Mount Vernon, NY Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Two sections of Chapter 170, Municipal Fields, set closing hours distinct from the general park curfew in Chapter 186. without the prior special permission of the Commissioner of Recreation. without the prior special permission of the Commissioner of Recreation. Both sections direct the Commissioner of Recreation to install a chain or gate at each field entranceway and post a sign giving the exact closing hours. Because these two named athletic fields sit outside the general Parks and Playgrounds chapter's own closing-hours subsection, their loitering restriction runs on its own citation and its own hours rather than the § 186-16 park-wide curfew, so a person could be lawfully inside a City park under the general curfew while still trespassing on Hutchinson or Memorial Field under its own earlier or later closing time. Chapter 170 carries no separate penalty section, so a violation falls to the general Chapter 1 penalty, § 1-4.