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Shelbyville, KY Code of Ordinances
CITY OF SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY CODE OF ORDINANCES
CITY OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION/ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 3: PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
TITLE 4: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
TITLE 5: PUBLIC REGULATIONS
TITLE 6: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE 7: HOUSING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
TITLE 8: PLANNING AND ZONING
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 40.180 PEDESTRIANS SUBJECT TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS
   (A)   Pedestrians shall obey the instruction of any official traffic-control devices specifically applicable to them, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or other officially designated persons.
   (B)   Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian control signals as provided in §§ 40.043 and 40.044.
   (C)   At all other places, pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter.
(KRS 189.570(1) - (3)) Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.181 PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALKS
   (A)   When traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation the operator 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 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.
§ 40.182 PEDESTRIANS TO USE RIGHT HALF OF CROSSWALK
   Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
(KRS 189.570(11)) Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.183 CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES
   No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
(KRS 189.570(10)) Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.184 PEDESTRIAN TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CERTAIN CASES
   (A)   Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(KRS 189.570(6)(a))
   (B)   Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(KRS 189.570(6)(b))
   (C)   The foregoing rules in this section shall have no application under the conditions stated in § 40.185 when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing at certain designated places.
Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.185 PROHIBITED CROSSING
   (A)   Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
(KRS 189.570(6)(c))
   (B)   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 as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(KRS 189.570(9))
   (C)   No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in any business district.
Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.186 PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG ROADWAYS
   (A)   Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
   (B)   Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk 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 on or along a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway, and, if on a two-way roadway shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.
   (D)   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
   (E)   A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol or any kind of drug to a degree which renders himself a hazard shall not walk or be upon a highway, except on a sidewalk.
(KRS 189.570(12) - (16)) Penalty, see § 40.999
§ 40.187 SOLICITING RIDES, BUSINESS OR CONTRIBUTIONS
   (A)   No person shall stand on or in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.
   (B)   No person shall stand on or in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
   (C)   No person shall stand on or in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting contributions unless such soliciting is permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 61 of the City of Shelbyville Code of Ordinances and is conducted at a location designated by the presence of a traffic- control device or warning signal or an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle as defined in KRS 189.910 making use of the flashing, rotating, or oscillating red, blue, or yellow lights on the devices or vehicles.
   (D)   No person shall stand on or in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on that roadway.
(Am. Ord. 2020-08-06(A), passed 8-6-20) Penalty, see § 40.999
                            
Statutory reference:
   For similar provisions under state law, see KRS 189.570(19) - (22)
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