Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 10.32 PEDESTRIANS1

A. Traffic authority 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 and at such other places where the traffic authority 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 four hundred 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 mid-block. (Ord. 467 §1, 2002; Ord. 50 §45, 1951).

A. Whenever a marked pedestrian crosswalk has been established in a roadway contiguous to a school building or the grounds thereof, which shall be in conformance with Section 21368 of the Vehicle Code, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk so designated.

B. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than at a crosswalk in a general commercial district (C-2 zone) as defined and delineated in the city zoning ordinance as set forth in Chapter 17.18 in the city zoning ordinance except those areas within the district that have a designated parking mall within the zone.

C. Any person violating any of the terms of this section shall be deemed guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 421 §§1--3, 1997).

1 For statutory provisions on local authority to establish crosswalks, see Vehicle Code §21106; for provisions on local regulation of pedestrian crosswalk use, see Vehicle Code §21961.