Oregon, OH Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

26 bars placing or setting out for exhibition any goods, wares or merchandise on the right of way or sidewalk in front of a place of business, store or building; merchandise may only be there while it is actually being received or delivered, must be confined to the sidewalk directly in front of that business, and cannot obstruct or interfere with pedestrians even during delivery. 24 backs this up with a broader littering and obstruction rule: no person may pile, deposit, place, throw, scatter or drop rubbish, wood, coal, ashes, merchandise, papers, dodgers, advertising cards, handbills or any other obstruction upon or over a sidewalk, or otherwise occupy a sidewalk so as to obstruct or interfere with its convenient use by pedestrians.

27 extends the obstruction concept to vehicles: no one may park or place a truck or other vehicle in a driveway or runway so that the sidewalk is obstructed or the vehicle extends into the street past the curb, and the Director of Public Service will refuse curb-cut permits where insufficient off-street space exists to park the vehicles that would use them; coal trucks get a specific carve-out requiring twenty feet of clearance between the sidewalk and the nearest obstruction. Together the three sections give the Department of Public Service tools against sidewalk cafes, sale racks, dumped debris and vehicle-blocked walks alike.