Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in California (2026)

Alameda Municipal Code Sec. 22-16.2 puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting owner: anyone holding a fee or reversionary…

Under CA Streets and Highways Code 5610, adjacent property owners are responsible for maintaining sidewalks fronting…

When a property owner's tree causes an adjacent City-owned sidewalk to crack, lift or sink, Anaheim's code puts the…

Antioch Municipal Code section 7-8.02 puts sidewalk maintenance and repair squarely on the owner of the abutting…

Bakersfield's nuisance-abatement duty on property owners expressly reaches the abutting half of the street, sidewalk…

Baldwin Park puts sidewalk and driveway-approach upkeep on the abutting property owner. Municipal Code § 97.048…

Berkeley property owners, not the City, must keep the sidewalk fronting their lot in safe repair. Municipal Code…

Brentwood puts the legal duty to repair and maintain the sidewalk in front of a property on that property's owner, not…

Camarillo doesn't impose a standing duty to fix existing sidewalks; instead, Sec. 16.20.010 makes the abutting property…

Chico property owners must keep the sidewalk fronting their lot safe and in repair, or the city will fix it and lien…

Property owners in Chula Vista must keep the sidewalks, curbs and gutters adjacent to their property free of dirt…

Under Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 7.9, the owner of any lot adjacent to a public sidewalk, not the City, must keep…

Owners of property abutting a public sidewalk in unincorporated Contra Costa County, not the county, carry the legal…

Under California Streets and Highways Code Section 5610, abutting property owners are responsible for sidewalk…

Davis Municipal Code § 35.09.030 puts the cost and duty of repairing a defective sidewalk on the adjacent property…

Dublin places the duty to repair and maintain the sidewalk area, from the property line to the street line, on the…

El Cajon puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner: Municipal Code Section 9.56.090 requires owners of lots…

Elk Grove Municipal Code Section 12.05.050 puts sidewalk upkeep on the property owner, not the City. Owners fronting or…

Folsom Municipal Code Section 12.04.050 puts curb, gutter and sidewalk installation on the abutting property owner…

Fremont makes the owner of any lot fronting a public street responsible for keeping the abutting sidewalk area in good…

Fresno property owners whose lots front a public street must maintain and repair the abutting sidewalk under FMC §…

Garden Grove places sidewalk and curb repair on the abutting property owner. Under Municipal Code Section 11.12.110…

Glendale puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the city. Municipal Code Sec. 12.04.040 requires the…

Hanford Municipal Code puts the duty and cost of sidewalk repair on the property owner whose lot fronts the sidewalk…

Hawthorne places a legal duty on property owners to maintain and repair sidewalks, driveway aprons, curbs and gutters…

Hayward puts the legal duty to keep abutting public sidewalks safe on the property owner, the Code's 'Responsible…

Huntington Beach requires every owner or occupant of property fronting a public street, lane, or alley to keep the…

Property owners fronting an Indio street are legally responsible for keeping the abutting sidewalk safe, and injury…

Property owners who build or remodel a building in Inglewood must also construct, maintain, and repair the curbs…

Irvine assigns sidewalk repair duty to the property owner, not the City. Municipal Code Section 6-3-316 requires any…

Lakewood puts sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner. Municipal Code Section 7131 incorporates Chapter…

Los Angeles property owners are responsible for maintaining sidewalks, driveway approaches, curb returns, and curbs…

In unincorporated LA County, the owner of property abutting a sidewalk or curb must repair or reconstruct it once it is…

Merced Municipal Code Section 8.40.050 puts the duty to keep a fronting public sidewalk clean on the occupant or tenant…

Modesto Code of Ordinances § 7-1.302 makes it unlawful for any property owner fronting a street with an installed…

Monterey City Code § 32-24 puts the duty to repair and maintain an abutting sidewalk on the adjacent property owner…

California Streets and Highways Code 5610 assigns sidewalk repair responsibility to adjacent Moreno Valley property…

Newport Beach Municipal Code § 13.01.100 requires the owner of property abutting a sidewalk that is out of repair…

Abutting property owners, tenants or occupants must repair a dangerous sidewalk once the Director of Public Works…

In Oceanside, the property owner, not the city, is on the hook for a dangerous sidewalk. Sec. 31.53 requires owners of…

City of Orange property owners must repair or replace any sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway apron or parkway strip…

Under California Streets and Highways Code section 5610, Palm Springs property owners are generally responsible for…

Palmdale treats a hazardous or deteriorated sidewalk on or fronting a property as a maintenance nuisance, and the…

Pasadena property owners must repair sidewalk sections that abut or front their land once the city engineer posts and…

In Petaluma, the owner of the lot fronting or adjacent to a sidewalk pays for and performs its repair and maintenance…

In Pittsburg the owner of a parcel fronting a sidewalk, including the parking strip and curb, is responsible for…

Redwood City puts sidewalk upkeep on the property owner, not the City. Section 29.38 makes the owner or occupant of…

In Richmond the owner of a parcel fronting a sidewalk is responsible for repairing and maintaining that sidewalk…

Riverside's Municipal Code makes the abutting property owner, not the City, responsible for repairing and maintaining…

