Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Florida (2026)

In Boca Raton, the property owner pays for the sidewalk out front, not the city. City Code Sec. 23-165 makes the…

Unincorporated Broward County places the duty to notify the county of damaged sidewalks on the abutting property owner…

Cape Coral places maintenance of the city right-of-way strip between a property line and the street pavement, including…

Clearwater sidewalks sit in city-owned right-of-way, so the city itself does the repair work under § 27.10, then bills…

Cocoa places sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner once the city council orders it. Under City Code § 2-367…

Owners of property abutting a broken or cracked sidewalk in Coral Gables must repair it themselves: the city code…

When a Coral Springs sidewalk is broken, raised or otherwise damaged by ordinary wear, the abutting property owner pays…

Dade City Code § 78-84 puts sidewalk repair decisions in the city manager's hands: when an existing sidewalk falls into…

Each abutting property owner in Daytona Beach is responsible for constructing, reconstructing, repairing and protecting…

Doral places sidewalk upkeep on the property owner: Code of Ordinances Sec. 30-3 requires every 'responsible party' to…

Fort Lauderdale places the burden of fixing a damaged public sidewalk on the abutting property owner once the city…

Fort Myers repairs, repaves, and reconstructs sidewalks through a special assessment process: the city council orders…

Gulfport puts routine sidewalk upkeep, cleaning, sweeping, edging and clearing debris and vegetation, on the owner…

Hialeah puts the duty to keep abutting sidewalks, driveways, curbs and gutters safe on the property owner, occupant or…

Hollywood puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the city. Owners must keep the sidewalk free of…

Homestead Code § 24-65 puts the duty to maintain an abutting sidewalk on the property owner, including damage from the…

Abutting owners must maintain sidewalks, but since 2003 the City pays for repairs unless owner negligence caused the…

Property owners, not the town, must keep sidewalks and curbs crossing their private driveways safe under Town Code §…

Kissimmee City Code holds two different people responsible for a broken public sidewalk. Whoever caused the damage must…

Sidewalk maintenance duty in unincorporated Lee County depends on who built the sidewalk and where it sits, not on who…

Martin County's Property Maintenance Code makes the property owner or occupant responsible for keeping sidewalks…

Melbourne places the duty to fix a broken, cracked, or uneven public sidewalk on the abutting property owner. City Code…

Miami holds abutting property owners responsible for repairing sidewalks, curbs, swales and driving lanes damaged by…

Miami Beach property owners and occupants, including rental occupants held jointly liable, must keep abutting…

Orlando puts the duty to build or repair a sidewalk or parkway on the owner of the abutting property under City Code §…

Palm Bay makes the abutting property owner pay to remove and replace curbs, gutters, culverts, and sidewalks whenever a…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, the Property Maintenance Code requires every property owner or occupant to keep…

Pembroke Pines Code § 52.01 makes it unlawful for the abutting property owner to let the sidewalk, driveway, or alley…

Property owners in Plantation must keep the sidewalk adjoining their lot in good repair and pay to fix damage they…

Pompano Beach puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner. City Code § 100.02 makes it unlawful for an owner or…

In Port Orange, Florida, the owner of the abutting real estate pays for sidewalk repair, not the city. Port Orange City…

Port St. Lucie's Property Maintenance Code puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the city. Section…

In Safety Harbor, the tenant or occupant of property next to a street, or the owner if there's no tenant, must keep the…

St. Petersburg puts the cost and duty of sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the City. City Code §…

Sumter County Code § 20-86(a) puts sidewalk upkeep on homeowners, not the county. Once a subdivision builder installs a…

Tampa gives owners, agents, or occupants 15 days after written notice from the public works director to fix a dangerous…

In unincorporated Volusia County, the property owner next to a sidewalk, not the county, pays for keeping it in shape…

West Palm Beach can order an owner to repave or repair a deteriorated driveway, curb or sidewalk under City Code §…

Sec. 15-41 puts the duty to reconstruct and keep sidewalks and driveways in repair on the owner of the abutting…

Owners and occupants of land abutting a Local Road in Sarasota County's Urban Service Area must keep the sidewalk area…

Titusville doesn't set an ongoing, year-round duty for homeowners to maintain the sidewalk in front of their house, but…

Gainesville defines "obstruct" broadly to cover blocking, digging or interfering with any public right-of-way, and…

