Fremont, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- FMC § 12.20.060(r)
- Standard closure
- half hour after sunset to sunrise
- Lit/community-center parks
- closed 10:00 p.m. to sunrise
- Exception
- permitted or city-sponsored events
- Penalty
- misdemeanor, up to $1,000/6 months
Summary
Fremont city parks close to loitering a half hour after sunset until sunrise the next day. Parks with lit community centers or nighttime sports lighting stay open later, but even those close between 10:00 p.m. and sunrise, under Municipal Code Section 12.20.060(r).
(r) Remain, stay or loiter therein between one-half hour after sunset and sunrise of the following day, except in a park or recreation area which has a community center or other indoor recreation facility or outdoor lighting specifically intended to illuminate sports facilities for nighttime recreation use, in which case no person shall remain, stay or loiter therein between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and sunrise of the following day.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 02-2026, passed May 5, 2026).
Full Breakdown
060(r) bars anyone from remaining, staying or loitering in a Fremont park or recreation area between one-half hour after sunset and sunrise the following day. through sunrise. The curfew does not apply to people attending a permitted event, or a gathering sponsored or conducted by the city's department of maintenance and recreation services, and it does not apply to campers or lodgers using a spot the city has especially designated for overnight camping, since overnight camping is separately addressed in subsection (i). 020: an enforcement officer may expel anyone violating the curfew, and the person must leave immediately and may not return that same calendar day unless the same or another enforcement officer permits an earlier return. 030, which operates independently of the standing curfew hours. 010(a).
Violations & Fines
A curfew violation under Section 12.20.060(r) is a misdemeanor under the general criminal-violation section, 1.15.010(b), which the enforcement official may instead charge as an infraction. Penalties follow Section 1.15.020: up to $1,000 and/or six months in jail for a misdemeanor, or $100/$200/$500 for a first, second or third infraction within a year. An officer may also order immediate expulsion for the rest of the day under Section 12.20.020(c).
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