Roseville property owners must keep the sidewalk fronting their lot in safe repair. If the city engineer finds a…

Sacramento puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the city. City Code § 12.32.020 requires owners to…

Salinas places sidewalk upkeep on the property it fronts. Occupants, tenants, owners, lessees and proprietors of any…

San Bernardino puts the legal duty to maintain and repair public sidewalks and curbs on the owner of the abutting lot…

Under CA Streets and Highways Code 5610, adjacent property owners in unincorporated San Bernardino County are…

Property owners next to a sidewalk, bikeway, or private trail in San Clemente must maintain, repair, and replace it…

San Francisco property owners must keep the sidewalk fronting their lot in good repair, and are liable for injuries…

San Jose Municipal Code § 14.16.2200 puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the city. Owners must…

San Leandro puts the duty to fix a dangerous or defective sidewalk on the abutting property owner under SLMC § 5-1-415…

Repairing, maintaining, or changing any encroachment in the San Marcos right-of-way, or performing any encroachment…

In San Rafael, the owner of any lot adjacent to or fronting a sidewalk must repair and maintain it at the owner's own…

San Ramon puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting owner, not the city. Municipal Code section C6-197 requires the owner of…

Property owners in Santa Ana must maintain adjacent sidewalks under CA Streets and Highways Code 5610. Any sidewalk…

Owners of lots fronting an improved Santa Clara street must keep the abutting sidewalk safe and free of conditions that…

California Streets and Highways Code 5610 makes abutting property owners responsible for sidewalk repair in…

Property owners in Santa Clarita, not the city, are legally responsible for repairing or reconstructing any sidewalk or…

Owners of lots fronting an improved public street must maintain the sidewalk, parkway, curb, gutter and driveway in…

Fixing a broken sidewalk in Santa Rosa is the abutting property owner's job, not the City's. Section 13-32.020 requires…

In the City of Sonoma, the owner of any building, lot or premises fronting a public sidewalk is legally responsible for…

South Gate law puts the burden on property owners, not the city, to keep the public sidewalk next to their land free of…

Stockton Municipal Code § 12.04.040 puts sidewalk upkeep on the owner of the abutting lot, not the City, requiring…

Truckee property owners and their tenants must keep the sidewalk bordering their property safe for pedestrians…

Turlock places the duty to repair and maintain abutting sidewalks, curbs and gutters on the adjacent property owner…

Property owners fronting a public street in Union City must maintain and repair the abutting sidewalk so it does not…

Upland places the duty to maintain the sidewalk, street, gutter and alley next to a property squarely on that…

Vacaville places the cost and duty of sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner: Municipal Code Chapter…

In Vallejo, the property owner or occupant fronting a sidewalk is on the hook for keeping it safe. Once the public…

In the City of Ventura, the owner, tenant or agent of property abutting a sidewalk must repair it once the city…

Owners of unincorporated county lots that front or underlie a sidewalk must repair and maintain it themselves and cover…

In Visalia, if a tree damages the curb, gutter, or sidewalk adjacent to your property, you, the adjoining property…

Westminster puts daily maintenance of the public sidewalk on the adjacent property: it must be swept or cleaned every…

Yuba City places sidewalk maintenance on the abutting property owner, including corner lots and damage from street tree…

Under Section 50-17 of the Butte County Code, whoever occupies real property in unincorporated Butte County with a…

Placer County places the duty to keep an abutting sidewalk clean on the property owner or tenant, not on the county…

When a City street tree's roots damage a curb or sidewalk in Thousand Oaks, the City pays for the first repair at its…

Most unincorporated areas of Tuolumne County lack formal sidewalk infrastructure. Where sidewalks exist, repair…

Fresno County bans sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing property on streets, sidewalks, trails, and other public…

San Bernardino County bars sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property on sidewalks, streets, alleyways…

Using a concrete sidewalk along an unincorporated Alameda County roadway with mules, horses, or vehicles, other than to…

Excavating, building or placing any structure in an Anaheim street, alley, sidewalk or utility easement requires a…

Bellflower declares fences, hedges, trees, excavations, retaining walls, gravel piles, and outswinging gates in the…

Clovis bars storing or placing personal property on a street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way in ways that impede ADA…

Compton bars placing merchandise, signs or other personal property between a building line and the public sidewalk…

Downey bars sitting, sleeping, lying or storing personal property on sidewalks, medians and other public rights-of-way…

El Dorado County bans placing or keeping any obstruction, from fences and signs to billboards and buildings, on a…

Fullerton's 2025 right-of-way ordinance, FMC § 7.36.030, bars sitting, lying, sleeping or storing personal property in…

Lake Forest declares it a public nuisance to keep, place, or deposit debris, junk, unused equipment, or…

Municipal Code § 12.04.370 bars planting hedges, erecting fences, or placing gravel, artificial turf, pavers or similar…

Manteca bans installing or maintaining any encroachment, poles, fences, signs, stockpiled materials, in a city street…

Newport Beach bans sitting, lying, sleeping or storing personal property in ways that block public rights-of-way…

