HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1211 ORDINANCE No. 1211
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 6061 and 6061.1 RELATING
TO PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS.
The City Council of the- City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
Section 1. That Sections 6061 and 6061.1 of the Hunt-
ington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby amended, and as amend-
ed, shall read in words and figures as follows :
,Section 6061 Director of Public Works to Establish Marked
Crosswalks.
(a ) The Director of Public Works shall - establish, des-
ignate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and
other places by appropriate devices , marks or lines
upon the surface of the roadway as follows :
w. Crosswalks shall be established and, maintained at
all intersections within the central traffic district
and at such intersections outside such district, and
at other places within or outside said district where
the Director of Public Works determines that there is
particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the road-
way subject to the limitation contained in (b) of
this section.
(b) Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk
shall be established in any block which is less than
four hundred (400) feet in length and such crosswalk
shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block.
(c) The Director of Public Works may place signs at or ad-
jacent to an intersection in respect to any cross-
walk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in
the crosswalk so indicated.
(d) The Director of Public Works may place signs adjacent
to a roadway,due to traffic hazard, which will pro-
hibit pedestrians from crossing at other than cross-
walks.
Section 6061.1 When Pedestrians Must Use Crosswalks. No pedes-
fFfians-shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the
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central traffic district or in any business district. No
pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk
when there are official signs posted prohibiting such a
movement.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the pass-
age and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News,
a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the
City of Huntington Beach, California, and thirty (30) days
after the adoption thereof, the same shall take effect and be
in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntihtton-Beach, -'Calitornia, this 6th day Of Udhe , Llb�6.
M,
Mayor 707-6m
ATTEST: ,
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C i ty-, C 1 e
K. L15 K L�h B U H
City Attorney---
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss :
CITY OF. HUNTINGTON BEACH
I , PAUL C . JONES , the duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular .meeting
thereof held on the 16th day of May , 19136 , and
was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 6th day of June , 19 66 , and was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a
majority of all the members of said City Council .
AYES : Councilmen:
Coen, Bartlett , Gisler , Kaufman, Shipley, Green, Stewart
NOES : Councilmen:
None
ABSENT : Councilmen:
None
I, PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK
of the City of Huntington Beach
and ex•officio Gl,! of the City
Council; do_hcreay ,ertify that City Clerk am ex-officio Clerk
this-ordinance has been published of the City Council of the City
in fhe ntingtan Beach News on of Huntington Beach, California
In ac ordance with the City Charter
of sae"u Gity.
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C'ty Clerk
Deputy City Clerk