Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic-control signals as provided
in this chapter, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted
those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this article.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-239)
(a)
Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are
in operation, pedestrians shall not cross a roadway at any place except
in a crosswalk.
(b)
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in
any business district.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-241)
(a)
Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian
to walk, jog, trot or run along and upon any adjacent roadway.
(b)
Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking, jogging,
trotting or running along and upon a street or highway shall, when
practicable, walk, jog, trot or run on the left side of the roadway,
or its shoulder, facing traffic which may approach from the opposite
direction.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-244)
The driver or operator of any motor vehicle shall not receive
or discharge passengers in the roadway of any street in the Town,
but shall drive to the righthand sidewalk as nearly as possible, or,
in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme righthand side of the
road, and there receive or discharge passengers, except upon one-way
streets, where passengers may be discharged or received at either
the righthand or lefthand sidewalk, or roadway in the absence of a
sidewalk.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-246)
The following “pedestrian crosswalk” markings or
“pedestrian crossing” signs are hereby authorized, and
the driver of a vehicle approaching such a crosswalk marking or sign
shall yield the right-of-way as required under the Texas Transportation
Code:
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On Wycliffe Avenue, 225 feet east of Oak Lawn Avenue, requiring
westbound Wycliffe traffic to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian
crossing the roadway.
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(1971 Code, sec. 15-248)
