Doral, FL Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Doral Code §§ 29-43 and 29-44
- Unfenced parks
- Off-limits 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Fenced parks
- Close at posted gate time until reopening
- Exception
- Designated 24-hour launching areas
- Who sets hours
- Parks and recreation department director
- Enforcement
- City police and parks staff, § 29-42
Summary
Doral's parks and recreation director sets and posts daily opening and closing hours for every city park under Code of Ordinances Sec. 29-44, and no one may remain after closing without authorization. Sec. 29-43 separately bars anyone from unfenced parks between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless posted otherwise.
(a)Except for designated holidays, unusual and unforeseen emergencies, parks shall be open to the public every day of the year during hours to be designated by the parks and recreation director. The designated opening and closing hours for each individual park, or park facility if the hours designated for such park facility differ from the remainder of the park, shall be posted therein for public information.(b)No person(s) shall remain in any park or facility after the park or facility is closed unless otherwise authorized by the parks and recreation department director.
Full Breakdown
Section 29-44 requires that, apart from designated holidays and unforeseen emergencies, city parks stay open to the public every day of the year during hours the parks and recreation director sets and posts at each park or facility. Subsection (b) then makes it a violation for any person to remain in a park or facility after it closes unless the director has authorized otherwise. Sec. unless the park is posted with different hours, with an exception carved out for areas designated as twenty-four-hour launching areas.
Fenced parks close instead at the posted gate-closing time until reopening the next day. Both sections exempt police officers and parks and recreation employees on duty, and anyone with a written permit to be present after hours; the department director can also create further exceptions when the public health, safety or welfare calls for it. A related rule, Sec. 29-45, separately keeps the public out of any park that is unfinished, under construction, or withheld from use for safety reasons, regardless of the posted hours.
Both curfew sections trace to Ordinance No. 2004-20 (originally Rules 22 and 23), were updated by Ordinance No. 2010-16, and were most recently carried forward by Ordinance No. 2022-14.
Violations & Fines
Remaining in a Doral park past its posted closing time, or in an unfenced park between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., violates Sec. 29-42(b), which makes it unlawful to fail to comply with any park rule or a lawful order from a police officer or parks staff member. City police and parks and recreation staff enforce the curfew directly and can order violators to leave; repeat or contested violations proceed as code compliance matters under chapter 11 of the Doral Code.
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