Charlotte County bars unpermitted structures, irrigation pipes and sprinklers, and non-frangible objects from county…

Cocoa bans using any street, sidewalk or public right-of-way to display or sell goods, merchandise or services. The…

Coral Springs prohibits building, constructing, or depositing any obstacle in a public right-of-way, including streets…

Dade City Code § 78-83 bans obstructing a city sidewalk or projecting anything less than eight feet above it, and §…

Deltona bars camping, sleeping, or parking in city rights-of-way, and prohibits any use that would tend to obstruct…

Anyone who digs, excavates, paves or otherwise obstructs or closes a Doral street or sidewalk needs a Maintenance of…

Fort Lauderdale bans building, depositing or placing any structure or obstruction in a street or sidewalk without a…

Orlando prohibits placing any encroachment, an object in the public right-of-way not meant for public use, including…

Palm Coast bans placing anything in the public right-of-way, the strip along every street that includes its sidewalks…

Titusville bars anyone from placing building material, rocks, landscape logs, railroad ties, concrete bollards or…

Volusia County makes it unlawful to block traffic on a county right-of-way, camping, sleeping, or parking there…

Alachua County Code § 51.33 makes it unlawful to stop, stand, or park a vehicle on a sidewalk, bike path, or bike lane…

Boca Raton bans placing curbstones, concrete blocks, boulders, metal pipe, or any sharp-edged or pointed object in a…

Boynton Beach makes it unlawful to place or erect any obstruction on a public way or passageway to a building under…

Broward County requires a permit from its Engineering Division before anyone obstructs, interferes with, or places…

Clearwater makes it unlawful to obstruct a sidewalk by standing or congregating there for the purpose of blocking…

Collier County's Pedestrian Safety Ordinance bars anyone from blocking a sidewalk or crosswalk, or from impeding…

Coral Gables bans placing or maintaining any tree, shrub, or other obstruction on a street, sidewalk, or swale, unless…

It's unlawful in the Town of Davie to obstruct any sidewalk in a way that impedes pedestrian traffic, a rule the code…

Daytona Beach bars standing or gathering in a way that blocks sidewalks, streets or other public places, and gives…

Deerfield Beach treats loitering, crowding or congregating on a public sidewalk that unreasonably obstructs pedestrian…

Escambia County removes any privately built sign placed in a public right-of-way without a permit and can fine the…

Flagler County's Encroachment Ordinance, Sec. 26-4, bars placing any item deemed a safety hazard within the public…

Fort Myers bans willfully blocking streets, sidewalks or alleys, including by crowds, animals or vehicles, and enforces…

Gulfport makes it unlawful to leave dirt, building material or waste on a street, sidewalk or parkway during or after…

Hialeah bars obstructing any part of the swale, the right-of-way strip between the sidewalk and street, or any street…

Hillsborough County bans standing or gathering in groups on any street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot or right-of-way…

Hollywood bans parking any motor vehicle on a public sidewalk, a curbed swale where no curb cut exists, or the unpaved…

Homestead Code § 24-1 bans placing trash, lumber, wood, glass or any other obstruction on a public street, lane, alley…

Willfully blocking a Jacksonville sidewalk, street or public passageway is a class D offense under Ordinance Code §…

Lake County Code Sec. 15-6(a)(1)b bars stopping, standing or parking any vehicle on a sidewalk anywhere in the…

Largo bans parking or storing any vehicle so that part of it blocks a public sidewalk, no matter the vehicle type. City…

Once a deputy has issued a warning, or where a 'no loitering' sign is posted, Sec. 19-1(c) makes it unlawful to loiter…

Martin County bans placing objects, debris, or vegetation on public sidewalks or bike paths that block pedestrian or…

Melbourne bans placing any box, counter, shelving, debris, sign, merchandise or building material on a public street…

Miami prohibits placing trash, lumber, wood, glass or other obstructions in any street, lane, alley or sidewalk, and…

Miami Beach bans blocking sidewalks, streets, alleys, beach walks or beach entrances after a law enforcement officer…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA), placing any article in the public right-of-way, including sidewalks…

Miramar prohibits obstructing any sidewalk in the city, naming barriers, sprinkler systems and other obstacles that…

In unincorporated Nassau County, no one may disturb, excavate, block or place material on a county-maintained road…

