Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Texas (2026)

Abilene puts the cost and duty of sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the City. Owners must fix a…

Amarillo puts sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner. Section 4-6-187 requires owners to keep the…

Repairing, altering, or constructing the sidewalk fronting your Austin property, whether on your lot or in the…

Baytown ties sidewalk construction, not general repair, to the building permit: anyone getting a permit for a new home…

Bryan puts sidewalk and driveway repair squarely on the abutting property owner once a defect is deemed unsafe, notice…

Cedar Park puts the cost and duty of fixing a defective, unsafe, or hazardous sidewalk, driveway approach, curb, or…

Celina places sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner. City Code § 6.02.001 makes it the owner's or occupant's…

Conroe puts the duty on the owner, tenant or lessee to keep the sidewalk, parkway and alleyway abutting their property…

Repairing and maintaining the sidewalk in front of your property is the owner's legal duty in Corpus Christi, not the…

When a Dallas sidewalk, driveway, or its appurtenance becomes defective, unsafe, or hazardous, Sec. 43-63 puts the…

In Denton, the property owner abutting a sidewalk pays to construct, reconstruct, or repair it once the city council…

In El Paso, Texas, the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk, curb, or gutter is legally responsible for keeping…

Fort Worth City Code Section 30-1 declares a defective, unsafe or hazardous sidewalk a nuisance and puts the repair…

Garland places the duty to keep sidewalks, parkways, and driveways safe squarely on the abutting property owner, not…

Grand Prairie Code § 29-113 puts joint and several responsibility on the homeowner, lessor, lessee, resident, occupant…

Harlingen's Charter puts the cost of building and repairing sidewalks on the abutting property owner, backed by a lien…

In unincorporated Harris County, repairing or rebuilding a sidewalk in a county right-of-way needs a County Engineer…

Houston places the duty to build and repair sidewalks, driveways, curbs and gutters on the owner of the abutting…

Irving places the cost of installing and fixing the sidewalk in front of a property on the abutting owner. If an owner…

Killeen ties sidewalk responsibility to construction permits. Under Code of Ordinances Sec. 25-4, a property owner who…

Property owners in Laredo, not the city, are responsible for building and maintaining the sidewalk fronting their lot…

Lubbock puts sidewalk, curb and driveway upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the city. A defective sidewalk is…

In Midland, the owner of property abutting a defective, unsafe, or hazardous sidewalk must repair it at their own cost…

New Braunfels puts sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner. City Code § 114-3 requires owners…

In Pflugerville, the abutting property owner carries the duty to reconstruct or repair a defective, unsafe, or…

In Richardson, the owner of property abutting a sidewalk, driveway, curb or gutter is on the hook for fixing it once…

Rowlett puts sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner: section 54-189(a)(3) requires owners to clean and…

San Angelo puts the duty to build and keep up sidewalks on the abutting property owner, not the city. Code of…

Abutting property owners in San Antonio, not the city, are on the hook for sidewalk, curb, parkway and driveway…

Property owners in San Marcos must keep the sidewalk fronting their property free of hazards, clear of tall weeds, and…

Property owners next to a Taylor street bear the maintenance burden for the right-of-way that fronts their land…

Temple makes the owner or occupant of abutting property responsible for keeping the public sidewalk in front clean…

Victoria places the duty to repair abutting sidewalks on the property owner, with the city able to bill or lien the…

Waco puts the job of keeping an abutting sidewalk, curb and driveway safe on the property owner or person using it, not…

In Texarkana, the city, not the abutting owner, repairs and maintains public sidewalks in the right-of-way, unless a…

San Antonio makes it unlawful to place or maintain 'appurtenances' (planters, trash receptacles, fences, vending…

Austin bars placing vehicles, machinery, dockless-transportation items, or other bulky objects on a street, alley, or…

It's unlawful to block a Baytown sidewalk, street, or alley with goods, merchandise, or property of any kind under City…

Converse bans signs, sign structures, and sign supports from projecting into public sidewalks and rights-of-way, with…

Denton bans blocking a public street or sidewalk with a vending stand, display, or other obstruction unless the city…

