Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 11 — Parks and Recreation›Chapter 11-1 — Park & Open Space Regulations
Walnut Creek Municipal Code Art. 4 Restrictions in Use
Walnut Creek Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Walnut Creek
Cite as: Walnut Creek Municipal Code Article 4 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 11-1.401. Hours.¶
a. All parks shall be closed from one half hour after sunset until one half hour before sunrise the following day.
b. The closing time of any park, or any portion thereof, may be extended or shortened by the Director when necessary to accommodate or regulate any permitted activity.
c. For purposes of security or public safety, the Director may exclude members of the public, on a temporary basis, from a park, or any portion thereof, including any trail or road, when it is determined by the Director, the Chief of Police or the City Manager, that such closing is necessary to protect public safety or public property. No person shall enter or remain in any park, any portion of a park, or trail or road which has been ordered closed.
d. Whenever any area of any park has been reserved for the exclusive use of another, that area may be posted as being closed to the use of all other persons and persons not associated with that exclusive use may thereby be prevented from using or entering that area of the park.
e. No person shall enter or remain in any park during the hours it is closed.
f. Repealed.
g. Repealed.
h. Repealed.
(§ 2, Ord. 1692, eff. 9/2/1988; § 2, Ord. 1751, eff. 11/9/1990)
§ 11-1.402. Hazardous Activities.¶
The Director may determine that certain types of sporting, recreational or other activities or events create a risk of danger to parks, users or park facilities. The Director may issue such regulations as are necessary to prohibit such unsafe or hazardous activities or events within parks or to restrict their occurrence to specific locations within a given park, or parks.
(§ 2, Ord. 1692, eff. 9/2/1988; § 1, Ord. 1874, eff. 1/11/1996)
§ 11-1.403. Sign Posting.¶
Whenever any activity is restricted or prohibited in specified areas of any park, or whenever the use of specified areas is restricted or prohibited, the Director may cause signs to be posted notifying the public of such restrictions or prohibitions. Failure to obey the restrictions stated in any properly posted sign shall be an infraction.
(§ 2, Ord. 1692, eff. 9/2/1988; § 1, Ord. 1874, eff. 1/11/1996)
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