Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.58 Pedestrians

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State Law reference— Provisions on pedestrians' rights and duties, Veh. C. § 21950 et seq.

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.

B. Crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within the Central Traffic District, and at such intersections outside such district, and at other places within or outside the district, where the Traffic Engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as may be designated by ordinance of the Council.

C. The Traffic Engineer may place signs at, or adjacent to, an intersection, in respect to any crosswalk, directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

D. Crosswalks are established at the intersections and places designated in Section 10.58.060.

(Prior code § 3410.75)

In order to improve pedestrian safety, traffic flow or accessibility, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to remove existing marked crosswalks as long as notice and an opportunity to be heard is provided to the public not less than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled date of removal. The notice of proposed removal shall be posted at the crosswalk identified for removal, as well as such other locations as the City Traffic Engineer shall designate. The notice of proposed removal shall further set forth the form and method of providing input relating to the proposed removal.

(ORD-09-0021, § 33, 2009)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway, other than by a crosswalk, in the Central Traffic District, or in any business district, except at intersections where pedestrian traffic is controlled by a scramble-system automatic signal.

(Prior code § 3410.76)

Editor's note— ORD-09-0014, § 1, adopted June 9, 2009, repealed § 10.58.030, which pertained to pedestrian angle or crossing and derived from prior Code § 3410.77.

No pedestrian shall stand in any roadway, other than in a safety zone or crosswalk, nor shall any pedestrian walk lengthwise along and within a roadway in a manner that interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This Section shall not apply to any public officers or employees, or employees of public utilities, contractors or other agencies when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.

(Prior code § 3410.78)

The Traffic Engineer is authorized to designate upon the surface of the roadway, by appropriate devices or marks, safety zones at such places and locations as he deems necessary.

(Prior code § 3410.79)

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place and maintain crosswalks as he may deem necessary to regulate or guide pedestrian traffic, but he shall make such determination of necessity only upon the basis of Traffic Engineering principals and traffic investigations, and in accordance with such standards, limitation and rules as may be set forth in the traffic provisions of this Chapter or applicable laws of the State.

(ORD-09-0021, § 30, 2009; Ord. C 7927 § 1, 2004; Ord. C 7287 § 3, 1994; Ord. C 7068 § 11, 1993: Ord. C 5774 § 6, 1981; Ord. C 5394 § 8, 1978; Ord. C 5298 § 1, 1977; Ord. C 5270 § 1, 1976: Ord. C 5247 § 1, 1976; prior code § 3410.137)

Editor's note— ORD-09-0021, § 30, adopted Aug. 4, 2009, renamed former § 10.58.060 entitled "Crosswalks—Locations" as set out herein.