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Article XIV — TRAFFIC

Richmond Municipal Code Ch. 14.36 Pedestrian Regulations

Richmond Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-08 · Richmond

Cite as: Richmond Municipal Code Chapter 14.36 · Text as of 2026-10-08

14.36.010 - Director of public works to establish marked crosswalks.

(a) The director of public works 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:

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 said district where the director of public works determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in (b) of this section.

(b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred feet in length and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock.

(c) The director of public works 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.

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14.36.020 - Men pedestrians must use crosswalks.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district.

(Source: Ord. No. 1753.)

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