San Fernando Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

(a) The city traffic 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: 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 such district where the city traffic 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 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 midblock.

(c) The city traffic engineer 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.

(Code 1957, § 13.55)

State Law reference— Power of local authorities to establish crosswalks, Vehicle Code § 21106.

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

(Code 1957, § 13.56)

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.

(Code 1957, § 13.57)

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 or employee or any employee of a public utility, when necessarily upon a street in the line of duty.

(Code 1957, § 13.58)

State Law reference— Standing in roadways for purpose of soliciting rides, Vehicle Code § 21957.

No pedestrian shall walk across or along any street established as a freeway, as defined by state law, except in the space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided that official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions.

(Code 1957, § 13.59)