Sheboygan, WI Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 110-171(a) of the Sheboygan Municipal Code bars any person from placing goods, wares, merchandise or any other article for sale or exhibition upon any sidewalk, city property or city right-of-way. The one built-in exception is delivery: goods being delivered can be placed or left for a period not exceeding two hours within three feet of the curb, measured from the curbline to the property line abutting the building to which delivery is made.

Subsection (b) bars placing any collection box or other receptacle for the deposit of new or used goods upon a sidewalk, city property or city right-of-way without proper authority. Subsection (c) allows the section to be waived to permit the display and sale of merchandise on sidewalks that are sanctioned by the common council and approved by an appropriate resolution. Subsection (d) leaves the council free to increase the period items can be stored or placed in the area, or to allow items on the sidewalk area, when it deems that in the public interest.

Overhead projections are limited by section 110-172. No owner, occupant or person in charge of any dwelling, house, store or other building can affix or erect a temporary showbill, showcase, canvas or other thing projecting over the adjacent sidewalk more than three feet from the front wall, except as permitted under section 98-38, section 110-111 or article III of chapter 98. Each day the violation continues is a separate offense. Section 110-277 adds that the owner of any building must cause the pipes conducting water from the eaves to be built so they do not spread water over the sidewalks.

Removal is handled by section 110-173. The department of engineering and public works can have any post or other obstruction erected, placed or continued on or over a sidewalk contrary to the division removed after due notice has been given. The city recovers the cost in an action against the owner or occupant of the abutting premises, or by placing the charge on the tax roll as a special charge. Section 110-101 separately bars encroaching upon or obstructing a public street or highway without common council authorization or a permit.