Orem, UT Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., daily
- Applies to
- All City parks, lots, and structures
- Allowed inside
- On-duty City employees only
- Exception
- City-sponsored historical/patriotic overnight display
- Exception requires
- Written agreement on irrigation, security, liability
- Enacted
- Ord. No. 661 (1990); amended Ord. O-08-0013, 7/8/2008
- Penalty
- General code ordinance violation
Summary
Every City park in Orem closes at 11:00 p.m. and stays closed until 5:00 a.m. under Orem City Code 13-1-11. Anyone other than a City employee on duty who is found in a park during those hours is breaking the law. The only built-in exception is for a Department of Recreation-approved overnight display tied to a City-sponsored, communitywide historical or patriotic celebration.
13-1-11. Park curfew. All City parks shall be closed between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. It shall be unlawful for any person other than City employees performing their duties to be in a park when it is closed. This provision shall not apply, however, in cases where the Department of Recreation grants permission for overnight use of the City Center Park or a portion thereof to an organization, which as part of a City sponsored, communitywide historical or patriotic celebration, has a display which spans more than one consecutive day, the nature of which requires people to be present at the display overnight.
Full Breakdown
The six-hour closure runs every night of the year, with no seasonal exception written into the section, and applies to every space that meets Article 13-1's definition of 'park,' including the park itself, any adjacent parking lot, and any restroom or other structure located there. arrives. The one carve-out lets the Department of Recreation grant permission for overnight use of City Center Park, or a portion of it, to an organization running a City-sponsored, communitywide historical or patriotic celebration whose display spans more than one consecutive day and requires overnight staffing.
Even then, the organization must sign a separate agreement with the City covering lawn irrigation timing, groundskeeping, security and liability before overnight use is authorized. can face a curfew citation even where no other park rule was broken. The curfew traces back to the original 1990 park ordinance (No. 661) and was last amended by Ordinance No. O-08-0013 on July 8, 2008.
Violations & Fines
Being in a City park after the 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew, other than as an on-duty City employee or an authorized overnight-celebration participant, is enforced under the Orem City Code's general penalty provisions, since Section 13-1-11 sets no separate fine. Police routinely patrol parks after closing and can cite or remove violators on sight; a person removed for a curfew violation who returns before 5:00 a.m. faces a second violation under 13-1-3's 24-hour return rule.
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