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Title 6 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 6.36 Pedestrians

La Puente Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · La Puente

Cite as: La Puente Municipal Code Chapter 6.36 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sections:

  • 6.36.010 Crosswalks—Establishment and maintenance.

  • 6.36.020 Pedestrians must use crosswalks.

  • 6.36.030 Crossing roadway at right angles.

  • 6.36.040 Standing or walking in roadways.

6.36.010 Crosswalks—Establishment and maintenance.

The City Traffic Engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, markings, or lines upon the surface of the roadway when vehicular and pedestrian traffic movement require the same for the safety of the public.

(Ord. 1 § 3450, as amended by Ord. 40; May 20, 1957)

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6.36.020 Pedestrians must use crosswalks.

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

(Ord. 15, 1956: Ord. 1 § 3451, 1956)

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6.36.030 Crossing roadway at right angles.

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. 15, 1956: Ord. 1 § 3450, 1956)

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6.36.040 Standing or walking in roadways.

No person shall stand or walk 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 or employee, or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.

(Ord. 15, 1956: Ord. 1 § 3453, 1956)

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