Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
American Canyon Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Pedestrians
American Canyon Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · American Canyon
Cite as: American Canyon Municipal Code Chapter 10.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10.24.010 Traffic engineer to establish crosswalks.¶
(A) The traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at the intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows: Crosswalks shall be established and maintained where the traffic engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in subsection B of this section.
(B) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred feet in length. Elsewhere not more than one additional crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block.
Ord. 92-19 § 140, 1992
10.24.020 When pedestrians must use crosswalks.¶
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a
crosswalk in any business district, (established as State Route 29).
Ord. 92-19 § 141, 1992
10.24.030 Crossing 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.
Ord. 92-19 § 142, 1992
10.24.040 Standing in roadways.¶
No person shall stand in any roadway other than a safety zone or in a
crosswalk if such action interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This provisions shall not apply to any public officer or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.
Ord. 92-19 § 143, 1992
10.24.050 Pedestrian signals.¶
Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the word "walk" or
exhibiting the color red are in place, the term and color shall indicate and apply to pedestrians as follows:
(A) "Walk." Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.
(B) "Red." No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the color red is showing.
Ord. 92-19 § 144, 1992
Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.
Ask AI about this code