Moore, OK Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 14-101 of the Moore Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful for any person to obstruct a street, alley, sidewalk, or other public way by leaving or permitting to remain a vehicle, object, material, structure, fence, or any other obstruction of any kind. Section 14-102 goes further, prohibiting anyone from hindering or impeding the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic, or pedestrians on a public street, highway, sidewalk, or public place, or from interfering with a business's frontage access. When a police officer or other law enforcement officer observes any of those conditions, the officer is authorized to order the person responsible to stop, move on, disperse, or remove the obstruction; refusing that order is a separate violation of Section 14-102 in its own right, distinct from the original obstruction.

These provisions trace back to Prior Code Section 20-5 and were carried into the 1999 Code recodification. Community Development and Moore Police both use Chapter 14-1 to clear encroaching trailers, parked equipment, and similar street-and-sidewalk blockages that are not otherwise covered under an encroachment or right-of-way permit. Violation of any provision in Chapter 14-1, including Sections 14-101 and 14-102, is punished under Section 14-112 as an offense subject to the general penalty of Section 1-108, capped at a $500 fine, with every day the obstruction remains treated as a separate offense.