Blocking a Houston sidewalk or roadway without a permit is a criminal offense, punishable by a $200-$500 fine, with…

Laredo makes it unlawful to sell, peddle, store, or display goods and services on any public sidewalk, street, or other…

Lubbock bans blocking any part of a public street, alley, sidewalk, or right-of-way with items like firewood racks…

New Braunfels bans placing goods, boxes, signs, containers or any other obstruction on a street, alley, sidewalk or the…

Plano makes it a class C misdemeanor to place or allow anything that encroaches on public property, including…

Placing structures, objects, vehicles, or debris on Texarkana's public rights-of-way and sidewalks is unlawful without…

Abilene bans awnings under eight feet, tree limbs below seven feet over the ground or eight feet over a sidewalk, and…

Amarillo's Code of Ordinances bans storing structures, vehicles, fences, merchandise displays, or debris on any public…

Bryan prohibits posting, displaying, or carrying any sign in a way that obstructs or interferes with pedestrian or…

Carrollton's Code of Ordinances Section 53.01 makes it unlawful to willfully obstruct or injure any public street…

Cedar Park bans placing personal property in a way that blocks any part of a sidewalk or interferes with roadway…

Conroe's code makes it unlawful to place goods, boxes, containers, dispensers or signs on any city street, alley or…

It is unlawful in Corpus Christi to obstruct, encroach on, or place any object, structure, or facility in a street…

Blocking a Dallas sidewalk for construction requires a right-of-way permit, and any closure lasting more than a day…

Frisco gives anyone who excavates or otherwise obstructs a street, sidewalk or right-of-way 21 calendar days to clear…

It's unlawful in Garland to obstruct any sidewalk by selling merchandise on it, setting up a stand or stall, or leaving…

Georgetown bars obstructing the ADA-defined path of travel on any City sidewalk, intentionally blocking pedestrians, or…

Grand Prairie declares it a nuisance to store or park any vehicle, running or not, on the public right-of-way between…

Harlingen makes it unlawful to erect or maintain any fence, gate, pole, sign, hedge, building, or other obstruction on…

In unincorporated Harris County, no one may obstruct access to county or flood-control right-of-way, and landscaping…

It's a misdemeanor in Killeen to block a sidewalk with merchandise, a vehicle, a chicken coop, or nearly anything else…

Midland presumes anything blocking more than 40 percent or four feet of a sidewalk's width, or hanging lower than seven…

Right-of-way users in Pearland must get the public works director's prior approval before cutting a street or sidewalk…

In Pflugerville it is an offense to obstruct or injure any public sidewalk, median, curb, street, roadway, or…

Richardson makes it unlawful for a property owner or occupant to place or leave any object, tree, shrub or vegetation…

Rockwall makes property owners keep trees and shrubs along the right-of-way trimmed so they don't block sidewalks…

Rowlett makes it an offense to obstruct any public street, alley, sidewalk, or parkway with lumber, boxes, fences…

San Angelo bans obstructing sidewalks, streets and rights-of-way without city approval. Merchants may display goods no…

San Marcos makes it unlawful for an abutting property owner to let the sidewalk in front of their property become…

Sugar Land bars fixed objects taller than three feet in a street-corner visibility triangle or right-of-way, requires…

Taylor bars obstructing the path of travel on a city sidewalk or blocking pedestrian or vehicle access to abutting…

Temple bans placing barrels, boxes, stands, or other obstructions on city sidewalks, though merchants may briefly use…

Travis County Code Sec. 482.210 bars any object placed in a county road's right-of-way, from stockpiles to fences…

Victoria makes it unlawful to block or encumber any sidewalk, street, or alley with goods, merchandise, vehicles, or…

Waco makes it unlawful to store, sell, or offer for sale any personal property from or upon a city street, sidewalk…

Celina makes it unlawful to place barrels, boxes, merchandise, or vehicles on a sidewalk so as to block passage or…

Private use of Amarillo's public right-of-way, from an awning over a sidewalk to a fence encroachment, requires a…

Austin requires a Public Works Department application before anyone builds a permanent encroachment in a public…

