HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0691ORDINANCE NO. 691
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 1206 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF
THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AND ADDING THERETO SECTIONS 1206.1 TO
1206.4, BOTH INCLUSIVE, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
follows:
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain as
SECTION 1. Section 1206 of the Ordinance Code of the
City of Burlingame is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Ordinance Code of the City of Burlingame
is hereby amended by adding new sections numbered 1206.1 to 1206.4
which shall read and provide as follows:
"Section 1206.1 Chief of Police to Establish Crosswalks
(a) The Chief of Police shall establish, designate
and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places
by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface
of the roadway of public streets as follows:
Crosswalks shall be established and maintained
at all intersections within the central business district
and at such intersections outside such district, and at
other places within or outside said district where the
Chief of Police determines that there is a particular
hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject -to the
limitation contained in (b) of this section.
(b) Other than crosswalks ,At intersections, no
crosswalk shall be establishedvGich is less than four
hundred (400) feet in length. Elsewhere not more than
one additional crosswalk shall be established in any one
block and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as
practicable at mid -block.
"Section 1206.2 When Pedestrians Must Use Crosswalks
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a
crosswalk in any business district.
"Section 1206.3 Crossing at Right Angles
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place
other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by
the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked
crosswalk.
Section 1206.4 Standing in Roadways
No person shall stand in any roadway other than in a
safety zone or crosswalk if such action interferes with
the lawful movement of traffic. This section shall not
apply to any public officer or employees, or employee of a
public utility when necessarily upon a street in line of
duty."
law,
SECTION 3, This ordinance shall be published as required
I. Herbert K. White, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 20th day of April , 1959, and
adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held
the 4th day of May , 1959, by the following
te:
Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd - Johnson - Morgan - Rooth - Thayer
Noes: Councilmen: None
Absent Councilmen: None
Herbert Ko 4VIiite - City Clerk