Elk Grove Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Pedestrians and Crosswalks

A. The Director is authorized to determine the location of midblock crosswalks, maintain such crosswalks and designate them by appropriate devices or painted marks or signs upon the surface of the roadway.

B. The Director may maintain such other crosswalks and designate them by appropriate devices, painted marks or signs upon the surface of the roadway.

(Ord. 2000-1 § 1, eff. 7-1-2000; Ord. 2000-14A § 1, eff. 10-25-2000; Ord. 7-2009 § 3, eff. 5-1-2009)

The Director is authorized to install and maintain safety zones at all locations where there is particular danger to pedestrians and may locate and designate the same upon the surface of the roadway by appropriate devices, signs, or marks.

(Ord. 2000-1 § 1, eff. 7-1-2000; Ord. 2000-14A § 1, eff. 10-25-2000; Ord. 7-2009 § 3, eff. 5-1-2009)

A. The Director may determine when any crosswalk shall not be used by pedestrians and upon making such determination shall cause to be placed and maintained appropriate official traffic control devices. No person shall thereafter walk in any such crosswalk unless indicated otherwise.

B. The Director may determine when any part of a roadway between intersections shall not be crossed by pedestrians and upon making such determination shall cause to be placed and maintained appropriate official traffic control devices. No person shall thereafter cross any part of such roadway, unless indicated otherwise.

C. No person shall stand on any sidewalk in such a manner as to hinder or impede the movement of other pedestrian traffic. No person shall remain on any bridge or overcrossing or approaches thereto which is reserved exclusively for pedestrians for a period longer than necessary to walk across the bridge or overcrossing.

(Ord. 2000-1 § 1, eff. 7-1-2000; Ord. 2000-14A § 1, eff. 10-25-2000; Ord. 7-2009 § 3, eff. 5-1-2009)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at a right angle to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk.

(Ord. 2000-1 § 1, eff. 7-1-2000; Ord. 2000-14A § 1, eff. 10-25-2000; Ord. 7-2009 § 3, eff. 5-1-2009)

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 section shall not apply to any public officer, construction worker or employee of a public utility or its agent when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.

(Ord. 2000-1 § 1, eff. 7-1-2000; Ord. 2000-14A § 1, eff. 10-25-2000; Ord. 7-2009 § 3, eff. 5-1-2009)