Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Santa Maria, CA (2026)

Santa Maria Municipal Code § 8-6.04

The owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any portion of a public street or place, when the street or place is improved, shall maintain all items including but not limited to sidewalk, parkway, curb and gutter and driveway located in public rights-of-way in a condition that will not endanger persons or property or will not interfere with the public convenience in the use of those works...

Santa Maria Municipal Code Section 7-14.01 (Impounding of Miscellaneous Property in Streets, Sidewalks and Public Property)

In the event any property of any description, excepting a vehicle, shall be found, unattended and outside the presence of any ascertainable owner, existing, standing, parked, erected or lying in or upon any part of any public street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare, parkway, park or other public place within the City so that it obstructs the street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way, it is...

Santa Maria Municipal Code § 8-6.06

It is unlawful for any person to install such items including but not limited to sidewalk, parkway improvements, underground pipeline, curb or gutter, driveway or to remove or to reconstruct the same on any public street or way in the City, without first securing a public improvement/encroachment permit from the Public Works Department. Painting address numbers on curbs shall also require an en...