ORDINANCE NO. 4293
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING NEW CHAPTER 10.82 ENTITLED "CENTER MEDIANS"
WHEREAs, the City of Huntington Beach is a charter city and municipal corporation duly created and existing under a charter pursuant to which the City has the right and power to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to add new Chapter 10.82 Entitled "Center Medians" to read as follows:
"Chapter 10.82 CENTER MEDIANS
10.82.010 Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
"Gore" shall mean and refer to the area between a through roadway and an exit ramp. This term may also refer to the similar area between a through roadway and a converging entrance ramp. "Island" shall mean and refer to a defined area between roadway lanes for control of vehicle movements or pedestrian refuge. Within an intersection, a median or an outer separation is considered an island.
"Landscape buffer" or "landscape strip" shall mean and refer to a planted section adjacent to the legs of a roundabout that separates users of the roadway from users of the shared use/class I bikeways and assists with guiding pedestrians to the designated crossing locations. "Median" shall mean and refer to that portion of the highway separating the traveled ways in opposite directions, whether painted or raised.
"Splitter island" shall mean and refer to a raised or painted traffic island that separates traffic in opposing directions of travel. They are typically used at roundabouts and on minor road approaches to an intersection.
10.82.020 Standing, sitting, or occupying center medians prohibited ORDINANCE NO. 4293
No person shall stand, sit or occupy any median, island, gore, landscape buffer, landscape strip, or splitter island for any purpose other than to do so temporarily while lawfully crossing any roadway.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of _20_
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
FOC C.D.%.
City Manager Chief of Police
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