(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, no pedestrian shall walk, jog or run along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking, jogging or running along and upon a highway shall walk, jog or run only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(c) Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking, jogging or running along and upon a highway shall walk, jog or run as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway and, if on a two-way roadway, shall walk, jog or run only on the left side of the roadway facing oncoming traffic.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Ohio R.C. 4511.13 and 4511.56, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(e) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a sidewalk, shoulder, berm, curb or other place of safety and walk, jog or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(f) No person shall purposely walk, jog, run, stand on or otherwise be in or upon any public street or highway open to motor vehicular traffic in such a manner as to obstruct or interfere with the free flow of vehicular traffic, or to cause or contribute to an actual or imminent hazardous condition as to any vehicle or person.
(g) No person shall walk, jog or run in or upon any public street or highway open to motor vehicular traffic from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at any other time when there are unfavorable atmospheric conditions or when there is not sufficient natural light to render discernible persons, vehicles and substantial objects on the street at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead, unless such person is wearing reflective clothing or a reflective device of sufficient size and reflective capacity to be seen at a distance of not less than 500 feet to the person's front and rear, when illuminated by two standard automobile headlights operating at the lawful lower beam setting.
(Ord. 1990-114. Passed 5-15-90.)