A. The city council finds that pedestrians are stepping and standing upon city-owned median islands located in the center of streets, distracting drivers, placing themselves in harm's way, and trampling landscaping. Such median islands have been installed for safety reasons to separate opposing lanes of traffic and are often landscaped for aesthetic purposes to beautify city arterials. There is no intended pedestrian use of such medians. Pedestrians may cross a street at marked crosswalks and do not need to step, stand, sit, or lie on these median islands for any purpose.
B. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public safety of drivers and pedestrians and preserve the aesthetics of the city's landscaped median islands. (Ord. 2023-11-1545 § 14 (part), 2023)