Littleton, CO Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Default park hours
- 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily
- Override
- Posted signage at that park
- Applies to
- All city-owned parks, even outside city limits
- Citation
- Littleton City Code § 6-9-3(I)
- Max fine
- $2,650 under general penalty § 1-4-1
Summary
Littleton parks and open space close overnight: entering after 10:00 p.m. or before 6:00 a.m. is against the law unless a specific park's posted signage says otherwise. The rule covers every city-owned park and open space, even land the City owns outside its own borders.
I. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter into any public park or open space except during hours of normal operation. Unless otherwise specifically stated by signage on the premises, hours of normal operation shall be from six o'clock (6:00) A.M. to ten o'clock (10:00) P.M., daily.
Full Breakdown
City Code section 6-9-3, adopted by Ordinance 30, Series of 2004, sets rules for public parks and open space 'within the city or owned or leased by the city outside of the corporate limits of the city,' meaning Littleton's park rules travel with land the City owns even if that land sits in unincorporated Arapahoe, Jefferson or Douglas County outside the municipal boundary. daily. A specific park can extend or shorten those hours only through signage posted on the premises, which controls over the default when it says something different.
The section layers on companion rules for the same spaces: pets must stay leashed to no more than six feet (subsection J), overnight camping and open fires are banned (subsection O), and amplified sound needs the city manager's written permission (subsection H). Littleton once wrote a standalone penalty for park violations by minors at section 6-9-4, but repealed that section by Ordinance 31, Series of 1988, so today a park-hours violation, like other Title 6 offenses without a stated fine, falls to the citywide general penalty at Code section 1-4-1.
Violations & Fines
Being in a city park outside 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., absent different posted hours, is a misdemeanor under the general penalty at Code section 1-4-1: up to a $2,650 fine, up to 364 days in jail, or up to a year of probation for an adult offender, with a minor's exposure capped at the fine and probation and no jail time. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.
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