Pasco, WA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

010 bans obstructing a public highway, street, alley, or sidewalk: it is unlawful for any person, alone or in a group, whose standing, remaining, or congregating there "shall intentionally obstruct, interfere with or prevent the free and unobstructed and reasonable use" of that space by someone else, to then "fail or refuse to yield to the reasonable use or passage" of that other person. 020, criminalizes failing to disperse once a police officer or other peace officer orders the obstructing group to move on. 050 separately targets physical obstructions rather than people: it is unlawful to intentionally obstruct any sidewalk, highway, street, or alley, or to place in a doorway, driveway, or on a sidewalk "any object or substance of such size or nature as to obstruct the free access thereto," for purposes of annoyance or mischief.

060, bars standing in the roadway or soliciting occupants of passing vehicles from an adjacent sidewalk, with exceptions for emergencies, licensed transportation-for-hire, and advertising by licensed businesses that does not occur in the roadway or sidewalk itself. 90 PMC.