Hamburg Village, NY Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 203-9 is the obstruction rule for public streets and sidewalks in the Village of Hamburg. Subsection A has two sentences. The first bars any person from placing any merchandise or obstruction of any kind upon any street or sidewalk upon the public streets of the Village. The second bars placing or allowing to remain any barrel, crate, article or other obstruction upon any street or place within the Village so as to obstruct the free passage of people. The one carve-out is for a person actually engaged in loading or unloading goods, so a delivery can sit on the walk only while it is being moved.

Subsection B, added 5-2-1977 by L.L. No. 5-1977, deals with snow. No person, in the course of or as a result of shoveling, blowing or plowing snow on or from any sidewalk or driveway, shall pile snow or permit snow to be piled or accumulated on any public sidewalk or on the paved portion of any public street. Clearing a driveway by pushing the snow onto the public walk or roadway is therefore a violation.

Neighboring sections add to the picture. Section 203-8 forbids hindering or obstructing construction or repair of a pavement, sidewalk or other public improvement under an order of the Board of Trustees or the Director of Public Works. Section 203-11 allows building materials in a street only with written permission, limited to three months and no more than 1/3 of the sidewalk. Section 203-17 bars any gate that swings outward over a sidewalk, and § 203-14 bars skating or sliding over a sidewalk in a way that hinders or endangers pedestrians. Awnings over a sidewalk cannot have merchandise or articles hung from them (§ 203-18).