Maui County, HI Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 10.52.190, 'Obstruction to sidewalk,' sits in Chapter 10.52 (Miscellaneous Regulations) of the Maui Traffic Code and states plainly that no person shall stand or park a vehicle in such a manner that any portion of the vehicle obstructs a sidewalk or portion of one. The rule works alongside the related Section 10.52.180, 'Vehicles prohibited on sidewalks,' which separately bars operating a vehicle within a sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway, and Section 10.48.030(A)(1), which lists 'on a sidewalk' among the places a vehicle may never stop, stand or park countywide.

Because Section 10.52.190 turns on 'any portion' of the vehicle rather than the whole vehicle, a car that is otherwise fully parked on the street but whose bumper, mirror, or rear end overhangs even part of the sidewalk still violates the section. The prohibition traces to the original 1965 traffic code, Ordinance 413, Section 10-14.10, and has not been substantively amended since. Enforcement runs through the same channels as the rest of Chapter 10.48 and 10.52: Maui Police Department officers, and, for violations captured under the parking ambassador program in Section 10.48.107, County-designated parking ambassadors, who may cite vehicles obstructing sidewalks on both public and private property.