Vacaville, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- VMC § 12.28.020
- Curfew window
- 30 min after sunset to 30 min after sunrise
- Exception
- Extended-use permit from Parks & Recreation
- First-offense suspension
- Up to 60 days
- Repeat-offense suspension
- Up to 12 months
Summary
Vacaville parks close overnight: unauthorized entry or remaining in a city park or recreation area is unlawful from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes after sunrise. The only way around the curfew is an extended-use permit issued in advance by the parks and recreation department.
§ 12.28.020. Hours of use. It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to enter, loiter or remain in any park and recreation area at any time between the hours of one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour after sunrise, unless a permit is first obtained for an extended time from the park and recreation department.
Full Breakdown
28's park and recreation area regulations, states plainly that it is unlawful for any unauthorized person to enter, loiter or remain in a park and recreation area during that half-hour-after-sunset to half-hour-after-sunrise window, unless a permit for extended time has first been obtained from the parks and recreation department. 010 makes the whole chapter's regulations apply to every park and recreation area now or hereafter under city jurisdiction, and using such an area is conditioned on complying with these rules. 022's paid-parking rule specific to Lagoon Valley Park, and general prohibitions on damaging park property, disturbing wildlife, possessing firearms, and dumping trash.
140 puts enforcement in the hands of the city manager and designees, who can eject a violator from the park and can suspend park privileges: up to sixty days for a first violation, up to one hundred eighty days for a second violation within twelve months of the first, and up to twelve months for each violation after that, on top of any general infraction penalty.
Violations & Fines
A person found in a Vacaville park after the posted curfew without an extended-use permit can be ejected on the spot by the city manager or a designee under Section 12.28.140, and cited for a general code infraction under Chapter 1.16. Repeat violators face escalating suspensions from all city parks: up to 60 days for a first offense, up to 180 days for a second offense within a year, and up to a full year for any further violation.
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