Chapter 9.44
PEDESTRIANS
Sections:
9.44.010 Subject to traffic control signals.
9.44.020 Using right half of crosswalk.
9.44.040 Obedience to bridge, railroad signals.
9.44.050 Operators to exercise due care.
9.44.010 Subject to traffic control signals.
Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as declared in RCW 46.60.240 and 46.60.250. At all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this section. (Ord. 651 § 43, 1967)
9.44.020 Using right half of crosswalk.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. (Ord. 651 § 44, 1967)
9.44.030 Duties.
(a) Pedestrians shall not step into that portion of the street open to moving traffic at any point between intersections in the central business district, in any business district, on any arterial highway, or between adjacent intersections of streets by stop signs, except at marked crosswalks or other places specially provided.
(b) Pedestrians shall not cross street intersections diagonally except at such signalized intersections that provide for a pedestrian all walk phase.
(c) Pedestrians crossing a roadway other than at intersection crosswalks shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (Ord. 651 § 45, 1967)
9.44.040 Obedience to bridge, railroad signals.
(a) No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond the bridge signal, gate, or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication has been given.
(b) No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (Ord. 651 § 46, 1967)
9.44.050 Operators to exercise due care.
Not withstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, every operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway. He shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary. He shall exercise special precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway. (Ord. 651 § 47, 1967)
9.44.060 Violation—Penalty.
Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is a traffic offense, whether or not the act at issue occurred upon a roadway, and shall be punished as follows:
(a) First Offense. The first offense within a five-year period shall be deemed an infraction and shall be punished by a penalty of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, including all costs and assessments, and not less than fifty dollars, which minimum amount shall not be suspended or deferred, but the court may authorize community service in lieu of all or part of this penalty.
(b) Second Offense. A second or subsequent offense within a five-year period shall be deemed an infraction and shall be punished by a penalty of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, including all costs and assessments, and not less than seventy-five dollars, which minimum amount shall not be suspended or deferred, but the court may authorize community service in lieu of all or part of this penalty.
Law enforcement officers commissioned by the city are authorized to issue a notice of infraction upon certification that the officer has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that a person has committed an infraction contrary to the provisions of this chapter. The infraction need not have been committed in the issuing officer’s presence except as otherwise provided by law. (Ord. 1617 § 1, 2013)