Huntington Park Municipal Code Art. 10 Pedestrian Regulations

(a) Authority to Establish. The Traffic Authority shall establish, designate, and maintain crosswalks by appropriate devices, markings, or lines upon the surface of the roadway at all intersections within the business district, at such intersections outside the business district, and at other places within or outside the business district where the Traffic Authority determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Limitations. Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than 400 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.

(§ 53, Ord. 912)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the business district.

(§ 54, Ord. 912)

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.

(§ 55, Ord. 912)

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

(§ 56, Ord. 912)

(a) No person shall operate, maintain, or possess a pushcart while upon any public sidewalk or public street. Pedestrians shall have the right-of-way on sidewalks. The prohibition in this section shall not apply to sidewalk vendors operating pushcarts in accordance with Chapter 11, Title 4 of this Code. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, with the exception of sidewalk vendors operating a pushcart in accordance with Chapter 11, Title 4 of this Code.

(b) For purposes of this chapter pushcart shall mean a wheeled device, measuring greater than two (2′) feet by two (2′) feet but less than ten (10′) feet in length, which is propelled by hand including, but not limited to, shopping carts and laundry carts (as defined in Business and Professions Code Section 22435) and other devices by which goods of any kind are transported, moved or drawn, except for devices designed for the transportation of persons irrespective of the actual use.

(c) Sidewalk shall mean that portion of a highway, other than the roadway, set apart for pedestrian travel and shall mean any portion of the sidewalk between the property line and the curb.

(d) For purposes of this chapter "street" shall mean any public street, avenue, mad boulevard, alley, highway, or other public place located in the City and established for the use of vehicles.

(§ 1, Ord. 780-NS, eff. June 15, 2006, as amended by § 4, Ord. 2018-970, eff. December 4, 2018, and § 4, Ord. 2018-971, eff. December 18, 2018)