Lodi, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Closing hours
- set and posted per park
- Locked/fenced areas
- entry always barred once closed
- Default penalty
- misdemeanor (§ 12.12.018)
- Also bans
- camping in closed areas
- Enforced by
- Parks & Recreation Director
Summary
Lodi recreational areas close on days and hours the parks and recreation director sets and posts on entrance signs; being present during posted closed hours, or entering a locked, fenced area posted 'Closed to the Public,' violates Municipal Code § 12.12.050 and is a misdemeanor unless the code specifies otherwise.
A.No person shall be present in any recreational area during the days and hours that such recreational area is designated by the director as closed. Such days and hours shall be posted on signs at the entrances to such recreational area.B.Further, no person shall enter or be in an area posted as "Closed to the Public," or any fenced recreational area in which the entry gates are locked, nor shall any person use, camp, possess camp paraphernalia, maintain any encampment, aid or abet the use of any such area in violation of this chapter or the posted notices.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
050(A) makes it unlawful for anyone to be present in a recreational area during the days and hours the director designates as closed, and requires those days and hours to be posted on signs at the area's entrances, so the enforceable closing time is whatever a given park's posted signage states rather than one citywide hour. Subsection (B) adds a stricter layer for fenced facilities: no one may enter or be in an area posted 'Closed to the Public,' or any fenced recreational area whose entry gates are locked, and the section separately bars using, camping, possessing camp paraphernalia, or maintaining an encampment in such an area, or aiding or abetting that use, in violation of the chapter or its posted notices.
012, and which separately regulates fires, alcohol and glass containers in posted areas, and commercial activity, all under the director's sign-posting authority. 12 is a misdemeanor unless another section specifies a different punishment, punishable by a fine not exceeding the maximum the law allows.
Violations & Fines
Being present in a Lodi recreational area after posted closing hours, or inside a locked, posted 'Closed to the Public' area, is a misdemeanor under § 12.12.018 because § 12.12.050 sets no lesser penalty of its own, punishable by a fine up to the statutory misdemeanor maximum. Camping or maintaining an encampment in a closed area adds a separate violation of the same section's encampment ban.
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