Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Martin County, FL (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Martin County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Martin County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Sidewalk Repair

Martin County's Property Maintenance Code makes the property owner or occupant responsible for keeping sidewalks, driveways, and walkways abutting their premises in proper repair and free of hazards.

Martin County Sidewalk Repair Responsibility

Some Restrictions

Sec. 21.43; Sec. 21.97

The owner and/or occupant of the premises shall maintain the structures and exterior property in compliance with these requirements, except as otherwise provided for in the Property Maintenance Code. ... All sidewalks, walkways, stairs, driveways, parking spaces and similar areas shall be kept in a proper state of repair, and maintained free from hazardous conditions.

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Obstruction Rules

Martin County bans placing objects, debris, or vegetation on public sidewalks or bike paths that block pedestrian or bicycle use, with narrow exceptions.

Sidewalk Obstruction Ban. Martin County

Some Restrictions

Sec. 115.4, Martin County Code

It is unlawful for any person to place or to direct the placement of any object, material, debris, or vegetation on, across, or above a public sidewalk or bicycle path in a manner that obstructs or precludes the use of the sidewalk by pedestrians or the bicycle path by bicyclists.

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Encroachment Permits

Working or placing anything in a Martin County road right-of-way, sidewalks included, requires a right-of-way use permit from the County Engineer before you start.

Martin County Right-of-Way Use Permit

Significant Restrictions

Sec. 155.32

It shall be unlawful for anyone to work in a County-maintained road right-of-way, as listed in the County's road inventory, without having obtained a right-of-way use permit in accordance with this article. All construction and maintenance work by the County or its contractors in the County road right-of-way is exempt from the requirement of obtaining a right-of-way use permit.155.32.C.A right-...

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