Piling construction materials or equipment on an Oceanside street or sidewalk without a permit is unlawful outright…

Pleasanton requires a permit before placing any obstruction, structure, excavation, fence, sign, or similar item within…

Rancho Cordova bans obstructing any street, sidewalk or public right-of-way with signs, posts, structures, or…

Blocking free passage on any Redlands street or sidewalk without a permit is unlawful under City Code Section…

In unincorporated San Diego County, no one may place, change, or renew an encroachment, meaning a pole, pipe, driveway…

It is unlawful in San Francisco to obstruct or place obstructions on any public sidewalk or right-of-way without Public…

County road encroachments that block public use, consist of refuse, or go unremoved after notice can be pulled out…

San Jose bans displaying, storing, or vending merchandise on any sidewalk, gutter, alley, or street citywide, with a…

Placing, repairing, maintaining or changing any encroachment in a San Marcos public right-of-way or Public Place…

Temecula Municipal Code Section 9.70.050 bans standing, sitting, lingering, idling or loitering on a street, sidewalk…

Union City bans hedges, fences, and any other structure that blocks an existing sidewalk walkway or impedes pedestrian…

Upland bars using any sidewalk or public street to deposit, exhibit, or sell goods, or to leave merchandise or fixtures…

Victorville bans placing or piling material, personal property or any impediment to travel on a street, sidewalk or…

Whittier's city engineer can summarily remove, or order the removal of, any encroachment blocking a public sidewalk or…

Alameda Municipal Code Sec. 22-21.5 makes it unlawful to place boxes, barrels, lumber, goods or wares anywhere on a…

Alhambra declares any obstruction of a public street, alley, parkway or sidewalk a nuisance, with each day it continues…

Bakersfield requires sidewalk vendors to leave a minimum four-foot unobstructed path for pedestrians at all times under…

Baldwin Park makes it an infraction to block a street, alley, sidewalk or parkway with any obstruction that interferes…

Berkeley bans placing any object on a sidewalk, parklet, or roadway that obstructs, restricts, or prevents pedestrian…

Brentwood treats anything that blocks free passage on a public sidewalk, street, trail, or park as a nuisance…

Licensed sidewalk vendors in Buena Park must keep at least a 4-foot-wide path across any sidewalk or public property…

Butte County's littering ordinance, Sec. 15-15(b)(1), makes it unlawful to leave merchandise, baggage or personal…

Camarillo sidewalks are reserved for pedestrian passage. Section 13.02.010 bars using any part of a public sidewalk for…

Carlsbad bars property owners from letting dirt, rocks, weeds, or waste spill onto adjacent sidewalks, parking strips…

Carson's sidewalk-vending ordinance bars vendors from operating in a way that leaves less than four feet of clear width…

Ceres bans depositing any object that impedes pedestrian traffic on a sidewalk. The City can remove immediate safety…

Chico bans obstructing free pedestrian passage on any sidewalk without a Title 14 permit, and gives police authority to…

Chino bars property owners from letting hedges, trees, shrubs, or plants encroach over the sidewalk, parkway, curb, or…

Chino Hills declares it a public nuisance to let play equipment or overgrown vegetation encroach into a public…

Unauthorized obstructions or debris on Chula Vista sidewalks, curbs, gutters or streets must be removed by the…

Concord prohibits placing boxes, lumber, merchandise, or anything else that obstructs the free use or passage of a…

Property owners in unincorporated Contra Costa County must keep the sidewalk in front of their lot clear of weeds…

Corona bars anyone, after a police warning, from blocking a sidewalk, crosswalk, doorway or public passage. Corona Code…

Costa Mesa bans obstructing any street or sidewalk without a street superintendent's permit. Merchants may block up to…

Davis Municipal Code § 35.01.020 makes it unlawful to place or allow to stand any building, fence, vehicle, machinery…

Dublin bars any encroachment in the public right-of-way that impedes pedestrian travel or blocks sight distance, and…

Eastvale bans blocking sidewalks or public ways after an officer's warning, and bars placing hazardous objects on…

El Cajon bars anyone, after being warned by a property owner, business agent or officer, from loitering or standing on…

El Monte bans placing vehicles, signs, boxes, goods, building materials, refuse, or any structure on a public street…

Elk Grove bans hedges, fences, signs and other obstructions taller than 36 inches within the sightline triangle at any…

Escondido bars placing goods, wares, merchandise, tools or other obstructions on a public sidewalk beyond the building…

Fairfield bans hedges, fences, or other plantings from blocking any sidewalk walkway and prohibits any right-of-way…

Fremont Municipal Code 8.60.045 makes it unlawful for a property owner to let conditions on their land spill onto…

Fresno bans standing or sitting in any street in a way that blocks or annoys people passing by, and bans blocking the…

Garden Grove bars anyone from erecting or maintaining a temporary structure or appliance in, upon, over, along, or…

Glendale bars anyone from excessively or unnecessarily obstructing the free passage of pedestrians on a public sidewalk…

In unincorporated Glenn County, you cannot place, dig, or display anything, an encroachment, excavation, sign, or new…

