Parma, OH Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Citywide closing time
- 11:00 p.m. daily (961.08(a))
- Legal authority
- Codified Ordinances § 961.08(a)
- Enforcement
- Police, Director of Public Service, park attendants
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine and/or 6 months (961.99(a))
- Related ban
- Overnight camping/trailers after closing (961.05(f))
Summary
Every city park in Parma closes at 11:00 p.m. under Codified Ordinances Section 961.08(a), with individual opening and closing times posted on-site. Police officers, the Director of Public Service and park attendants can eject anyone remaining after hours, and a violation carries the chapter's penalty of up to $500 and six months in jail.
Hours. Except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies, parks shall be open to the public every day of the year during designated hours. All parks shall close at 11:00 p.m. The opening and closing hours for each individual park shall be posted therein for public information.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-30: Local legislation current to August 3, 2026 | State legislation current to June 25, 2025).
Full Breakdown
, with the specific opening and closing hours for each park posted on-site for the public. 08(b)). 05(f) bars anyone from setting up a tent or other temporary shelter for overnight camping anywhere in the city without the Director's authorization, and separately makes it unlawful to leave a house trailer, camp trailer, camp wagon or similar movable structure in a park after closing hours. 05(b)(4) prohibits launching, docking or operating any boat, or remaining on or in a boat, between a park's nightly closing hour and the following morning's opening hour.
09, and to seize property being used in violation of those sections. 00, imprisonment of up to six months, or both, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Remaining in a Parma park, or leaving a boat, camp trailer or other movable structure there, after the posted closing hour violates Chapter 961 and is punishable under the general penalty of Section 961.99(a): up to $500.00 in fines, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation charged separately. Police officers and park attendants may eject violators and seize property used in the violation under 961.09.
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