CHAPTER 75: PEDESTRIANS
   75.01   Pedestrians subject to traffic-control signals
   75.02   Safety zones
   75.03   Pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalk
   75.04   Pedestrians to use right half of crosswalk
   75.05   Prohibited crossings
   75.06   Crossing at right angles
   75.07   When pedestrian shall yield
   75.08   Walking along roadway
   75.09   Soliciting rides or business
   75.10   Drivers to exercise due care
§ 75.01 PEDESTRIANS SUBJECT TO, TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS.
   Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic-control signals as heretofore declared in §§ 71.05 and 71.06, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter.
§ 75.02 SAFETY ZONES.
   The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to establish safety zones of kind and character and at the places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
('58 Code, § 16-18)
§ 75.03 PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALK.
   (A)   When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, and at marked crosswalks established at locations other than intersections and described in Traffic Schedule XXXVIII, and when appropriate signs have been erected, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is on the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger; but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield. A pedestrians's right-of-way in a crosswalk is modified under the condition and as stated in § 75.07.
   (B)   Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
   (C)   A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
('58 Code, § 16-24.2) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 75.04 PEDESTRIANS TO USE RIGHT HALF OF CROSSWALK.
   Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, on the right half of crosswalks. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 75.05 PROHIBITED CROSSINGS.
   Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, no pedestrian shall cross at any place other than in a crosswalk. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in the central business district. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 75.06 CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES.
   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. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
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