Hamburg Village, NY Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Chapter 167 of the Village of Hamburg Code, adopted by the Board of Trustees, sets the hours for public parks. Section 167-1(A) states that public parks owned or maintained by the Village of Hamburg are kept open and available for public use from sunrise to sunset daily. Section 167-1(B) turns that into a prohibition: no person shall enter, use, occupy or remain in any such park after sunset and before sunrise daily. The rule covers every park the village owns or maintains, and it covers staying as well as arriving, so a person who is inside at sunset has to leave.

The code uses sunrise and sunset, not fixed clock times, so the closing hour moves through the year. The chapter prints no separate hour for playgrounds, gardens or recreation areas, though § 167-4 separately prohibits golfing in public parks, gardens, playgrounds and recreation facilities maintained by the village.

Section 167-1(C) is the one exception. The hours rule does not prohibit entry, use or occupancy during the actual conduct of a carnival, lawn fete, flea market, department inspection or similar activity by a veterans' organization, volunteer fire department, charitable or educational organization, provided the activity is being conducted with the express consent of the Board of Trustees of the village. The exception depends on two things: the sponsor has to be one of the listed kinds of organization, and the consent has to come from the Board of Trustees and be express. An individual or a private group outside that list has no after-dark right under this section.

Other park rules in Chapter 167 apply during open hours. Section 167-2 prohibits alcohol consumption by reference to Chapter 105, Alcoholic Beverages, and bans skating, biking, skateboarding, ball playing and horseplay in Centennial Gardens and Little Park. Article I was adopted 6-1-1981 as L.L. No. 10-1981 and the hours text was amended 12-3-1990 as L.L. No. 5-1990.