Dublin, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Dublin Municipal Code § 5.100.100
- Default hours
- 1 hour after sunset to sunrise
- In-use building lots
- Stay open plus 1 hour after closing
- City programs
- Grace period of 1 hour after program ends
- Lit fields/courts
- Close per posted schedule
- Penalty
- Infraction under § 5.100.160
Summary
Dublin parks, recreation areas, and their parking lots close to the public one hour after sunset and stay closed until sunrise under Section 5.100.100. Exceptions extend the hour for lots serving an in-use building and for city-authorized programs, while lit fields and courts close as separately posted.
All parks and recreation areas and facilities therein, including parking lots serving said areas, shall be closed to the public one (1) hour after sunset and shall remain closed until sunrise the following day with the following exceptions: A. The parking lots serving the immediate area of any park or park building may remain open during the time said building is being used and for one (1) hour after the closing thereof. B. Such areas may remain open during any program conducted or authorized by the city and for one (1) hour after the completion thereof. C. Lighted fields and courts will be closed as posted.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
100 of the Dublin Municipal Code sets a citywide default closing time for 'all parks and recreation areas and facilities therein, including parking lots serving said areas' at one hour after sunset, reopening at sunrise the next day. Three exceptions soften that default: subsection A keeps a parking lot open while the park building it serves is in use and for one hour after that use ends; subsection B extends the same one-hour grace period after any city-conducted or city-authorized program; and subsection C allows lighted fields and courts to stay open on whatever posted schedule the city sets for them, which can run later than the general curfew.
Because the closure is defined relative to sunset rather than a fixed clock time, the actual closing hour shifts across the year. 025, so a park can carry stricter local hours or a full closure if the city has posted a resolution-approved notice to that effect. The chapter dates to Ord. 16-88 (1988) and was reorganized by Ord. 35-08.
Violations & Fines
Section 5.100.160 makes remaining in a Dublin park after the posted or statutory closing hour an infraction, punishable as provided in Government Code Section 36900(b). Being present during closed hours or violating the terms of a park use permit both fall under the same infraction penalty.
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Sources & Official References
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