Killeen, TX Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Sec. 25-2, which dates to a 1967 ordinance, makes it unlawful to place, keep, or suspend merchandise on or over a sidewalk, to sell or auction goods there, or to obstruct a sidewalk with a vehicle, chicken coop, coal box, barrel, table, box, or virtually any other object left in the way. A conviction is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one dollar and not more than ten dollars, and the code treats every act, and every day an obstruction continues, as a separate offense, so a display left out for a week can rack up multiple counts.

If the violator is a firm, partnership, or corporation, each member is prosecuted individually rather than the business as a whole. The one built-in exception is a citywide sales promotional sidewalk sale: a merchant can apply in writing to the city council for a permit that names the specific days and hours the sale may run, and once granted, that written permit lifts the obstruction ban for its duration. Sec. 25-3 carves out a narrower, ordinary-course exception too: a merchant receiving or shipping packages can stage them on the sidewalk without a permit as long as the stack doesn't cover more than half the sidewalk's width and doesn't sit there more than three hours, and a shopkeeper can display samples in a space no larger than two feet from the building line. Sec. 25-1 applies the code's general penalty, Sec. 1-8, to any Chapter 25 violation not otherwise addressed.