Chapter 10.34
PEDESTRIAN INTERACTION WITH OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES
Sections:
10.34.030 Unlawful pedestrian interaction with occupants of vehicles on a roadway—Exceptions.
10.34.040 Unlawful pedestrian interference with sight distance.
10.34.045 Unlawful pedestrian interference.
10.34.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the city’s fundamental interest in public peace, health, and safety by regulating certain pedestrian interaction with occupants of vehicles that are being operated upon roadways or pedestrians within the city of Ocean Shores. The purpose of this chapter is also to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by preventing obstruction of the sight distance triangle. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the city’s fundamental interest in public peace, health and safety by preventing hindrance or obstruction to free passage of any person or persons passing on or along any sidewalk or street in the city of Ocean Shores. (Ord. 1093, 2022)
10.34.020 Definitions.
“Driveway” means an access which connects a lot, structure, or parking area with a roadway.
“Enter” means to cross the vertical plane of the edge of a roadway with any part of a person’s body, any implement or device, or any extension thereof.
“Interact” means actual physical contact or the giving or receiving of any item from one person to another.
“Obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic” means to walk, stand, sit, lie, or place an object in such a manner as to block passage by another person or a driver of a vehicle, or to cause another person or a driver of a vehicle to take evasive action to avoid physical contact. Acts authorized by a permit issued pursuant to the Ocean Shores Municipal Code shall not constitute obstruction of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
“Public place” means an area generally visible to public view and includes alleys, bridges, buildings, driveways, parking lots, parks, plazas, sidewalks and streets open to the general public, including those that serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them.
“Roadway” has the meaning given that term in RCW 46.04.500, as currently adopted or as it may be amended in the future.
“Sight distance triangle” means the triangular area at the intersection of two roadways or the intersection of a driveway and a roadway formed by two intersecting lines twenty feet in length which correspond to the straight-line projections of the pavement edges or curb face and a third line which connects the extremities of the other two, as shown by the dashed lines in the following figure:
“Vehicle” has the meaning given that term in RCW 46.04.670, as currently adopted or as it may be amended in the future. (Ord. 1093, 2022)
10.34.030 Unlawful pedestrian interaction with occupants of vehicles on a roadway—Exceptions.
A. It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to enter a roadway and interact with or to verbally engage an occupant of any operating vehicle.
B. Exceptions. It is not a violation under this section if the person entering a roadway:
1. Contacts a vehicle occupant when the vehicle is legally parked;
2. Is summoning aid in an emergency; or
3. Is a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of official duties. (Ord. 1093, 2022)
10.34.040 Unlawful pedestrian interference with sight distance.
It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to stop or stand within the sight distance triangle so as to obstruct or interfere with the view from any vehicle entering the intersection of two roadways or a driveway and a roadway, except that a pedestrian may stop or stand temporarily within the sight distance triangle while waiting to cross the roadway or driveway at the intersection. (Ord. 1093, 2022)
10.34.045 Unlawful pedestrian interference.
A person is guilty of pedestrian interference if, in a public place, he or she intentionally obstructs pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (Ord. 1093, 2022)
10.34.050 Violation—Penalty.
Violations of this section are classified as civil infractions under Section 7.01.060, and hold the following monetary penalties for civil infractions committed within the city of Ocean Shores:
A. First offense shall be a Class 4 civil infraction with a maximum penalty of twenty-five dollars, not including statutory assessments.
B. Second offense shall be a Class 3 civil infraction with a maximum penalty of fifty dollars, not including statutory assessments.
C. Third offense shall be a Class 2 civil infraction with a maximum penalty of one hundred twenty-five dollars, not including statutory assessments.
D. Fourth offense shall be a Class 1 civil infraction with a maximum penalty of two hundred fifty dollars, not including statutory assessments. (Ord. 1093, 2022)