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Chapter 22 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic

Davis Municipal Code Art. 22.10 Pedestrians

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

Cite as: Davis Municipal Code Article 22.10 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 22.10.010. Establishment 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 intersections where the city 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 established in any one block and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block.

(c) The city traffic engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians may or may not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

(Code 1964 § 4-3.901; Ord. 2664, 8/27/2024)

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§ 22.10.020. Use of crosswalk required in certain areas.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any school district.

(Code 1964 § 4-3.902)

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§ 22.10.030. Method of crossing roadway.

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 1964 § 4-3.903)

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§ 22.10.040. Standing in roadways.

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

(Code 1964 § 43. 904)

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