Hanford requires vendors to leave at least 48 inches of clear sidewalk for pedestrians, and bars any vendor obstruction…

Hawthorne Municipal Code § 12.24.010 bars leaving any movable or immovable object on a public sidewalk or parkway…

Hayward makes it unlawful to place anything on a sidewalk or roadway that obstructs, restricts or prevents its use…

Hemet prohibits loitering, standing or sitting on any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk in a way that…

Hercules bans any hedge, fence, shrub, or similar structure across a sidewalk walkway, and prohibits any encroachment…

Hesperia prohibits placing or piling material, or leaving any obstruction or impediment to travel, on any city facility…

Huntington Beach makes it unlawful to obstruct, build in, or place materials on any street, alley, sidewalk, or public…

Imperial County bans placing, building or excavating any structure or thing in a public street, road or sidewalk…

Letting trash, debris or other material sit on an Indio sidewalk or parkway so it blocks pedestrian or vehicle passage…

Inglewood Municipal Code Sec. 3-35 makes it unlawful to loiter or stand on any sidewalk in a way that blocks…

Irvine declares it a public nuisance to place personal property, sporting equipment, or a trash, storage or metal bin…

Blocking a sidewalk with personal property in unincorporated Kern County is allowed for no more than one hour a day…

In unincorporated Lake County, placing, constructing or installing anything in, on, under or over a county road…

Lakewood bans placing anything on a sidewalk that obstructs, restricts or prevents its use, with narrow carve-outs for…

Livermore bars closing a street or blocking public travel without the city engineer's written permission, and treats…

Long Beach bans leaving goods, boxes, barrels or other articles on a public sidewalk or the parkway strip between…

Property owners and occupants must keep sidewalks, streets, and parkways free of obstructions including overhanging…

In unincorporated Los Angeles County, placing or leaving any impediment to travel on a highway or sidewalk requires a…

Los Banos bans stringing a cord, rope, barrier, or similar object across a public sidewalk, street, alley, or other…

Marin County Code section 24.04.500 bars poles, grates, covers, fire hydrants and other obstructions from being built…

Menifee bans any personal property or structure that obstructs or encroaches on a public sidewalk, alley, street, or…

Merced Municipal Code Section 12.08.020 declares any sign, showcase, stand, rack, frame or other merchandise display…

Merced County's Zoning Code flatly bars parking a vehicle across a sidewalk, pedestrian walkway, or driveway aisle…

Mission Viejo bars anyone from damaging the right-of-way, digging in it, or leaving materials, tanks, containers or…

Modesto Code of Ordinances § 4-5.01 makes it a misdemeanor to block any public street or alley with anything large or…

Monterey City Code § 32-6 bars placing any box, bale, package, lumber or similar item on a sidewalk so as to obstruct…

Moorpark's encroachment ordinance flatly bars any encroachment across a sidewalk area or highway shoulder, and…

Moreno Valley bars trash and recycling containers from rolling, falling or protruding onto public streets, sidewalks or…

Mountain View bans leaving anything on a public sidewalk or street that blocks free passage for more than one hour…

Murrieta declares it a public nuisance to store equipment, construction materials, or machinery on public property or…

Norwalk bans standing, sitting or parking on any public sidewalk, highway or alley in a way that blocks pedestrians or…

Placing goods, wares or merchandise on an Oakland sidewalk is unlawful except brief loading and unloading, capped at…

Ontario Municipal Code Sec. 4-6.904 makes it unlawful to intentionally obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic in any…

Orange property owners and lessees must keep the sidewalk fronting their premises broom-clean and free of merchandise…

In unincorporated Orange County, willfully and maliciously blocking anyone's free movement on a street, sidewalk or…

Placing any physical object, structure, or obstruction in an Oxnard right-of-way, including sidewalks, curbs and…

It is unlawful in Palm Springs to stand, loiter or otherwise occupy a street, sidewalk or public way so as to annoy…

Palmdale makes it a public nuisance to store personal property on any public sidewalk, street, or right-of-way…

Pasadena bars anyone from using a public sidewalk, street or alley to display goods, leave boxes or equipment, or set…

Petaluma Municipal Code Section 13.04.030 bars piling, depositing or placing rubbish, wood, merchandise, dirt or any…

Pittsburg prohibits placing building materials, machinery, or apparatus on any street, sidewalk, or public place for…

Placer County's camping and personal-property-storage ordinance bars anyone occupying unincorporated county public…

Pomona City Code Sec. 46-215 bans placing chairs, tables, umbrellas, propane tanks, generators, open-flame cookers…

Rancho Cucamonga requires sidewalk vendors to keep at least four feet of clear passage on every sidewalk or pedestrian…

Redding declares it a nuisance to place any obstruction in a public street, alley, parkway, sidewalk or pedestrian…

Rialto Municipal Code 9.24.010 keeps every public street, alley, sidewalk and crosswalk free of obstructions. No person…

Richmond prohibits leaving building materials, machinery, or apparatus on any street, sidewalk, or public place for…

Riverside Municipal Code § 9.04.400(F) bars placing any structure or object that could hazard pedestrians on a public…

