Prohibited obstructions generally.

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 645-513

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Sec. 645-513. - Prohibited obstructions generally. It shall be unlawful for any person, without a permit therefor issued pursuant to this article or other provision of this Code, to obstruct or use for himself or anyone else any street, alley, boulevard, sidewalk, crosswalk or public place in the city, or any portion thereof, other than temporarily and as may be reasonably necessary for the proper use of the abutting premises owned or controlled by him, in any of the following respects: (1) By placing, piling, keeping or displaying, for any purpose, any goods, wares, merchandise or other things, and any stands, containers or structures used therefor, other than temporarily and in the course of removal on or along any street or public place abutting on premises owned or controlled by any person and used for his business. (2) By occupying temporarily more than four (4) feet of the outer edge of any sidewalk, fifteen (15) feet or more in width, or more than one-fourth (¼) of the width of narrower sidewalks, for the deposit of goods, wares, merchandise or other materials and things, in the course of receipt or delivery in connection with any business or use by a person in control of the abutting premises or for any other purpose. (3) By permitting any goods, wares, merchandise or other materials to remain for any purpose on or along either the inner or outer edges of any sidewalk for a longer time than required to remove them; and upon notice by a police officer or other city official to remove such goods, wares or merchandise, they shall be removed therefrom within six (6) hours. (4) By permitting, except when so authorized by the city, any box, barrel, bale or any other kind of goods, wares or merchandise to be placed on or to remain in the roadway of any street or alley immediately adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by any person, after notice or knowledge thereof, any longer than required to remove same with reasonable diligence, although he may not, directly or indirectly, have placed or caused such obstruction. (5) By placing or parking any finished or unfinished vehicle, left with a person for repair or service, in or on any street, alley, boulevard, sidewalk, crosswalk or public place contrary to traffic regulations or any other provisions of this Code, and permitting it to remain in violation of such regulations; or where such place is located within the central traffic district and is not so regulated, by so parking or placing it for any unreasonable period, which prima facie shall be any time longer than two (2) hours. (6) By stopping and standing any vehicle on or across any driveway or footwalk, or over any street, alley or boulevard, and so obstructing the same any longer than required to move such vehicle when able to do so. (7) In any other manner than as specified in this section or in any other provisions of this Code, unless so expressly permitted or authorized by the city. (Code 1975, § 28-195)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH645PURI-W_ARTVUSOCPUWA_DIV1GE_S645-513PROBGEFetched: 10/27/2026