HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1987 1104 CC ADJ ITEM 08DMOORPARK ITEM <?. bi
CLINT HARPER, Ph.D.
Mayor
aOISEBROWN
Mayor Pro Tern
THOMAS C. FERGUSON
Council member
JOHN GALLOWAY
Council member
JOHN PATRICK LANE
Councilmember
MAUREEN W. WALL
City Clerk
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
MEMORANDUM
The Honorable City Council
John F. Knipe, Assistant City
October 28, 1987
SUBJECT: Downtown Crosswalks
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
STEVEN KUENY
City Manager
CHERYL J. KANE
City Attorney
PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Director of
Community Development
R. DENNIS DELZEIT
City Engineer
JOHN V. GILLESPIE
Chief of Police
THOMAS P. GENOVESE
City Treasurer
Enginee~~
At a recent Council meeting, interest was expressed for the
installation of crosswalks across Moorpark Avenue and High
Street at several uncontrolled intersections.
Extensive documentation exists which indicates that marked
crosswalks at uncontrolled intersections impart a false
sense of .security to pedestrians and exhibit higher accident
rates tha:n unmarked crosswalks. Because the Vehicle Code
states that a pedestrian crosswalk exists at each street
corner unless otherwise signed, installation of a marked
crosswalk may have adverse effects and is not recommended.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
This material is provided for information only and no action
is required.
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cc: Steve Kueny, city Manager
799 Moorpark Avenue
R. Dennis Delzeit, City Engineer
Mark Wessel, Sr. Engineer
Patrick Dobbins, Project Engineer
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Moorpark, California 93021
OCT 3 o 1987
CITY Of MOORPARK
(805) 529-6864
CHAPTER :S. PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES
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21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway wi�hin any marked crosswalk or _witli!n a.n_y unmarked crosswalk at an intersect10n, except as otherwise provided m this . chapter. • , ' (b)The provisions of this section shall not relieve a pedestrian from theduty of•using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian shall suddenly ·.. leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehiclewhich is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. No pedestrian shall . unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while In a marked or unmarked crosswalk. (c)'The provisions of subdivision (h) shall not relieve a driver of a vehiclefrom the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an inte�sec�on. Amended Ch. 126e, Stats. 1965. Effective September 17, 1965. Amended Ch. 1001, Stats. 1970. Effective November 23, 1970. , . Amended Ch. 741, Stats. 1982. Effective January l, 1983. . .1
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21951. Whenever any vehicle ha� stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped ve hicle. , . . . ..
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• 21952. The driver of any motor vehicle, prior to driving over or upon anysidewalk, shall yield the right•of-way to any pedestrian approaching thereon.
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275...Crosswalk"' is either:
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(a)That portion of a roadway included within the prolongation orconnection of the ·boundary lines of sidewalks at intersection' where the intersecting roadways meet at. approximately right angles, except the prolongation .of such lines from an alley across a street · , • .. (b)Any portion of a roadway d�stinctly indicated for pedestrian. crossingby lines or other markings on the surface. : •. ' : •. . Notwithstanding the foregoin, provisions of this section. there sha.11 not be. a crosswalk where local (lUthoribes have placed signs indicating no crossing.
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