Wyandotte County, KS Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Sec. 25-44 sets a park-wide baseline: nobody may enter or remain within the boundaries of any Wyandotte County park at any time other than that park's posted hours of operation, and it puts the power to set those hours in the hands of the parks and recreation director, who fixes them individually for each park and facility under the Unified Government's jurisdiction. The rule traces to Code 1964, § 25-49(1), and was most recently amended by Ord. No. O-47-21 on April 8, 2021. Enforcement runs through Sec.

25-43, which directs the director, park attendants and city police to diligently enforce the whole conduct-in-parks article and gives them authority to eject on the spot anyone acting in violation, including someone present after hours. The Code layers a stricter tool on top of the general hours rule: under Sec. 25-45, the director can post any specific section of a park "Closed To The Public," temporarily or on a recurring schedule, and entering a posted closed area is expressly made a class B violation, distinct from a plain after-hours entry.

Sec. 25-44 itself names no penalty class, so an after-hours entry that isn't also a posted closure falls to the Code's default unclassified-violation schedule. The article cross-references conduct within recreational facilities at Sec. 22-4 and the separate alcohol-in-parks permit at Sec. 4-7.