San Jacinto, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Section 12.24.050 of the San Jacinto Municipal Code sets the hours for all parks, recreation areas and the facilities inside them, and it names the parking lots serving those areas as part of the closure. The definition in § 12.24.020 reaches all grounds, buildings, improvements and areas dedicated for park, recreation or open space purposes, developed or undeveloped, including parking lots. The winter closing time of eight p.m. runs October 1st through March 31st. The summer closing time of nine p.m. runs April 1st through September 30th. Both closures end at six a.m. the next day.

The code carves out three exceptions. Lighted fields and courts are closed between eleven p.m. and six a.m. of the next day, and a separate posting in substantially the form of Exhibit "A" controls them. The parking lots serving a park or park facility can stay open while the facility is used for special events and for one hour after the event closes. Parks and recreation areas can stay open during any recreation program conducted or authorized by the director and for one hour after the program closes. In this chapter the director is the city manager or his or her authorized representative.

Staying in a park after hours is also listed as its own prohibited act. Section 12.24.060(D) bars any person from camping, lodging or remaining in a park, recreation area or facility in violation of operating hours, unless the director expressly authorizes it. Under § 12.24.040 the chief of police or city code enforcement officers enforce the chapter. Separately, § 12.24.140 gives the chief of police or fire chief authority to close any park or portion of one and require everyone inside to leave when conditions present a hazard to public safety. The director writes the park rules under § 12.24.030 and posts them in parks where posting is feasible in the director's opinion.