Everett, MA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Section 13-4 of the Everett Revised Ordinances, titled Use of Playgrounds Restricted, is the printed hours rule for playgrounds in the City of Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Subsection (b) lets a person enter a playground and conduct himself there in accordance with the rules and regulations of the playground commission, and fixes the playground hours from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The hours can change only by authorization: the section says other hours apply when the playground commission has authorized them. The text speaks only of playgrounds, so this page covers playground hours and does not claim a separate closing time for any other city open space.

Subsection (a) adds an entry rule. No person is allowed to enter a playground without right, or to remain after having been forbidden to do so, either directly or by posted notice. That means a posted sign or a direct instruction ends a person's right to stay.

Subsection (c) gives any police officer the power to make arrests for violation of the section. Subsection (d) sets the penalty: any conviction is subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-8 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Everett.

Other Everett rules apply on the same ground. Section 13-1 prohibits drinking or holding an open container of alcohol in any park or playground, and Section 13-1.1 bans consuming marihuana in parks and playgrounds. Section 13-16 defines a public place to include public grounds, areas or parks for its loitering rule.