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Chapter 11 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic›Article VI — PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS

Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.6 Traffic engineer to establish marked crosswalks

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

Cite as: Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.6 · Text as of 2026-10-04

(a) The 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 where the traffic engineer determines that there is a particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway, except that no crosswalks shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred feet in length and such crosswalks shall be located as nearly as practicable to the middle of the block.

(b) The traffic engineer may place signs indicating no crossing at any given intersection.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)

§ 11.6.1. When pedestrians must use crosswalks.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district as defined in the state vehicle code.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1.,; Ord. 2002-14, eff. 8/1/2002)

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§ 11.6.2. Pedestrians prohibited on Air Base Parkway.

No pedestrian shall walk within the right of way of Air Base Parkway, except within marked crosswalks.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1; Ord. No. 80-6, § 1)

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§ 11.6.3. Skateboard riding prohibited.

From 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday, no person shall ride a skateboard on a sidewalk on Texas Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Jefferson Street.

(Ord. No. 90-26, § 1)

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§ 11.6.4. Skating and Bicycling Prohibited - Public Property.

In order to promote public safety and pursuant to the authority granted under Sections 21113(f), 21967 and 21969 of the California Vehicle Code, no person shall ride, propel or operate a skateboard, roller skates or in-line skates or ride a bicycle on public property under the jurisdiction of the City of Fairfield when such property has been designated and posted as an area where such activity is prohibited. The Director of Public Works is authorized to designate and post signs indicating those areas of public property where riding, propelling or operating a skateboard, roller skates or in-line skates or riding a bicycle is prohibited.

(Ord. No. 98-12, § 1)

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