Riverside County requires anyone vending from a sidewalk stand or cart in the unincorporated area to keep a 48-inch…

Rohnert Park prohibits standing or occupying a street, sidewalk or other public way open for pedestrian travel in a…

Roseville bans keeping, storing or displaying goods, signs, crates or rubbish on any street, sidewalk or alley, and…

Sacramento City Code Chapter 12.24 bars obstructing any sidewalk with signs, posts, structures, or other obstructions…

Sacramento County bans basketball hoops, signs, hedges, fences, structures and other obstructions on sidewalks…

Salinas bars leaving lumber, vehicles, machinery, crates, barrels or similar items on any street, sidewalk or alley if…

Unincorporated San Benito County bars loitering, standing, or sitting on a public highway, sidewalk, or crosswalk in…

San Bernardino Municipal Code § 12.44.030 keeps every public street, sidewalk and crosswalk "free from all…

San Clemente's disorderly conduct ordinance bars anyone from sitting, lying, or otherwise blocking a public sidewalk…

San Diego's Expressive Activity ordinance bars blocking a sidewalk to less than 48 inches of usable width, or blocking…

San Leandro bars vegetation, structures, and materials from obstructing a sidewalk or public right-of-way, treating any…

San Luis Obispo County's superintendent of streets and repairs regulates activity on unincorporated sidewalks, and the…

In unincorporated San Mateo County, blocking a sidewalk or public right-of-way with an obstruction or excavation is…

San Ramon makes it a public nuisance to park or store vehicles, trailers, boats or equipment that overhang, block or…

Contractors working in the unincorporated county cannot block public streets, sidewalks, or private driveways during…

Santa Clara bars placing merchandise displays, piled boxes or other obstructions on any sidewalk so as to impede foot…

Trees, hedges, and shrubs that block sightlines or block sidewalk and street passage in unincorporated Santa Clara…

Santa Clarita requires every sidewalk vendor cart to leave at least four feet of clear, ADA-accessible walkway and to…

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, placing anything in the road right-of-way, including a sidewalk, that obstructs or…

Unattended property left blocking a Santa Maria street, sidewalk or public right-of-way is declared a public nuisance…

Santa Monica sidewalks must maintain a continuous 4-foot clear path for pedestrians at all times. Unattended property…

Santa Rosa Code Section 10-12.010 makes it unlawful to stand on or occupy any street, sidewalk or public way in a way…

Simi Valley Municipal Code Section 7-1.106 defines an "encroachment" as any obstruction, pole, fence, structure or…

Loitering, standing, or sitting on a Solano County sidewalk, highway, alley, or crosswalk in a way that blocks the free…

In the City of Sonoma, SMC § 12.04.030 bars leaving crates, cases, barrels, boxes or tanks on a public sidewalk in a…

Unincorporated Sonoma County bars standing, sitting, or lying on a sidewalk so as to block pedestrian traffic once a…

South Gate bars sidewalk vendors from blocking pedestrian traffic and requires them to leave a minimum 36-inch clear…

Grass, weeds, or other growth blocking a sidewalk, parking strip, or street in unincorporated Stanislaus County is a…

Stockton makes it an infraction to obstruct any street, sidewalk, crosswalk, wharf, or bridge, or the space between…

Sunnyvale requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer before anyone obstructs, blocks or places anything in…

Property owners in Thousand Oaks must keep hedges, shrubs, plantings, and fences on their own property trimmed back so…

Tracy requires a permit to make excavations, openings, or encroachments in the public street or right-of-way; emergency…

Truckee makes it unlawful to stand, sit or position your body on a public sidewalk, crosswalk, alley or highway in a…

Standing or sitting on a Turlock sidewalk, street, alley, or crosswalk to block foot traffic, or blocking a building…

Vacaville makes it unlawful to loiter or stand on a street, sidewalk or public way in a way that unreasonably annoys…

Vallejo requires every property owner to keep the sidewalk from curb to lot line free of weeds, rubbish, debris, and…

Placing anything, a sign, planter, dining fence, or storage item, on a City of Ventura sidewalk without authorization…

County law bans placing or maintaining any encroachment that blocks a right-of-way, denies public use of a sidewalk, or…

Vista requires a written encroachment permit from the City Engineer before anyone places, changes, or renews any…

West Covina requires a permit from the traffic authority or city engineer before anyone builds, places or leaves a…

Westminster bars using any public sidewalk, the parking strip between sidewalk and curb, or a dedicated roadway…

In Yolo County's Downtown Mixed Use zone, awnings, balconies, and other building features can project into the sidewalk…

In unincorporated Yuba County it is unlawful to loiter, stand or sit on a public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk…

Fontana bars anyone from remaining on a sidewalk or public thoroughfare in a way that blocks pedestrian or vehicle…

Monterey County's only sidewalk-obstruction ordinance is narrow. Code § 12.75.010 bans stopping, blocking, or…

Blocking pedestrian or vehicle traffic flow on any Visalia public sidewalk, street, or other public way is unlawful…

Alameda bans placing boxes, crates, lumber, merchandise or any other obstruction on a public sidewalk or street, but a…

Antioch requires a written permit from the City Engineer before anyone builds, plants, digs, or places anything in a…

