Hialeah, FL Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Unfenced park curfew
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Fenced/gated parks
- Close at posted gate-locking time
- Vehicle parking ban
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Exempt
- Police, rec-dept staff, written permit holders
- Penalty
- Up to $500.00/day (Sec. 1-11)
- Source
- Code 1960, § 23-12
Summary
Hialeah parks are off-limits overnight: fenced or gated parks close when the gates lock and reopen the next day, while unfenced parks carry a straight 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. curfew under Sec. 62-5. Vehicles cannot be left on any parkway or park lot during the same hours, with exceptions only for on-duty police, recreation department staff and written permit holders.
(a)No person shall be or remain in any part of any park which is fenced in or provided with gates between the closing of the gates at night and their reopening on the following day, nor shall any person be or remain in any park not fenced in or provided with gates between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the following day. This subsection shall not apply to police officers or employees of the recreation and community services department while in the discharge of their duties or to persons having a permit in writing to be or remain in any part of the parks between such hours.(b)No operator of any vehicle shall park or permit to remain parked any vehicle on any parkway, parking area or other park property between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Full Breakdown
Sec. m. The subsection exempts police officers and recreation and community services department employees discharging their duties, plus anyone holding a written permit to be in the park during those hours. window to vehicles, making it unlawful for an operator to park or leave a vehicle parked on any parkway, parking area or other park property during the curfew. Subsection (c) separately bars entering any part of a park that is unfinished, under construction, or withheld from public use for safety, health or welfare reasons, regardless of the hour.
Enforcement rests with recreation and community services department personnel, who are authorized under Sec. 62-3(a) to enforce the whole of chapter 62 and can suspend or revoke a person's right to use department facilities for noncompliance. Sec. 62-4 sets the penalty for any chapter 62 violation, including the park curfew, by cross-reference to Sec. 00, with each day of a continuing violation counted separately. The curfew traces to Code 1960, § 23-12, carried forward by Ord. No. 2267, § 12, adopted July 8, 1969.
Violations & Fines
Being in a Hialeah park after its posted closing time, or after 11:00 p.m. in an unfenced park, is enforced under Sec. 62-4's cross-reference to the Code's general penalty, Sec. 1-11: a civil infraction of up to $500.00, with each day a separate violation. Recreation department personnel may also eject violators and suspend park-use privileges under Sec. 62-3(b).
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