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Chapter 17 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.

Brawley Municipal Code Art. IV Pedestrians

Brawley Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Brawley

Cite as: Brawley Municipal Code Article IV · Text as of 2026-10-04

  1. For state law as to pedestrians, see Veh. C. A., §§560 to 566.

Sec. 17.43. - Establishment, designation and maintenance of crosswalks.

(a) The city traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:

Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within the central traffic district and at such intersections outside such district and at other places within or outside such district where the city traffic engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in (b) of this section.

(b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalks shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred 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 mid block.

(Ord. No. 373, §110.)

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Sec. 17.44. - Use of crosswalks in business districts.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district.

(Ord. No. 373, §111.)

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Sec. 17.45. - 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.

(Ord. No. 373, §112.)

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Sec. 17.46. - Standing in roadways.

No person shall stand in any roadway other than in a safety zone or in a crosswalk if such action interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This provision shall not apply to any public officer or employee or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.

(Ord. No. 373, §113.)

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