Hawthorne, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Hawthorne Municipal Code § 2.24.250, titled 'Parks closed,' makes it unlawful for anyone to remain in any park or building between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., with exceptions only for a city employee performing his or her duty or persons participating in city-sponsored or city-permitted activities. The Memorial Building gets a later curfew: it closes at 1:00 a.m., but all activities inside must cease at midnight unless the director of parks and recreation authorizes otherwise in advance. The director can also grant a one-hour maximum extension in advance for city-sponsored or city-permitted activities, or for other specific activities, but that extension is capped and must be arranged ahead of time rather than requested on the spot.

This curfew sits in Chapter 2.24, the same chapter that requires a permit for organized park assemblies of 25 or more people under § 2.24.030, and general park compliance is separately mandated by § 2.24.220's rule against remaining in violation of park regulations. Because § 2.24.250 was adopted by Ordinance 1657 in 1998 and stands on its own, it is not tied to the misdemeanor/infraction penalty scheme built for the unlawful-conduct sections of Chapter 2.22; a curfew violation is instead enforced as noncompliance with park regulations under § 2.24.020, which bars entering or remaining in a park or building without complying with the code.