Port St. Lucie, FL Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Sec. 07 requires parks to stay open to the public every day of the year during designated hours, except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies or approved activities that run past the posted time, and each individual park or recreation center posts its own opening and closing hours for public information rather than following one citywide schedule. Subsection (b) gives the chief of police, acting with the city manager's consent, authority to impose a general curfew across city parks. The companion closed-areas rule in Sec. 08 lets the director or designee declare any section of a park closed to the public at any time, temporarily or on a recurring schedule, and bars entry into any area posted as closed.

Enforcement runs through Sec. 03: the director, any parks and recreation employee, or a law enforcement officer may eject from a park or recreation facility any person violating this chapter and, with police assistance, issue a Trespass After Warning (TAW). A TAW bars the person from that facility for up to one year unless the director lifts it sooner. A person who receives a TAW may ask the director in writing within 30 business days to lift it, the director must respond within 10 business days, and the person may then request a hearing before the special magistrate under Sec.

05(a) within 15 business days of that decision. Because closing hours are posted per facility rather than fixed by a single citywide clock, checking the sign at the specific park is the only way to know the exact curfew hour there.