Beaumont, CA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Beaumont regulates sidewalk and right-of-way blockage through two tracks in the Municipal Code. Chapter 9.16, Obstructing Passage, covers conduct. Section 9.16.010 prohibits any person from engaging in any game, sport or amusement, exhibiting any contrivance or show, or doing any other thing in the streets of the City that interferes with the free and unrestricted use of the streets, sidewalks, alleys and public places. The way around it is to operate under a license granted by the City Council. The chapter has no penalty section of its own, so the general penalty rules of Chapter 1.16 apply: under Section 1.16.030 an infraction or administrative fine is capped at $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within one year and $500 for each additional violation within one year, and Section 1.16.040 treats each day of a continuing violation as a separate offense.

Chapter 12.12 covers physical encroachments. Section 12.12.040 bars any person, firm, corporation, public district or public agency from making an excavation in, or constructing, installing or maintaining any improvement, structure or encroachment in, on, over or under any City street or its right-of-way without first obtaining a permit from the City Engineer. Section 12.12.010 defines a street as the right-of-way and its improvements, and the improvements it lists include the sidewalk, curb and gutter. Under Section 12.12.060 every permit is revocable, and under Section 12.12.070 it carries the conditions the City Engineer sets to protect the traveling public.

Section 12.12.100 requires permit fees to be paid before issuance and makes them non-refundable. Section 12.12.120 allows emergency repair work without a permit only when needed for the immediate protection of life or property, and the permit must then be obtained on the first business day afterward.