Homelessness & Encampment Rules in Chattanooga, TN (2026)
1 verified homelessness & encampment rules for Chattanooga, Tennessee, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Sit-Lie Rules
Chattanooga makes it unlawful to block a sidewalk, street, or other public passageway so that passage becomes unreasonably inconvenient or dangerous: the city's functional stand-in for a sit-lie rule.
Chattanooga Sidewalk Obstruction Ban
Some RestrictionsChattanooga City Code § 25-38
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person, without legal authority or privilege, to intentionally, knowingly or recklessly obstruct a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, isle or hallway to which the public, or a substantial portion of the public, has access or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles or conveyances, whether the obstruction arises from the perso...
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