West Covina Municipal Code Art. VI Pedestrians

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State Law reference— Authority to prevent pedestrians crossing roadways at other than crosswalks, Veh. Code, § 21961.

(a) The city council may establish, designate and maintain marked crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway. Marked crosswalks shall be established and maintained at all intersections where the traffic authority determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to limitations contained in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than six hundred (600) feet in length. Elsewhere, not more than one (1) additional crosswalk shall be established in any one (1) block and such crosswalk shall be located as near as practicable to mid-block.

(c) The public works director or designee may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any unmarked crosswalk, directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the unmarked crosswalk so indicated.

(Code 1960, § 3161; Ord. No. 2531, § 34, 7-15-25)

(a) 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.

(b) 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.

(c) This section shall not apply to any police officer, surveyor, street sweeper or to another person when necessary for such person to be upon the street in the line of duty.

(Code 1960, § 3162)

(a) No operator of a motor vehicle shall stop or park to load or unload juvenile passengers where such loading or unloading is in a location which would cause the juvenile to use any portion of the roadway:

(1) Where such loading or unloading is prohibited by signage;

(2) In an intersection, private driveway, or traffic lane;

(3) In a manner that places passengers in a hazardous situation, including but not limited to beckoning a juvenile to cross the street other than in a crosswalk.

(b) Notwithstanding, subsection (a) shall not apply when the operator is directed to stop or park and passengers to unload at the direction of a peace officer.

(c) As used in this section, "juvenile" means children seventeen (17) years of age or younger.

(Ord. No. 2003, § 2, 9-23-97; Ord. No. 2128, § 1, 2-15-05)