At all locations in the Borough of Northampton where official traffic-control signals are installed, pedestrians, except where directed otherwise by pedestrian-control signals installed under §
234-82 of this article, shall obey the directions of those traffic-control signals, as follows:
A. When facing a green signal, a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway
within a crosswalk;
B. When facing a steady yellow signal, a pedestrian shall not start
to cross the roadway;
C. When facing a steady red signal, a pedestrian shall not enter the
roadway.
[Amended 8-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1083]
A. At the following locations, official pedestrian-control signals shall
be erected (or are ratified if previously erected):
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Street
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Intersection
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Direction of Travel
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Main Street
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Laubach Avenue
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North-South-East-West
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Main Street
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Twenty-First Street
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North-South-East-West
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Main Street
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Twenty-Fourth Street
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North-South-East-West
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B. Every pedestrian facing a steady or flashing "Don't Walk" signal
shall obey the directions of that signal, as follows:
(1) When facing a steady "Don't Walk" signal, a pedestrian shall not
start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but any
pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the "Walk"
signal should proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the "Don't
Walk" signal is showing.
(2) When facing a flashing "Don't Walk" signal a pedestrian shall not
start to cross the roadway in the direction of the indication, but
any pedestrian who has partly completed crossing during the "Walk"
indication should proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone.
C. Any pedestrian who fails to obey the directions of a Don't Walk"
signal, as indicated above, shall be guilty of an offense and a violation
of this article.
Except when authorized by a police officer or other appropriately
attired person authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic,
it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross the roadway at any
of the following streets, at the intersection with that street indicated.
Street
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Intersection
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Direction of Travel
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(Reserved)
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It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian:
A. To cross any roadway in a business district within the Borough except
in a crosswalk;
B. To cross the roadway, in any of the following portions of streets
in the Borough, except in a crosswalk:
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Street
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Between
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(Reserved)
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C. Provided: nothing in this section shall permit any pedestrian to cross in a crosswalk at any location where that crossing is prohibited by §
234-82 of this article.
Any pedestrian who violates any provision of this article shall
be guilty of a summary offense, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of $5 and costs.