Taylor, TX Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 19-14, enacted by Ordinance No. 2025-33 effective January 22, 2026, has three parts. Subsection (a) bars obstructing or causing the obstruction of a city sidewalk's "path of travel," using the definition in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, tying the local rule to the federal accessibility standard. Subsection (b) targets intentional interference: no person, intending to interfere with the free passage of pedestrians, may block or attempt to block or interfere with anyone on a public sidewalk, including by standing in the part of the sidewalk used for pedestrian travel or by placing an object or vehicle there.

Subsection (c) protects access to property along a sidewalk: no person, intending to interfere with ingress or egress, may block or attempt to block pedestrian or vehicular entrances to public or private property abutting the sidewalk. Unlike the sit-lie rule in section 19-11, section 19-14 is not limited to the Downtown Overlay District and carries no requirement of a prior warning; a first obstruction can be cited directly. The section was adopted alongside Taylor's companion sit-lie, public-sleeping and aggressive-panhandling ordinances on the same date and shares their penalty provision in section 19-15.