<section number="72-7-105"><effdate>5/7/2025</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">527</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Obstructing traffic on sidewalks or highways prohibited.</catchline><subsection number="72-7-105(1)">A person may not:<subsection number="72-7-105(1)(a)">drive or place any vehicle, animal, or other object upon or along any sidewalk except in crossing the sidewalk to or from abutting property; or</subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(1)(b)">permit the vehicle, animal, or other object to remain on or across any sidewalk in a way that impedes or obstructs the ordinary use of the sidewalk.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(2)"><subsection number="72-7-105(2)(a)">Except as described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refid="C72-7-S105_1800010118000101" refnumber="72-7-105(2)(b)" start="0">(2)(b)</xref>, vehicles, building material, or other similar objects may be placed temporarily on highways in a manner that will not  impede, endanger, or obstruct ordinary traffic.</subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(2)(b)">A highway authority may prohibit or may require the removal of  vehicles, building material, or other obstructions on any highway under their jurisdiction.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(3)">A highway authority may obstruct or allow obstruction of a bicycle lane, as defined in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="41-6a-102">41-6a-102</xref>, to facilitate highway management, including maintenance, repair, and improvement of infrastructure.</subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(4)">A highway authority that obstructs or allows obstruction of a bicycle lane as described in Subsection <xref refnumber="72-7-105(3)" depth="4">(3)</xref> shall take reasonable action to:<subsection number="72-7-105(4)(a)">utilize alternative space adjacent to the bicycle lane prior to obstructing the bicycle lane;</subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(4)(b)">minimize the obstruction; or</subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(4)(c)">provide an alternate route for bicycle traffic.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="72-7-105(5)">A violation of Subsection (1) is an infraction.</subsection></section>