Rancho Santa Margarita Municipal Code Ch. 11.09 Pedestrians Prohibited on City Street Medians

It is the purpose and intent of this Chapter to ensure the safety of pedestrians and drivers in the City and preserve the landscaping and hardscaping of the City's median islands.

(Ord. No. 06-03, § 1, 4-12-2006)

For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this Chapter, words, phrases and terms used herein shall have their ordinary meaning, unless otherwise indicated as follows:

Median shall be defined as a raised and curbed area within the City street right of way, located in the approximate center of the street, parallel to the travel lanes, separating opposing lanes of traffic. "Median" is also synonymous with "street median", "City median" and "median island".

(Ord. No. 06-03, § 1, 4-12-2006)

No pedestrian shall step, stand, sit, or lay upon any City street median. For purposes of this Chapter, pedestrians do not include City employees or contractors maintaining the medians, emergency personnel or other persons temporarily using the median because of an accident or vehicular emergency, or persons actively using an existing City crosswalk, which intersects a median, who are otherwise required to step onto a median for safety reasons.

(Ord. No. 06-03, § 1, 4-12-2006)