Revere, MA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Park hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Signage required
- Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco/Weapon Free Zone
- Adopted
- C.O. 18-233, 3/11/2019
- Section
- § 9.08.118
Summary
Revere's public parks are open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. under the city code, part of a 2019 ordinance package that also bans alcohol, controlled substances, weapons and smoking in parks. Every park must be posted as an Alcohol, Drug, Tobacco, and Weapon Free Zone.
§ 9.08.118. Public park hours and designation. A. 6:00 a.m.—10:00 p.m. B. All public parks shall be designated as "Alcohol, Drug, Tobacco, and Weapon Free Zones" and appropriate signage shall be installed at each park indicating such.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).
Full Breakdown
in subsection A. Subsection B requires all public parks to be designated as Alcohol, Drug, Tobacco, and Weapon Free Zones and requires appropriate signage installed at each park indicating the designation. c. 40, Section 21D or a criminal complaint. 110 explains the ordinance's purpose: protecting Revere's public parks as places for residents and visitors to be outside and active, and preventing the use of drugs, alcohol and weapons in areas of recreation, carried out jointly by the parks and recreation department and the police department.
window would place a person in a location the ordinance package treats as closed, and the companion enforcement mechanism used for the other 2019 park sections, noncriminal citation or criminal complaint referral by the Revere Police Department, is the mechanism available to enforce the hours designation as part of the same ordinance.
Violations & Fines
Section 9.08.118 itself carries no separate fine schedule, but it was adopted in the same 2019 ordinance, 18-233, as 9.08.116, which the city enforces by noncriminal disposition under G.L. c. 40, Section 21D or by filing a criminal complaint, with a $300 per-offense fine set for the weapons provision in that ordinance.
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