Title
An Ordinance to Amend Section 10:148 of Chapter 126, Traffic, Title X, of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (Ordinance No. ORD-11-22)
Body
See Attached Ordinance as amended by City Council on November 10, 2011.
Staff
Sponsored by Councilmembers Briere, Taylor and Teall
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-11-22
First Reading: November 10, 2011 Published: December 22, 2011
Public Hearing: December 19, 2011 Effective: January 1, 2012
TRAFFIC
PEDESTRIANS CROSSING STREETS
An Ordinance to Amend Section 10:148 of Chapter 126, Traffic, Title X, of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor.
The City of Ann Arbor Ordains:
Section 1: That Section 10:148 of Chapter 126, Traffic, of Title X of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor be amended to read as follows:
10:148. - Pedestrians crossing streets.
(a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or are not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall stop before entering a crosswalk and yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian stopped at the curb, curb line or ramp leading to a crosswalk and to every pedestrian approaching or within a crosswalk, without regard to which portion of the roadway the pedestrian is using when the pedestrian is on the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger..
(b) A pedestrian shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into a path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible unsafe for the driver to yield.
(c) Every pedestrian 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 vehicles upon the roadway.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall take effect on the tenth day following legal publication.
As Amended by Ann Arbor City Council on November 10, 2011 and December 19, 2011
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Council of the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, at its regular session of December 19, 2011.
Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Date
John Hieftje, Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance received legal publication on the City Clerk's Webpage on December 22, 2011.
Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk