lot can be towed at the owner's expense in addition to any citation.

The closure ordinance traces to Code 1970 Sections 29-17(c) and 29-75(1), (5), and was last amended by Ordinance No. 12-299, Section 1, adopted November 1, 2012. Section 86-34 separately makes it unlawful to violate any posted regulation governing public property once that regulation has been conspicuously posted or otherwise made known by the official in charge, the property owner's agent, or a police officer, giving parks staff and police a second tool to enforce site-specific rules like locked gates or after-hours signage beyond the sunset-to-sunrise window itself.