Pedestrians are prohibited from stepping, standing, sitting, or lying upon any median island as defined in Section 9.65.020. For purposes of this prohibition, pedestrians do not include city employees or contractors maintaining the median island, emergency personnel or other persons temporarily using the median island because of an accident or vehicular emergency, or persons actively using an existing city crosswalk which intersects a median island and who are otherwise required to step onto a median island for safety reasons. (Ord. 2023-11-1545 § 14 (part), 2023)