Littleton, CO Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 6-4-76(A) of the Littleton City Code makes it unlawful for anyone to obstruct a sidewalk, public highway, street or alley in any manner, or to place an item in a doorway, driveway or on a sidewalk, highway, street or alley that causes or tends to cause an obstruction. Subsection (B) lets police order a person or group blocking passage on a public street, alley or sidewalk to disperse; refusing to yield or move on when an officer gives that order is itself a separate violation.

The section also protects fire hydrants, prohibiting fences, walls, planted bushes or trees within two feet behind, five feet on either side, or eighteen feet in front of a hydrant, with the city authorized to remove obstructions in an emergency. A parallel right-of-way rule sits in Title 8: Section 8-1-5(B)(1) bars erecting any building, fence, wall, ditch, temporary outdoor merchandise display or other obstruction on a street, avenue, alley, sidewalk or public ground of the city unless the property owner first obtains a Director-issued permit.

Permits for fences, retaining walls, planters and benches on the right-of-way are limited to abutting property owners or their lessees, require a scaled site plan, and, for outdoor merchandise displays, must leave at least six feet of unobstructed sidewalk for pedestrians and keep the display within six feet of the building entrance. A right-of-way permit continues only at the city's pleasure and can be revoked immediately if the use changes or falls into disrepair. Section 8-1-5(C) separately bars marking, defacing or injuring sidewalk pavement.