Stedman, NC Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Ch. 68 (Ball Playing)
- Adopted
- October 2017
- Prohibited
- goals/backboards/nets blocking streets, sidewalks, alleys
- Penalty
- general § 10.99, up to $50 or 30 days
- Applies to
- streets, sidewalks, and alleys
Summary
Stedman makes it unlawful to place a basketball goal, backboard or other net apparatus for ball playing on a town street, sidewalk or alley in a way that interferes with pedestrian or vehicle traffic. The Board of Commissioners adopted the rule in October 2017 specifically to protect children playing near roadways.
In order to protect the safety of our citizens and, in particular, our children, it shall be unlawful for any person to place any goal, backboard, or net apparatus incidental to ball playing on the streets, sidewalks, or alleys of the Town in a manner that affects or interferes with pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic. ... Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of any section or subsection of this code of ordinances for which no other penalty is provided, or failing or neglecting or refusing to comply with same, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed $50 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, and each day that any of the provisions of this code of ordinances are violated shall constitute a separate offense.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 68, adopted in October 2017 and titled 'Ball Playing & Placement of Backboards on Streets,' bars any person from placing a goal, backboard, or net apparatus incidental to ball playing on the streets, sidewalks, or alleys of the Town in a manner that affects or interferes with pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic. The chapter does not carry its own penalty clause, so a violation defaults to the Town Code's general penalty at § 10.99: any provision of the code violated without its own stated penalty is a Class 3 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $50 or up to 30 days imprisonment, with each day the equipment stays in place counted as a separate offense. The rule reaches homeowners who set a portable basketball hoop at the curb as much as it reaches anyone who blocks a sidewalk with sports equipment, since the ordinance's own language covers streets, sidewalks and alleys alike.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Chapter 68 defaults to the Town Code's general penalty, § 10.99: a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $50 or imprisonment of up to 30 days, and each day the goal, backboard or net apparatus remains in the street, sidewalk or alley in a way that interferes with traffic is a separate offense.
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