Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as heretofore declared in Sections
315.060 and
315.070 of this Title, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this Chapter.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right-half
of crosswalks.
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 crosswalk.
[Ord. No. 03-04 §1, 6-24-2003]
A. It shall
be unlawful for any person to engage in any game or recreational activity
upon any street or roadway, or to walk upon the traveled portion of
any street or roadway in any manner so as to:
1. Impede
the free flow of traffic.
3. Endanger
the life, limb or health of any person.
4. Prevent
the full and complete use of such street or roadway by other persons
for the intended purposes thereof.
B. It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or any other custodian or person having responsibility for the care of any child under the age of seventeen (17) years to knowingly suffer or permit such child to violate the provisions of Subsection
(A) of this Section. In the prosecution of any parent, guardian or custodian for violating this Subsection it shall be prima facie evidence that such person acted knowingly as to the conduct of the child involved if it is shown by competent evidence that the defendant had been personally informed that the child had previously engaged in conduct prohibited by Subsection
(A) and of the responsibilities imposed by this Subsection.
C. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Section shall be punished as provided by Section
100.060 of this Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Title, every
driver of a vehicle shall exercise the highest degree of care to avoid
colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning
by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution
upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon
a roadway.
[CC 1987 §350.090; Ord. No. 80-5 §2, 1-22-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand in any street or
roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the operator of
any motor vehicle.
[Ord. No. 787 §1(10-22.3), 6-11-1974]
No pedestrian shall walk, run, play, stand, congregate or use
a street in any manner so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic on said street.
The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on the roadway, as defined in Section
300.020, shall leave a safe distance when passing the bicycle, and shall maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle.