Spring Hill, TN Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 16-101 sits in Title 16, Chapter 1 (Miscellaneous) of the Spring Hill Municipal Code, the chapter that collects the city's rules for streets, alleys and sidewalks. Two lists define its reach. The places covered are any public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way. The activities covered are storing, selling and exhibiting, and the items covered are goods, wares, merchandise or materials. The section prints no permit procedure, no fee and no exception, so a sidewalk table or a stack of materials in the right-of-way has no application path under this section. It also does not name an enforcing officer.

Other sections of the same chapter deal with different ways a public way gets blocked, and each is a separate rule. Section 16-106 makes it unlawful for a person owning or occupying property to allow any gate or door to swing open upon or over any street, alley or sidewalk, except when required by law. Section 16-107 bars littering a street, alley or sidewalk with refuse, glass, tacks, mud or other objects that obstruct or tend to limit or interfere with the use of the public way. Section 16-108 makes it unlawful to permit or cause the obstruction of any drainage ditch in any public right-of-way. Section 16-112 covers animals and vehicles on sidewalks and reaches conduct that unreasonably interferes with or inconveniences pedestrians. Section 16-105 makes it unlawful to place a banner or sign across a public street or alley unless the Board of Mayor and Aldermen expressly authorizes it.

Anyone planning a festival or block party that needs the street itself should read Chapter 3 of Title 16, which creates a special event permit obtained from the City Administrator.