Parker, CO Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered locations
- doorway, driveway, sidewalk, street, alley
- Culpability standard
- willful, malicious, negligent or reckless
- Adult penalty
- $25-$1,000 fine or up to 364 days jail
- Minor (10-17) penalty
- $25-$499 fine, no jail
- Civil-offense list
- §8.02.020 not included
Summary
Parker Municipal Code Section 8.02.020 makes it unlawful to willfully, negligently or recklessly place anything in a doorway, driveway, sidewalk, street or alley that obstructs it. Because the section is not on Title 8's civil-offense list, a violation carries the general Title 8 penalty of a $25 to $1,000 fine or up to 364 days in jail for an adult offender.
It is unlawful for any person to willfully, maliciously, negligently or recklessly place in any doorway or driveway not owned by him or her or under his or her lawful control or on any sidewalk, public highway, street or alley in the Town, any subject which causes or tends to cause the obstruction thereof or of any part thereof. ... Every person who, at the time of commission of this offense, was at least eighteen (18) years of age, and who is subsequently convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, a violation of any provision of this Title, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) but not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per violation or count, or by imprisonment not exceeding three hundred sixty-four days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Full Breakdown
Section 8.02.020 of the Parker Municipal Code, part of Chapter 8.02, Offenses Against Property, targets anything placed where it blocks public or shared passage. The text reaches a doorway or driveway the person does not own or control, and any sidewalk, public highway, street or alley in Town, and it covers conduct done willfully, maliciously, negligently or recklessly, so a merely careless placement can violate the Section, not only an intentional one. It sits beside Section 8.02.030, Parking on private premises, which separately bars parking or standing a vehicle in someone else's driveway or on private property without consent except while actively loading or unloading; that parking-specific offense is listed as a civil violation under Section 8.01.040(1), capped at $499 with no jail time.
Section 8.02.020 is not on that civil list, so a general obstruction conviction falls under Section 8.01.040's default Title 8 penalty for an adult offender: a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000, or up to 364 days of imprisonment, or both, at the Municipal Court's discretion, with restitution available to any victim under Section 8.01.040(4). A person aged 10 to 17 instead faces a fine of $25 to $499 with no jail exposure. The Police Department cites obstruction violations as part of its general property-offense enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Placing an object in a doorway, driveway not under your control, sidewalk, street or alley in Parker so that it obstructs passage violates Section 8.02.020. Because the Section carries the default Title 8 penalty, an adult offender faces a fine of $25 to $1,000, up to 364 days in jail, or both, at the Municipal Court's discretion.
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