Corona Municipal Code Ch. 10.56 Pedestrians

(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 at all intersections and at other places within or outside intersections where the City Traffic Engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in division (B) of this section.

(B) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than 400 feet in length, and the crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock.

(C) The City Traffic Engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.010.) (Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic-control signal devices or by police officers except in a crosswalk.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.020.) (Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)

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.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.030.) (Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)

No person shall stand upon the traveled portion of any street or alley in the city and solicit a ride from the driver of any passing vehicle.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.040.) (Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)

No person shall play any game of ball or throw, cast, shoot or discharge any stone, pellet, , bullet, arrow, object or any other missile in, over, across, along or upon any street, sidewalk, lane, way, alley or public place in the city or in or upon any public park or ground unless the park or ground or portion thereof has been set aside for such games.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.050.) (Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)

(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to make public streets, public property and other areas readily accessible to the public and to prevent the willful and intentional obstruction of such property which interferes with the rights of others to use such areas for the purposes for which they are intended and to maintain public streets and areas within the city in a clean and accessible condition.

(B) Obstructing entrances. No person, after first being warned by a law enforcement officer, shall loiter or stand in or upon any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk, crosswalk, bridge, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot, or building open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink, provide entertainment, or are engaged in selling products or goods to the public, or the doorways and entrances to such buildings or dwellings or the grounds enclosing them or other public ways open pedestrian travel or otherwise occupy any portion thereof in such manner as to unreasonably obstruct, block, or interfere with the normal use of the entrance to any business establishment, public building, or other facility which is open to the public including, but not limited to, any house of worship hall, theater, or place of public assemblage.

(C) Obstructing pedestrian passage. No person, after first being warned by a law enforcement officer, shall loiter, stand, sit, lie, kneel, or sleep in or upon any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk, crosswalk, bridge, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot, or building open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink, provide entertainment, or are engaged in selling products or goods to the public, or the doorways and entrances to such buildings or dwellings or the grounds enclosing them or other public ways open for pedestrian travel, or any portion thereof, in such a manner as to unreasonably obstruct or interfere with the free passage of any pedestrian.

(D) Exceptions. Provisions of this section shall not apply to any person standing in line or otherwise standing in or upon a sidewalk waiting to conduct business in a business establishment or public facility; nor shall it apply to any person who is selling or giving political or religious literature to other persons; nor shall it apply to any person who is conducting a lawful business or who has a lawful reason for standing in or upon a street or sidewalk; provided however, that such person is complying with all other laws, rules and regulations applicable to waiting to conduct business, distributing political or religious literature, engaging in a strike, or conducting other lawful business. This section shall not apply to any person or persons sitting on the curb portion of any sidewalk or street while attending or viewing any parade lawfully permitted under this code, nor shall it apply to any persons sitting upon benches or other seating facilities provided for such purpose by the city or permitted for any reason by this code.

(E) Vehicle traffic obstruction. No person, after first being warned by a law enforcement officer, shall willfully, intentionally, or maliciously obstruct or hinder any motor vehicle, its operator or any passenger in said vehicle, while the motor vehicle is moving or lawfully stopped or parked upon any public street, highway, or alley or entering or exiting from private or public property on any public street or thoroughfare.

(F) Penalties. Any person who violates any section in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by a prison term not exceeding six months, or both. The City Attorney, City Prosecutor, or District Attorney shall have the authority to prosecute any violation of this section as an infraction in the interests of justice. Additionally, the court may determine that the offense is an infraction in which event the case shall proceed as of the defendant has been arraigned on an infraction complaint.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.060.) (Ord. 2619 § 1, 2002: Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)

No person shall spit, expectorate or throw peeling of fruit, refuse or other matter upon any of the sidewalks, public platforms or other public places or public buildings within the city.

(`78 Code, § 10.56.070.) (Ord. 1506 § 1 (part), 1978.)