Pasco, WA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

PMC 9.100.050 sets the citywide park curfew: except where a permit or posted exception applies, every City park opens at 6:00 a.m. and closes at 10:00 p.m. daily. Being in or remaining on park property during those closed hours without a permit issued under PMC 9.100.060 is unlawful, as is entering or remaining in any area the Director of Administrative and Community Services has specifically posted closed, using postings such as "no admittance," "closed to use," or "no trespassing." Unlike most park code sections that carry a set civil-infraction class, a park-hours violation is charged as criminal trespass in the first or second degree under PMC 9.115.020, tracking RCW 9A.52.070 and RCW 9A.52.080, which exposes a violator to criminal penalties rather than a flat civil fine.

The Director, defined in PMC 9.100.020 as the Administrative and Community Services Director, is designated the chapter's Enforcement Officer under RCW 7.80.040 and PMC 9.100.040, with authority to assign additional enforcement officers. The chapter's stated purpose, per PMC 9.100.030, is an exercise of the City's police power for public peace, health, safety and welfare, and its provisions are to be liberally construed, which is why the closure hours apply to every City park, public square, park drive, parkway, boulevard, athletic facility, trail, and recreation ground under the City's jurisdiction, as defined in PMC 9.100.020.