Gwinnett County, GA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

, or sunrise until sunset, with which schedule applies depending on the individual park's designation, and the parks and recreation director can post different hours for any specific park. Entering or remaining in a park or recreation facility, or driving a vehicle into one, outside the posted hours is unlawful unless the director has issued a permit or the person is taking part in an authorized, scheduled program, class, special event, or meeting. The rule sits inside Chapter 70's broader access scheme: § 70-47 separately bans entering a locked or closed park, including a field closed by posted signage, without a permit, and § 70-49 bans camping in a park outside a designated, permitted camping site, so after-hours entry, closed-facility entry, and camping are enforced as three distinct violations that can stack for the same visit.

Any authorized law enforcement officer can enforce Chapter 70, and under § 70-2 has discretion to issue a citation, a warning, or simply order the person to leave rather than cite them. Chapter 70's definitions section (§ 70-1) covers the whole chapter, defining 'park and/or recreation facility' broadly to include land, buildings, lakes, ponds, streams, pools, sports fields, and county cemeteries, whether owned, leased, or managed by the county or the county recreation authority, so the after-hours rule reaches every county-run outdoor and indoor recreation site, not just neighborhood parks.