New Port Richey, a Pasco County city on Florida's Gulf coast, lets the city council order removal of pipes, wires…

North Port bans parking, standing, or stopping any vehicle on or across a sidewalk citywide, with parked vehicles and…

In unincorporated Orange County, contractors working under a right-of-way utilization permit who block a sidewalk or…

Palm Bay bars stopping, standing, or parking any vehicle on a public sidewalk, and on curbed swale areas that lack curb…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bans willfully obstructing streets, roads, and sidewalks, and separately prohibits…

Pembroke Pines bars several specific obstructions from its sidewalks and rights-of-way: a portable storage unit can sit…

Polk County's parking ordinance bars stopping, standing or parking any vehicle on a sidewalk anywhere in the…

Pompano Beach bans building, depositing, or leaving any structure, package, bicycle, or scooter on a public street…

Blocking a Port Orange street, square or sidewalk is unlawful under Section 58-1, no matter the excuse. The code carves…

Port St. Lucie bans placing barriers, berms, decorative walls, plantings other than turf grass, irrigation systems or…

Safety Harbor bans blocking sidewalks or the right-of-way with boxes, barrels, signs, materials, or vehicles unless the…

Working in, closing or obstructing any City of Sarasota street, sidewalk, alley or median is unlawful unless the city…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Sarasota County to act on a Road in any manner that results in Obstruction of Traffic…

Seminole County makes it unlawful to plant or maintain trees, shrubs or plants in the right-of-way that damage or…

St. Petersburg Code § 20-28 bars anyone from standing, sitting, lying, congregating or leaving objects on a sidewalk…

Tampa bans placing any article or thing on a city-owned sidewalk, street, alley, landing, wharf, or pier without a…

West Palm Beach makes it unlawful to obstruct or hinder pedestrian or vehicular traffic on any street, sidewalk or…

Winter Haven's 'Polk County Dangerous Rights-of-Way Ordinance,' at City Code §§ 15-385 through 15-390, bars occupying a…

Boca Raton will not issue a building permit for any construction or alteration whose walls, bays, balconies, or other…

Placing any object or material on property under Broward County's jurisdiction, sidewalks, canals, easements and…

Cape Coral bars any construction, fill, or object placement in a city right-of-way or swale unless it fits a narrow…

Charlotte County requires a right-of-way permit before anyone builds, installs or alters a driveway, culvert, utility…

Anyone who wants to dig, build, place material, or otherwise disturb the ground in a Collier County public right-of-way…

Any private encroachment into the public right-of-way over nine inches needs Coral Gables City Commission…

Dade City Code § 78-1 bars building over or on a public street or sidewalk without authorization, and § 78-151 requires…

Placing any object in a Deerfield Beach right-of-way for business, commercial, or profit purposes requires city…

Doral bans any building or structure in a mapped street or public right-of-way, but § 83-20 lets the public works…

Anyone wanting to build in a Fort Lauderdale street, alley or other public right-of-way needs a permit from the city…

Gainesville requires a public works permit before anyone blocks, digs up or otherwise obstructs a public sidewalk or…

Placing a planter, tree, shrub, bush, or mailbox on a Jacksonville sidewalk or right-of-way requires a written permit…

Building, altering or placing any structure, obstruction or driveway in a Jupiter public street or right-of-way is…

Kissimmee requires a city manager permit before anyone builds, excavates, or installs facilities in a public…

Lakeland bars placing any structure, object, or obstruction on public streets or sidewalks without approval under City…

Anyone who builds, installs, removes, relocates or performs work within, on, under or above a county right-of-way in…

Working or placing anything in a Martin County road right-of-way, sidewalks included, requires a right-of-way use…

Miami requires a written permit from the resilience and public works director before installing a fence, wall, or hedge…

Miami-Dade County bars any structure on a mapped street or right-of-way without the Public Works Director's written…

Miramar's Land Development Code bars fences, walls, sheds, signs and landscaping from encroaching on any public utility…

Using any county right-of-way in Nassau County, above or below ground, requires a permit from the engineering services…

Anyone who wants to operate equipment on, or build improvements into, a public road or right-of-way in unincorporated…

Placing anything within a Palm Coast public right-of-way, from a landscaping bed to a utility line, requires a…

Pompano Beach lets an eating or drinking establishment extend accessory seating onto the public sidewalk as a permitted…