Placing any fixture, a building, fence, hedge, or similar structure, that intrudes into a Bakersfield street, sidewalk…

Bellflower requires an encroachment permit before any private structure, fence, or landscaping can extend onto a public…

Building anything into a Berkeley sidewalk or street right-of-way, from a fence to a basement vault, requires an…

Buena Park requires an encroachment permit from the Public Works Department before anyone builds, places, or maintains…

Anyone who wants to excavate, place a structure, build an access road, or cut and fill land near a county highway…

Anyone who wants to excavate, build, or place a structure, obstruction, or banner in a Chino Hills street right-of-way…

Clovis requires an encroachment permit from the City Engineer before anyone digs, builds, plants, or stores material…

In unincorporated Contra Costa County, nobody may build, plant, dig, or place anything in a public right-of-way…

Any private improvement placed in, over or under a Costa Mesa public right-of-way without a current encroachment permit…

Cupertino requires an encroachment permit from the City Engineer before anyone builds, plants, or places anything in a…

El Dorado County requires an encroachment permit from the Director of Transportation before anyone excavates, builds an…

Anyone who wants to build, install or maintain an encroachment, a bench, sign, newsrack, or anything else left in the…

Before digging, laying pipe, or placing any obstruction in an Elk Grove street, alley, drainage feature, or other…

Anyone who wants to build, place, or maintain anything in a Fairfield street right-of-way or watercourse, from a fence…

Folsom bans placing or maintaining any structure, excavation, or obstruction on a public sidewalk, street, or other…

Fresno requires an encroachment permit from the Public Works Director before anyone occupies or uses the public…

Anyone placing a structure, excavation, or object in a Hanford street or right-of-way must first obtain an encroachment…

Hawthorne bars anyone from occupying or working in a public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way without an…

A private structure in a Hayward sidewalk, such as a bus shelter, sign or utility box, needs an encroachment permit…

Placing anything, an improvement, structure, or even loose material, on any part of Hemet's public right-of-way…

Anyone excavating, building, or placing an encroachment in a Hesperia street, sidewalk, or other city facility needs a…

Digging, excavating, placing material, or building curbs, driveways or other improvements in a public highway…

Lancaster requires a highway permit before anyone opens, occupies, or builds in a city street, sidewalk, or highway…

Anyone encroaching on a Livermore street, including excavation or a structure over, on or under it, must first get a…

Any encroachment on a Lodi public street or right-of-way, from fences and signs to excavation, tree work or oversized…

Long Beach bars building encroachments into the public right-of-way below eight feet, but allows awnings, canopies…

Madera requires a City Engineer permit before anyone places or keeps any object or obstruction on a public sidewalk…

Manteca requires a revocable encroachment permit from the community development director before anyone builds, paves…

Merced requires a written permit from the city engineer before anyone cuts, opens, or excavates a public street, alley…

Merced County requires an encroachment permit from the Department of Public Works before anyone digs, builds, or…

Before building a driveway, fence, retaining wall or sign in a Moorpark street right-of-way, you need an encroachment…

Moreno Valley requires an encroachment permit before any private outdoor dining area extends into the public…

Mountain View requires an encroachment permit from the public works director before anyone places a structure, object…

Norwalk requires a City Engineer-issued encroachment permit before anyone places a bench, sign, planter box, fence or…

Planning to stage construction material, equipment or sanitary facilities in the public right-of-way in Oceanside? City…

Anyone placing a facility in Orange's public rights-of-way, from utility lines to pedestals, needs a written…

Palm Springs requires a Public Works Director-issued encroachment permit before anyone builds, plants, excavates…

Placing any structure, pipe, fence or similar object in, under or over a Pomona street requires a written encroachment…

Redondo Beach requires an encroachment permit before anyone occupies a City right-of-way, easement or property, issued…

Redwood City requires an encroachment permit before anyone builds, places, or maintains almost anything in the public…

Anyone who wants to excavate, build, or otherwise encroach on a Rialto street or sidewalk right-of-way needs a written…

Sacramento requires an encroachment permit from the public works director before anyone uses city sidewalks or…

Placing anything, from a pipe or sidewalk cafe to an ATM or bus bench, in or under a Salinas street, sidewalk or alley…

San Francisco requires Board of Supervisors approval for a major street encroachment permit before anyone can occupy…

Digging, trenching, or opening any county street, highway, road, or public place requires a Director of Public Works…

San Jose requires a Public Works encroachment permit before placing any structure or object on public right-of-way…

Nobody may encroach on, obstruct, alter, or place anything within a San Leandro street right-of-way, from pipelines to…

San Marcos requires a Director-issued encroachment permit before anyone places, repairs, maintains or changes any…

San Ramon bars anyone from encroaching on a public right-of-way, including sidewalks, without a written permit…

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, you cannot build a sidewalk, driveway, fence, or any other private improvement in…

Simi Valley requires an encroachment permit from the Director of Public Services before anyone builds, places, or moves…

The City of Sonoma requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer before anyone builds, places, or maintains…

Sonoma County requires a written encroachment permit from the road commissioner before digging, placing signs…

