Meridian, ID Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Park hours
- Dawn to dusk, daily
- Dawn defined as
- 30 min before sunrise
- Dusk defined as
- 30 min after sunset
- Penalty
- $100 infraction
- Enforced by
- Police and code enforcement
Summary
Meridian city parks are open daily from dawn to dusk, 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, and staying past closing without authorization is a $100 infraction enforceable by police and park staff.
Parks shall be open to the public every day of the year from dawn to dusk, which shall be defined as thirty (30) minutes before sunrise to thirty (30) minutes after sunset. Visitors and vehicles shall be excluded during the hours of closure except when authorized by permit, where hours are otherwise posted, or for transit through a park. The Director shall have the authority to change the hours of any park by Director's order.B.Closed areas. Any section or part of any park may be declared closed to the public by the Director at any time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regularly and/or stated intervals and either entirely or merely to certain uses, as the Director shall find reasonably necessary.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
Under Meridian City Code section 5-1-5(A), city parks are open to the public every day of the year from dawn to dusk, defined as thirty minutes before sunrise to thirty minutes after sunset, and the Director can change a park's hours by written order or post different hours. Visitors and vehicles must leave during closure except when authorized by permit, transiting through the park, or where hours are posted otherwise. Section 5-1-4(W) makes it unlawful to remain in a park during closed hours; peace officers, code enforcement officers, and Parks and Recreation staff can eject violators, and the offense is punishable as a $100 infraction under section 5-1-4.
Violations & Fines
Being in a park after dusk or before dawn without a permit is an infraction punishable by a $100 fine per section 5-1-4; officers can also eject violators or issue a park exclusion notice.
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