Safety Harbor requires a city engineer permit before building, paving, or placing any obstruction in a public…

Private structures or fixtures that intrude into a City of Sarasota public right-of-way are barred outright unless the…

In the City of Satellite Beach, nobody but the city, or someone with the express written authority of the city council…

St. Johns County requires a Right-of-Way Permit from the County Administrator before anyone builds a driveway…

Building or maintaining a structure that reaches into a St. Petersburg public right-of-way or easement, a dock, entry…

Anyone building, installing or maintaining a utility line, driveway, pavement or other object inside a Sumter County…

Titusville makes it unlawful for a property owner to build or authorize any structure, including fences, swimming…

Volusia County bars any private use of a county right-of-way for anything besides its intended purpose unless the…

Anyone who will obstruct a West Palm Beach street, sidewalk or right-of-way, from a dumpster to a construction fence…

Alachua County lets owners in non-residential, mixed-use, TND, and TOD districts extend marquees, canopies, and awnings…

Building a driveway, sidewalk crossing, or utility line into a county right-of-way in unincorporated Brevard requires a…

In unincorporated Citrus County, nothing may encroach into a public right-of-way, including signs, sidewalks, utility…

Anyone who wants to build, repair, pave or grade a sidewalk, curb, curb cut, driveway or parkway on a Clearwater public…

Anyone who wants to dig within a public right-of-way or easement in the Town of Davie must first get a permit and pay…

Daytona Beach requires a Non-Communications Facility (NCF) permit before anyone excavates, cuts, deposits material in…

Deltona requires prior written consent from the city before anyone uses a city right-of-way for anything beyond its…

Escambia County requires a right-of-way work permit before anyone disturbs the pavement of a county road, installs…

Anyone installing, constructing, maintaining or repairing a facility or structure within an unincorporated Flagler…

Fort Myers requires a sidewalk café business tax receipt before any restaurant can place tables and chairs on a…

Before anyone obstructs an existing county ditch, swale or drain, they need a driveway permit from the Franklin County…

Anyone digging into, breaking up, or building, repairing or removing a sidewalk in a Gulfport right-of-way needs a free…

Anyone who wants to break into a Hialeah sidewalk, street or right-of-way, or run pipe beneath one, needs a streets…

Hillsborough County requires a rights-of-way use permit before anyone builds, installs, or works within, on, under, or…

Anyone wanting to run a business or commercial activity on a Hollywood street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way…

Any private work in a Homestead public right-of-way, from a new sidewalk to a driveway approach, needs a Public Works…

Anyone placing a fence, pipeline, utility line or other structure in or under a Lake County road right-of-way or…

Lee County lets Boca Grande Historic District businesses put tables, chairs and sales racks on the public sidewalk in…

Driving a vehicle over a Melbourne sidewalk or curb anywhere a driveway does not already exist requires a permit from…

Obstructing any Miami Beach street or sidewalk, or impeding pedestrian or vehicle traffic on one, requires a Public…

In New Port Richey, Florida, a Pasco County Gulf coast city, anyone who wants to excavate, dig, or alter a city street…

North Port requires a right-of-way use permit from the Road and Drainage District before anyone builds, installs, or…

Orange County requires a right-of-way utilization permit before any private contractor, citizen, or utility installs a…

Anyone using Orlando's public right-of-way for construction staging, utility line work, or similar encroachments needs…

Any construction, alteration, or access to a curb, driveway, sidewalk, or gutter within a Palm Bay street or easement…

Placing anything, a driveway, landscaping, fence, pathway, or utility line, in a county right-of-way requires a…

Pembroke Pines bars anyone from altering the contours of a swale, the strip of city right-of-way between the road and…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, building, placing structures, storing materials, or working within, on, under, or…

Digging up, building in, or otherwise altering a Port Orange, Florida public right-of-way needs a right-of-way…

Port St. Lucie allows fences, pools, patios, sheds and other removable improvements to extend into a city-owned 20-foot…

Any private work inside a Sarasota County road right-of-way, from a driveway culvert to a bus bench or a sign that…

Any work in a St. Lucie County right-of-way, from a utility line to a driveway apron, needs a permit or license…

Tampa requires a written permit before anyone digs, excavates, or installs a driveway, curb, sidewalk, culvert, or…

Sec. 15-42 bars anyone but an authorized city employee from building, repairing, moving or removing any structure on…