Anyone excavating in a county highway or other public place, or installing a siphon, bridge, pipeline or conduit across…

Anyone digging, building, or repairing in a Stockton street, alley, or public place needs a permit first. Stockton…

Sunnyvale requires a city engineer-issued encroachment permit before anyone builds, plants or places anything in the…

It's unlawful in Thousand Oaks to encroach on any public right-of-way, which broadly includes streets, sidewalks, and…

Anyone who wants to excavate, build a driveway, install a sidewalk, place a sign, or plant or remove a tree in a…

Vallejo bans encroaching on any city-owned property, including sidewalks and rights-of-way, without a permit. The…

Before building, changing, or repairing anything in an unincorporated Ventura County road right-of-way, from a driveway…

Placing any structure, fence, sign, pipe or other object in, under or over a Victorville street or public right-of-way…

Whittier requires a city engineer permit before anyone excavates, builds, or places materials in a public street, alley…

Building, planting, or placing anything within a public road right-of-way in unincorporated Alameda County requires an…

Placing a bench, planter, mailbox, bike rack, or similar object on any Alhambra sidewalk, street, or other public place…

Anyone wanting to encroach on an Anaheim public street or utility easement needs a written permit from the Public Works…

Baldwin Park requires a Public Works permit before anyone builds, places or changes any encroachment, excavation or…

Anyone who wants to use, build in, or go over, under, or upon a Brentwood public right-of-way needs an encroachment…

Calaveras County requires a written encroachment permit before anyone builds, digs, plants, dumps, or parks a structure…

Camarillo requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer before anyone builds, places or maintains almost…

Digging, building a driveway approach, planting, or placing any structure in a Carlsbad street, sidewalk, or other…

Carson's street-work and driveway permits run through a 1979 Los Angeles County Highway Permit Ordinance adopted by…

Ceres requires an encroachment permit from the City Engineer before any construction, excavation, planting, or…

Chico requires a public works encroachment permit before building, excavating, or placing anything in a city street…

Chino requires anyone building, installing, or placing something in the public right-of-way to first obtain an…

Chula Vista property owners need an encroachment permit before building anything into the public right-of-way for…

In unincorporated Colusa County, a driveway serving a parcel on a slope over 15 percent cannot simply connect to a…

Compton requires a written permit from the Street Superintendent before anyone builds, repairs, or places any curb…

Anyone digging, excavating, or placing an obstruction in a Corona street, alley, or other public place needs a written…

Davis Municipal Code § 35.01.040 lets the public works director grant revocable permits for planter boxes, bicycle…

Placing any object in a Downey street right-of-way, from a fence or dumpster to a tree or trash bin, requires an…

Dublin requires an encroachment permit before anyone repairs, constructs, or contracts to repair or construct a…

Eastvale requires anyone digging, excavating or placing obstructions in a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way to…

Escondido requires an encroachment permit before anyone may excavate, grade, construct improvements or otherwise…

Fontana bars anyone from grading, paving, or building curbs, gutters, driveways, sidewalks, sewers, drains, manholes…

Fremont requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer before anyone builds, installs or maintains anything in…

Fresno County requires an encroachment permit from the director of public works before anyone builds sidewalks, curbs…

Fullerton requires a Public Works permit before anyone digs, builds, or places materials in a city street, sidewalk…

Placing any temporary structure, appliance, or permanent improvement in a Garden Grove street or right-of-way, from a…

Anyone who wants to build a wall, fence, structure or wireless facility in Glendale's public right-of-way needs an…

Hercules requires a Public Works encroachment permit before anyone builds, plants, digs, or places anything in a public…

Huntington Beach requires an encroachment permit from the Department of Public Works before anyone installs structural…

Private use of Imperial County right-of-way requires an encroachment permit through the public works director, with…

Indio requires an encroachment permit from the Administrative Authority before anyone places anything in a public…

Placing materials, a rubbish bin, construction equipment, or any improvement in an Inglewood public right-of-way…

Placing or maintaining anything in an Irvine public street or right-of-way without a permit is a misdemeanor…

Anyone excavating, building or placing an obstruction in, on or under a Kings County road right-of-way needs an…

Excavating, building, or otherwise encroaching on a Lakewood street, highway, or right-of-way requires a permit under…

Anything private that sits in a Los Angeles public street or sidewalk right-of-way, a fence, planter, sign, or utility…

Anyone placing an encroachment, fences, structures, driveways, pipelines, in an unincorporated LA County highway…

Los Banos requires anyone doing work in a public street, alley or right-of-way, including private encroachments, to get…

Building or repairing a driveway, curb, sidewalk, gutter, or retaining wall within a Madera County road right-of-way…

Building a driveway apron, retaining wall, fence, utility line or any other private improvement into a county road…

Menifee treats any unpermitted structure or personal property blocking a public sidewalk, street, alley or other…

Before laying or repairing a curb, sidewalk, gutter, driveway, roadway surface, retaining wall, storm drain or culvert…

Anyone placing a structure or object on a Monterey street, sidewalk, alley or other public right-of-way without legal…

