Chapter 12-42
CITY MEDIAN ISLANDS
Sections:
12-42.010 Findings and purpose.
12-42.020 Median island defined.
12-42.030 Pedestrians prohibited on city median islands.
12-42.010 Findings and purpose.
The City Council finds that pedestrians are stepping and standing upon city-owned median islands located in the center of streets, distracting drivers, placing themselves in harm’s way, and trampling landscaping. Such median islands have been installed for safety reasons to separate opposing lanes of traffic and are often landscaped for aesthetic purposes to beautify city arterials. There is no intended pedestrian use of such medians. Pedestrians may cross a street at marked crosswalks and do not need to step, stand, sit, or lie on these median islands for any purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public safety of drivers and pedestrians and preserve the aesthetics of the city’s landscaped median islands. (Ord. 2005-12 § 1 (part))
12-42.020 Median island defined.
For purposes of this chapter, a median island is a raised and curbed area owned by the city, of variable width, located in the approximate center of the street, parallel to the travel lanes, separating opposing lanes of traffic and channelizing the location of the motor vehicle traffic. (Ord. 2005-12 § 1 (part))
12-42.030 Pedestrians prohibited on city median islands.
Pedestrians are prohibited from stepping, standing, sitting, or lying upon any median island as defined in Section 12-42.020 above. Pedestrians do not include city employees or contractors who are maintaining the median island or emergency personnel or other persons who must temporarily use the median island because of an accident or vehicular emergency. (Ord. 2005-12 § 1 (part))