Sandy, UT Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Section
- Sandy City Code Section 13-1-14
- Opening time
- 6:00 a.m. daily
- Standard closing
- 10:00 p.m.
- Lighted-field closing
- 10:30 p.m.
- Penalty
- Infraction, up to $750.00 fine
- Exception process
- Written permission from Parks and Recreation Director
Summary
Sandy City Code Section 13-1-14 opens city parks at 6:00 a.m. every day and closes them at 10:00 p.m., or 10:30 p.m. at parks with lighted playing fields. Anyone found inside a closed park without written permission from the Parks and Recreation Director commits an infraction.
Except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies, City parks shall be open to the public every day of the year during designated hours. Parks shall open each day at 6:00 a.m. Parks shall be closed at 10:00 p.m. each day at parks without lighted playing fields and at 10:30 p.m. at parks with lighted playing fields. Closing hours for parks shall be posted in each park for public information. Any person found in or upon any park during the hours when such park is closed shall be guilty of an infraction.
Full Breakdown
to accommodate evening games. The City posts the applicable closing hour at each park so the public has notice of the exact cutoff, and the schedule holds every day of the year except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies that force an early closure. Anyone found in or on a park after closing is guilty of an infraction under this section, Sandy's lowest criminal classification, which under Section 1-2-4 carries no jail exposure but can still bring a fine under Section 1-2-3. The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation can issue written permission letting a person or group stay past the posted closing time; that permission must be shown to a police officer or other City official on request, and it only waives this section's own penalty, not violations of any other City ordinance or law, including Chapter 13-2's noise control rules, which Section 13-1-14 expressly cross-references as applying to all park activities. need the Director's written sign-off before the gates close, not after.
Violations & Fines
Being in a City park after its posted closing time is an infraction, punishable under the Chapter 1-2 general schedule by a fine of up to $750.00 for an individual, since infractions and Class C misdemeanors share the same fine cap; infractions carry no jail time. Written Director permission, presented to police on request, voids only this section's penalty, not other ordinance violations committed inside the park.
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