Homestead, FL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

, on public ways," is a flat prohibition: no trash, lumber, wood, glass or other obstruction may be placed in any public street, lane, alley or way, or on any sidewalk. If the city notifies the person responsible, they have six hours to remove it, and replacing the same or a similar obstruction after removal is itself a violation. The only exception written into the section covers valet parking operations and permitted sidewalk cafes along the Krome Avenue corridor inside the city's arts, entertainment and antiques district, operated under a sidewalk cafe permit issued under § 30-419(2).

A related provision, § 24-16, "Street sale restrictions; obstructions generally; sidewalk sales," fills out the picture for commercial obstructions: it is unlawful to obstruct a sidewalk or street by selling or exhibiting wares or merchandise, or to obstruct any public street by placing a box, stand, counter, shelving, debris, sign, merchandise or building material. The city council can permit potted ornamental shrubs, flowers or benches on sidewalks next to a store or office as long as they don't obstruct traffic, and a contractor needing to use part of a street or sidewalk for building materials during construction must get a permit capped at sixty days.

Section 24-16 does not apply to sales conducted within the property boundaries of a shopping center. Both sections trace to the 1975 Code and were most recently amended by Ord. No. 2019-05-06 and Ord. No. 2019-09-13 in 2019.