Bellevue, NE Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 28-6 of the Bellevue Code, titled Obstructions in Sidewalk Space, Street, Etc., Generally, prohibits any person from erecting, maintaining or letting remain any stand, wagon or other obstruction on a street, public sidewalk, or the strip of land between the lot line and the curbline of a street, where that obstruction is injurious to, inconvenient for, or inconsistent with the public's use of the space. The section carves out one exception: it allows a reasonable time to remove goods, wares and merchandise from sidewalks or streets while those items are actually being received, delivered or shipped, so a delivery truck unloading boxes onto the curb is not automatically a violation, but leaving a sales rack or stand there afterward is.

This sidewalk chapter, chapter 28, sits alongside other street-use rules such as section 28-4's permit requirement for driveway construction and section 28-7's permit process for occupying street or sidewalk space with building materials during construction, showing the city's general approach of requiring a public works permit before anything is placed in the right-of-way for an extended period. Because section 28-6 does not set its own fine, a violation falls back on the Code's general penalty in section 1-11: any act the Code declares unlawful without a specific penalty is punishable by a fine of up to $500.00 or imprisonment of up to six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, and the violator can be held in the city or county jail until the fine and prosecution costs are paid. Section 1-11 also makes each day an obstruction continues a separate offense unless the Code says otherwise.