Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Alameda County, CA (2026)

California Streets and Highways Code § 5610

The owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any portion of a public street or place when that street or place is improved or if and when the area between the property line of the adjacent property and the street line is maintained as a park or parking strip, shall maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property and maintain it in a conditio...

Alameda County Code § 12.08.660

Any person who uses a concrete sidewalk, or any part of it, constructed along a public roadway in this county, with mules, horses, or vehicles of any kind, except to enter or leave the adjacent premises, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed five days.

Alameda County Code § 12.08.040

Except as authorized by a standing franchise agreement or other agreement with the county, it shall be unlawful for any person to encroach upon the right-of-way without first obtaining an encroachment permit. Moreover, no such permit shall be issued to any person lacking the legal authority to enter the right-of-way for the purpose described in the application. For the purposes of this chapter,...