Anyone wanting to store goods on a Baytown sidewalk, street, or alley must get written permission from the city manager…

Cedar Park requires a permit before anyone builds, excavates, installs facilities, or makes temporary use of the public…

An owner whose property abuts a Conroe easement or right-of-way can get a permit for minor private encroachments like…

Converse requires a construction permit from the public works department before anyone builds, installs, or places…

Placing a private encroachment in a Dallas public right-of-way, such as a utility line, awning, landscaping, or a…

Denton requires anyone placing facilities, excavating, or occupying a work area on, in, or over a public right-of-way…

Anyone who wants to build, place, or maintain a private structure on El Paso's public sidewalks, parkways, or street…

Digging, boring or setting a foundation-based structure in a Frisco street or right-of-way requires a permit from the…

Anyone whose structure or facility sits in, over, or under a Georgetown right-of-way, sidewalk, or easement must obtain…

Placing anything in a Houston sidewalk or roadway is illegal without a traffic engineer permit, including private…

Before placing any facility or structure in, on, over or under a Lewisville public right-of-way, Section 13-31 requires…

Placing a mailbox, driveway culvert or any other improvement in a Lubbock County road right-of-way is prohibited…

New Braunfels requires a city license before anyone runs a utility, communication or other line under, over or on…

Placing tables, signs, or other items on a Texarkana sidewalk requires a city right-of-way license, and sidewalk…

Any privately owned wall, fence, landscaping or building projection that encroaches into Travis County right-of-way…

Anyone who wants to place a private encroachment in an Abilene street, alley or sidewalk, or put that public…

Awnings, canopies and other shading structures may project over Arlington's public right-of-way only if the owner signs…

Bryan requires a special use license before placing awnings, sidewalk cafes, decorative columns, or other private…

Celina bans obstructing sidewalks with merchandise or stalls and requires a permit before anyone sets up a fruit stand…

Anyone building or keeping a structure that encroaches on a city easement in Corpus Christi needs an easement…

Fort Worth requires an Encroachment Permit before anyone occupies city street, alley or sidewalk space, whether for a…

Anyone wanting to place a minor or temporary structure, sign, or use into a Garland street, alley, easement, or other…

Grand Prairie bans private signs, ads, posters, placards, and handbills on public property, including sidewalks and…

Harlingen's City Code § 40-6 makes it unlawful to erect, place, build, construct or maintain a fence, gate, pole, post…

Building a sidewalk, driveway, or culvert across Harris County right-of-way in unincorporated areas requires a permit…

Anyone wanting to place a display in Irving's street right-of-way, not merchandise for sale, must get a city manager…

Killeen requires a public right-of-way permit before anyone digs, trenches, lays pipe or wiring, or installs new…

A non-telecom-provider (non-CTP) party who wants to run wiring or conduit beneath or above a Laredo public…

Before digging, building, or running utility lines in a Midland street or right-of-way, ROW users must get a ROW…

Anyone placing facilities in, on, or over a Parker public right-of-way, including under sidewalks, must first file a…

Building a fence, wall, hedge, sprinkler system, or any other structure on, over, or across a Pearland street…

Before anyone builds, alters or resurfaces a walk, drive, curb, gutter or paved area on public property in Richardson…

Rockwall property owners must get city approval before building a driveway or culvert on city-owned right-of-way, and…

Property owners building improvements in the right-of-way abutting their Rowlett lot must first obtain a permit under…

Anyone who wants to place a canopy, awning, fence, sign, landscaping or other structure on, above or below a San Angelo…

San Antonio requires a director-issued permit before anyone builds a fire escape, balcony, awning or connecting walkway…

San Marcos requires a revocable special use license, not a property right, before anyone builds encroachments, gateway…

Using Sugar Land's public right-of-way, which includes sidewalks, for private facilities or work requires the city's…

Under Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code, private building frontages such as porches, galleries and arcades may extend…

Temple requires a street use or encroachment license before placing private improvements in public right-of-way…

Structures or improvements placed in a Victoria street, sidewalk, right-of-way, or easement need a City-issued License…

Anyone who wants to build, repair, or replace a sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway or other concrete work on public…