(a) At intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or by police officers, pedestrians shall yield the right of way to vehicles lawfully proceeding directly ahead on a "go" signal and operators of vehicles shall yield the right of way to pedestrians crossing or those who have started to cross the roadway on the "go" signal. A pedestrian crossing or starting to cross in any such crosswalk on a green or "go" signal shall have the right of way over all vehicles, including those making turns, until such pedestrian has reached the opposite curb or a safety zone, and no operator of any vehicle shall fail to yield the right of way to any such pedestrian. Furthermore, the operators of vehicles shall not stop, obstruct, park or leave any occupied or unoccupied vehicle upon or across any marked crosswalk or across any intersecting roadway unless directed by a police officer or under exigent circumstances, as defined herein.
(1) Exigent circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. Accidents in which the vehicle(s) cannot be moved from the crosswalk or intersecting roadway.
B. Disabled vehicle(s) that cannot be moved from the crosswalk or intersecting roadway.
C. Vehicle(s) that must pull into the crosswalk or intersecting roadway in order to allow an emergency vehicle to pass.
(2) Vehicle(s) that had to be temporarily stopped, parked or left upon or across a crosswalk or across an intersecting roadway due to exigent circumstances shall be immediately moved once the exigency has passed.
(b) At all intersections controlled by traffic control signals or by police officers, no pedestrian shall cross or attempt to cross any street when the green or "go" signal is open for vehicular traffic, nor shall any pedestrian cross or attempt to cross any street at such intersections except within the marked crosswalk for pedestrians.
(c) No pedestrian shall cross or attempt to cross any street in Continental Square except within the lines of the marked crosswalks for pedestrians.
(d) Penalties for Violation. Whoever violates any provision of Section 513.10 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days.
(Ord. 20-2009. Passed 6-2-09.)