Gilroy Municipal Code Art. VIII Pedestrians

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**State law references—**Pedestrian street laws, Veh. Co. A., § 21950 et seq.

The city administrator, with approval of the city council, is authorized to establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate markings upon streets, road-ways and alleys in the city.

**State law references—**Establishment of crosswalks by cities, Veh. C.A., §§ 21106, 21109.

(Ord. No. 480, § 37; Ord. No. 79-26, § 2, 10-1-1979)

Editor’s note: Section 15.105, authorizing the city administrator to designate crosswalks, derived from Ord. No. 480, § 37, was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 79-26, adopted Oct. 1, 1979. This authority is now granted in § 15.104.

A stop bar or limit line shall be painted in accordance with specifications published by the State of California, Department of Transportation, at all locations where stop signs are installed and where no crosswalks are painted.

(Ord. No. 480, § 37; Ord. No. 79-26, § 2, 10-1-1979; Ord. No. 84-13, § 1, 8-6-1984)

(Repealed by Ord. No. 941, § 1, 11-15-1971)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district or in any school zone that is posted with a SCHOOL sign and a NO CROSS-ING sign.

(Ord. No. 480, § 38; Ord. No. 2012-11, § 3, 8-6-2012)

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For state law as to pedestrians crossing roadways, see Veh. C. A., §§ 21954, 21955, 21961.

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. 480, § 39)

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

(Ord. No. 480, § 40)

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For state law as to standing in roadways for purposes of soliciting rides, see Veh. C. A., § 21957.