CITY OF BUCHANAN – ORDINANCE AMENDMENT – PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALKS

CITY OF BUCHANAN BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN

ORDINANCE 2022.09/434, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 98.25,

PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALKS

A regular meeting of the City of Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, held at the Buchanan City Hall on September 26, 2022 , at 7 p.m., Commissioner Swem moved to adopt the following Ordinance, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Downey.

THE CITY OF BUCHANAN ORDAINS:

Chapter 98- TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES ARTICLE I IN GENERAL

Secs. 98.1- 98.24- Reserved

ARTICLE II UNIFORM TRAFFIC CODE AND VEHICLE CODE Sec. 98-25- PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALKS

1. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, where traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation, or traffic is being regulated by a public safety officer, the driver of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or bicyclist stopped at the curb, curbline, or ramp leading to the crosswalk and to every pedestrian and bicyclist crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection where signage is present.
2. Whenever any vehicle is stopped at either a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian or bicyclist to cross a roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
3. A pedestrian or bicyclist shall stop at the curb, curbline, or ramp leading to a crosswalk before entering the roadway. A pedestrian or bicyclist shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk, run, or ride into the path of a vehicle that is so close to the crosswalk that it is difficult for the driver of the vehicle to yield.
4. Every pedestrian or bicyclist crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of­ way to all oncoming vehicles upon the roadway.
5. A pedestrian or bicyclist crossing a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to an authorized emergency vehicle sounding an audible signal, unless engaged in an emergency run in which silence is required and displaying a flashing, oscillating, or rotating red or blue light.