Downey, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Default park closing time
- 10:00 p.m. daily
- Parks reopen
- 8:00 a.m. next day
- Governing section
- Downey Municipal Code § 10112
- Exempted facility
- Downey Theater
- Last amended
- Ord. 24-1513, adopted 10/8/2024
- Misdemeanor penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine / 6 months jail
Summary
Downey closes all city parks and facilities at 10:00 p.m. daily unless the Director of Parks and Recreation posts an earlier closing time. No one may enter, remain, or leave property in a park or its parking lot between closing and 8:00 a.m. the next day.
All parks and facilities, except those hereinafter set forth, shall be closed not later than 10:00 p.m. each day of the week. In the event the Director determines it is necessary for the protection of a park, or its facilities, or properties adjacent thereto, he may determine that a park shall be closed earlier than 10:00 p.m. on all or certain days... Except as otherwise provided and permitted in this Code, no person shall enter or remain in any park or leave or store any personal property (including a vehicle) within any park or any appurtenant parking lot, between the hour such park is closed and 8:00 a.m. the following day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4807734; v5 updated 2026-01-27).
Full Breakdown
on any or all days if it's needed to protect the park, its facilities, or adjacent property, but only after posting notice of the earlier hour at all entrances. cutoff: the Downey Theater, and park buildings or facilities in active use under a permit or other official City business, whose closing time is instead set by the Director based on the nature and purpose of that use. A group holding a valid park-use permit may also stay past the general closing time if the permit itself authorizes it.
the following morning. The chapter's compliance section, Section 10102, gives the Director authority to write rules for enforcing the park chapter and for ejecting anyone violating it, and requires every park visitor to comply with the posted rules and any permit conditions. Because the park chapter doesn't set its own penalty, enforcement falls back to the citywide violations section, Municipal Code Section 1200, which applies to any Code violation. framework first added by Ordinance 373 in 1969.
Violations & Fines
A curfew violation is enforced as a Code violation under Section 1200: absent a specific penalty, prosecution as a misdemeanor carries up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, or both. If charged as an infraction instead, fines run $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for each additional offense in that year. Each day of a continuing violation counts as a separate offense.
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