Chapter 10.20
PEDESTRIANS1
Sections:
10.20.010 Establishment, designation and maintenance of crosswalks.
10.20.020 Use of crosswalks in business districts.
10.20.030 Crossing roadways at right angles.
10.20.040 Standing in roadways.
10.20.050 Obstructing free passage of pedestrians on sidewalk or crosswalk – Annoying pedestrians.
10.20.010 Establishment, designation and maintenance of crosswalks.
The traffic authority shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of a roadway as follows:
(1) Crosswalks may be established and maintained by the traffic authority at all intersections where the traffic authority determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway.
(2) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than 200 feet in length. Elsewhere, not more than one additional crosswalk shall be established in any one block, and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock. [Code 1959 § 11.55; prior code § 16-78].
10.20.020 Use of crosswalks in business districts.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway in any business district other than at or in a marked crosswalk. [Code 1959 § 11.56; prior code § 16-79].
10.20.030 Crossing roadways at right angles.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a marked crosswalk. [Code 1959 § 11.57; prior code § 16-80].
10.20.040 Standing in roadways.
No person shall stand, sit or remain in any roadway other than in a safety zone, if such action interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This provision shall not apply to any public officer or employee, or to the employee of any public utility or of any franchise or permit holder holding a franchise or permit from the city or from any of its authorized officers, when such person is necessarily upon a street and engaged in the performance of his necessary duty therein, or to licensed surveyors or to members of their respective parties or crews, when actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of their proper functions. [Code 1959 § 11.58; prior code § 16-81].
10.20.050 Obstructing free passage of pedestrians on sidewalk or crosswalk – Annoying pedestrians.
No person shall stop, stand or sit in or upon any sidewalk area or crosswalk nor place or permit to be placed any physical object in any manner so as to hinder or obstruct the free passage of pedestrians thereon, nor shall any person annoy or molest such pedestrians. [Code 1959 § 11.59; prior code § 16-82].
Cross reference—Use of electrical signals, WMC 10.15.080.