Title 8 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Los Altos Municipal Code Ch. 8.12 Pedestrians
Los Altos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Los Altos
Cite as: Los Altos Municipal Code Chapter 8.12 · Text as of 2026-10-03
8.12.010 - Authority to establish crosswalks.¶
The city 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:
A.
Crosswalks may be established and maintained at all intersections and at places where the city engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in subsection B of this section.
B.
Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred (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.
(Prior code § 3-2.801)
8.12.020 - When pedestrians must use crosswalks.¶
No pedestrians shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.
(Prior code § 3-2.802)
8.12.030 - Crossing 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.
(Prior code § 3-2.803)
8.12.040 - Standing in roadways.¶
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. This section shall not apply to any public officer of employee, or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of duty.
(Prior code § 3-2.804)
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