San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 10.28 Pedestrians

Section

Statutory reference:

For provisions on local authority to establish crosswalks, see Cal. Vehicle Code, § 21106

For provisions on local regulation of pedestrian crosswalk use, see Cal. Vehicle Code, § 21961

In a business district, it is unlawful for any pedestrian to stand on the sidewalk, except as near as is physically possible to the building line or the curb line.

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941)

It is unlawful for any person to walk upon any newly made pavement or cement or concrete sidewalk upon any street where across or around such street there is a barrier, or at, or over or near which there is a person or sign warning persons not to walk or drive over or across such street, or a sign stating that the street is closed.

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941)

[Reserved]

(Repealed by Ord. MC-161, passed 5-5-1982)

Whenever and wherever pedestrian traffic in the city is controlled by an official traffic-control signal exhibiting the words “wait” in red colored lights and “walk” in green colored lights, the lighted words shall apply to pedestrians as follows:

(A) “Walk” in green lights: pedestrian facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk; and

(B) “Wait” in red lights: no pedestrian shall enter the roadway or cross any part of the roadway against a red “wait” signal.

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941; Ord. 1949, passed 7-22-1952)

The City Council may, by resolution, establish at the intersections of certain streets the “scramble system” of traffic-control for pedestrians, and the Director of Public Services is authorized and required to install and maintain the necessary traffic controls, and/or signs at or near such intersections, and the Director of Development Services is authorized and required to install and maintain the necessary traffic signals.

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941; Ord. 2288, passed 3-8-1960; Ord. MC-344, passed 2-22-1984; Ord. MC-1027, passed 9-9-1998)