City of Long Beach - File #: 09-0533

• File #: 09-0533
• Version: 2
• Name: ATTORNEY-ORD Pedestrian Angle of Crossing
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/20/2009
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/9/2009
• Final action: 6/9/2009
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by repealing Section 10.58.030 relating to pedestrian angle of crossing, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: City Attorney
• Code sections: 10.58.030 - Angle of crossing.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/9/2009	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
6/2/2009	1	City Council	declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass

TITLE

Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by repealing Section 10.58.030 relating to pedestrian angle of crossing, read and adopted as read.  (Citywide)

DISCUSSION

Section 10.58.030 of the Long Beach Municipal Code provides that 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, and except at intersections where pedestrian traffic is controlled by a scramble-system automatic signal.

California courts have ruled this type of street crossing regulation by municipalities to be unconstitutional on the grounds that pedestrian street crossing is an area of law occupied by the state.

SUGGESTED ACTION

Approve recommendation.

Respectfully Submitted,

ROBERT E. SHANNON, City Attorney

By

      GARY ANDERSON

      Deputy City Attorney

BODY

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING SECTION 10.58.030 RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN ANGLE OF CROSSING.