Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Portola Valley Municipal Code Ch. 10.56 Crosswalks
Portola Valley Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Portola Valley
Cite as: Portola Valley Municipal Code Chapter 10.56 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10.56.010 - Traffic engineer to establish—Placement.¶
The town traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain marked crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, as follows: Marked crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections within any central traffic district which may be designated by the town or in any business district, and at such intersections outside such districts, and at other places within or outside the districts where the town traffic engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway, subject to the limitation contained in Section 10.56.020.
(Ord. 1968-93 § 1 (3719.0 (a)), 1969)
10.56.020 - Limitations on placement.¶
Other than marked crosswalks at intersections, no marked crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred feet in length and such marked crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock.
(Ord. 1968-93 § 1 (3719.0 (b)), 1969)
10.56.030 - Certain crosswalks not for pedestrian use—Signing.¶
The town traffic engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any marked crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the marked crosswalk so indicated.
(Ord. 1968-93 § 1 (3719.0 (c)), 1969)
10.56.040 - Pedestrian use of crosswalks required in certain districts.¶
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a marked crosswalk in any central traffic district which may be designated by the town, or in any business district.
(Ord. 1968-93 § 1 (3719.1), 1969)
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