Davis County, UT Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

030 of the Davis County Code makes it unlawful to park a vehicle over, above, on or across the public easement between the sidewalk and the curbing that abuts any public street, or to park in any manner that obstructs access to or use of the entire surface of any sidewalk, anywhere in the unincorporated county. The easement strip between curb and sidewalk, often carrying a park strip or utility infrastructure, is treated the same as the walking surface itself: a vehicle does not have to sit on the sidewalk concrete to violate the rule, encroaching on the buffer strip so a pedestrian cannot pass is enough.

The prohibition sits inside the same section that bars roadside repair, inoperable vehicles left standing, fire-lane obstruction, and interference with essential-service access, so a vehicle can violate the sidewalk clause and one of those other clauses at once. 010 defines, motor vehicles, trailers, off-highway vehicles, manufactured or mobile homes and farm equipment, parked on any public street in the unincorporated area, which excludes Layton, Bountiful, Kaysville, Farmington, Clearfield, Syracuse, Centerville, Woods Cross, North Salt Lake and Clinton, each of which enforces its own sidewalk-obstruction rule under its own municipal code.

040: any law enforcement officer or a zoning officer of the Davis County Department of Community and Economic Development may issue a citation to the vehicle's owner.