(A) Pedestrians are prohibited from crossing a heavily traveled roadway at any place except a crosswalk. If there is no crosswalk on a heavily traveled roadway, a pedestrian may cross a heavily traveled roadway only at an intersection in which a traffic control signal or other device is in place. If neither is present, a person may cross a heavily traveled roadway only at an intersection.
(B) No person shall sleep, lay, or camp on any alley, street, sidewalk, median, or city right-of-way.
(C) Pedestrians are prohibited from standing or being on a median or gore of a heavily traveled roadway unless he or she is in the process of legally crossing a heavily traveled roadway.
(D) No person, other than the occupant of a vehicle shall be on a heavily traveled roadway, unless otherwise provided by law. Pedestrians while upon a heavily traveled roadway, are prohibited from approaching a vehicle operating on such heavily traveled roadway except for the actions contained in division (E).
(E) Divisions (C) and (D) do not apply to:
(1) Any person in a legally parked vehicle at the curb or shoulder;
(2) Any person engaged in law enforcement or rescue activities or with an emergency repair or maintenance of a vehicle;
(3) Any person entering a stopped vehicle as an invited passenger where it is lawful to do so, including accessing taxicabs or public transportation;
(4) Any person working on a heavily traveled roadway with a valid permit; or
(5) Any person in compliance with the provisions of KRS 189.570(21) and the following pedestrian safety measures:
(a) Be at least 18 years of age;
(b) Persons must wear vests as described by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices;
(c) Persons must place at least four orange cones per lane utilized with a minimum height of at least 28 inches and be placed at a minimum of 15 feet apart from the closest orange cone;
(d) Persons must withdraw from an intersection to a place of safety on a median or on the side of a heavily traveled roadway before the light turns green or as soon as safely possible;
(e) Persons must limit solicitation activity to one person for each lane of traffic;
(f) Persons must refrain from yelling at or otherwise distracting motorists, and from touching any vehicle; and
(g) Persons shall not conduct any solicitation activity before sunrise or after sunset, as published daily by the National Weather Service, or in inclement weather during which wipers or lights are necessary for safe vehicular travel, or in the judgement of any law enforcement officer conducting solicitation activity would constitute a hazard to individuals conducting solicitation activity or to motorists.
(F) The following streets are designated heavily traveled roadways for the purposes of this section:
(1) Blairwood Road;
(2) Blairwood Access Way;
(3) Linn Station Road;
(4) Liberty Bank Lane;
(5) Nottingham Parkway;
(6) Shelbyville Road;
(7) S. Hurstbourne Parkway;
(8) Oxmoor Woods Parkway;
(9) S. Lyndon Lane;
(10) Whittington Parkway;
(11) Seaton Springs Parkway; and
(12) Colonel Anderson Parkway.
(G) This section also applies to the first 200 feet of any roadway that intersects with a heavily traveled roadway, as measured from the point where the roadway and the heavily traveled roadway intersect.
(Ord. 21-03, passed 2-23-21)