In unincorporated Monterey County, a Public Works Director permit is required before digging, building a driveway…

Murrieta requires an encroachment permit before anyone builds, alters, or places anything in a public street, sidewalk…

Any minor encroachment into Oakland's public right-of-way, from planter boxes to bus shelters, needs a permit from the…

Anyone building a curb, driveway, retaining wall, sign, fence, or sprinkler line in an Ontario public right-of-way must…

In unincorporated Orange County, building or repairing a sidewalk, curb, driveway, or retaining wall in a public…

No one may occupy, open, tear up, or excavate any street, sidewalk, parking strip or public easement in the City of…

Placing any structure in a Palmdale street, alley or sidewalk right-of-way requires an encroachment permit under the…

Before digging, building, or placing anything in a Pasadena street or sidewalk right-of-way, you need a written…

Perris requires a permit from the director of public works before anyone excavates, builds, installs, or maintains any…

Anyone who wants to build, place or maintain a structure on Petaluma-owned property, including sidewalks, alleys and…

Anyone digging, excavating or otherwise working in a county road, street or sidewalk needs an encroachment permit from…

Anyone laying pipes, drains, or conduits, or cutting, excavating, or obstructing a Rancho Cordova street or road…

No building, structure or parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga may encroach on a public easement or right-of-way without an…

Redding bans placing any obstruction on a public sidewalk, parkway, street or pedestrian mall unless the city has…

Anyone who wants to excavate, build a facility, or place an obstruction in a Redlands street or sidewalk must first get…

Placing, erecting, or maintaining anything in a Ridgecrest street or public right-of-way, signs, fences, pipes…

Anyone placing facilities, structures, trees, landscaping, or irrigation in a Riverside street right-of-way or City…

Riverside County requires a permit from the director of transportation before building any driveway, fence, sign, or…

Placing a curb, driveway, utility line or any other structure in a Rohnert Park street or right-of-way requires a…

Roseville requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer before any construction or object is placed in a…

Sacramento County requires an encroachment permit from the Road Commissioner before anyone digs, builds, or places an…

Placing anything within an unincorporated San Benito County road right-of-way, surface or buried, requires a permit…

San Bernardino requires a written encroachment permit before anyone excavates, obstructs, or puts a sidewalk, street…

Building a driveway, curb, or sidewalk, or placing any structure in the county right-of-way requires an Encroachment…

Placing any private improvement in a San Clemente public easement or right-of-way requires an encroachment permit under…

San Diego requires a Public Right-of-Way Permit before building or maintaining privately owned structures, facilities…

No one may place, change, or renew an encroachment on a county highway, pathway, sidewalk, or trail in unincorporated…

San Luis Obispo County requires a written encroachment permit before anyone digs, builds, or places anything in a…

Unincorporated San Mateo County requires a Public Works permit for fences, sidewalks, driveways or landscaping placed…

Anyone who wants to place a structure, landscaping, a debris box, scaffolding or any other private improvement in a San…

Anyone excavating in a Santa Ana street, alley or sidewalk to install, repair or remove a pipe, conduit, utility pole…

No one may excavate, install, repair, or remove a sidewalk, curb, gutter, or underground facility in a Santa Barbara…

Anyone who wants to cut, open or excavate a Santa Clara street, curb, gutter, driveway, sidewalk or other public…

Placing, altering, or excavating in a County right-of-way in unincorporated Santa Clara County requires a written…

Santa Clarita requires an encroachment permit before anyone excavates, builds, or places a facility in a public highway…

Installing, removing or reconstructing sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway or underground pipeline in the public…

Anyone who wants to build, place, or maintain something in a Santa Rosa street or sidewalk right-of-way, from a fence…

Anyone who wants to place a structure, driveway, or other encroachment in a Shasta County road right-of-way must first…

Building or placing anything, including a sidewalk, driveway, fence or wall, in or over a county road right-of-way in…

South Gate requires an encroachment permit for private structures in the public right-of-way, built on the adopted…

Working in a county road right-of-way in unincorporated Tehama County, a new driveway, culvert, or minor obstruction…

Temecula requires an encroachment permit before anyone builds, digs or improves anything within a public right-of-way…

Turlock requires a City permit before placing any structure, pipeline, sign, or excavation in a public street, alley…

Anyone wanting to build, place, or excavate anything within a Union City street right-of-way must first obtain a…

Anyone digging or placing improvements in an Upland street, alley or other public right-of-way needs a permit from the…

Any construction or repair inside a Vacaville street right-of-way, including sidewalk work, requires an encroachment…

In the City of Ventura, Municipal Code Section 18.100.060 makes it unlawful to encroach on a public right-of-way or…

Building within a public easement in West Covina requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer under Municipal…

West Sacramento requires an encroachment permit from the city engineer before any construction or object placement…

No one may excavate or build in or under a Westminster public right-of-way without a written encroachment permit backed…

Private use of the sidewalk or public right-of-way in Yolo County's commercial zones requires an encroachment permit…

Anyone building, repairing or removing a curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway or off-street parking area that touches a…

Before excavating, building a driveway, installing sidewalks or curbs, planting or removing street trees, or placing…