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1 ORDINANCE NO. ______
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERCED, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 10.24, “PEDESTRIANS”
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERCED DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
The Merced Municipal Code shall be amended to add the following:
Section:
10.24.020 Pedestrian Crossings
A. (1) Pedestrians must use due care when crossing the roadway; and
(2) No Pedestrians shall cross the roadway at any
place except in a crosswalk, within a business district, and at other places within or outside business districts where such crosswalks are present.
B. (1) Due care means a reasonably careful person
would realize there is an immediate danger of a
collision with a moving vehicle or other device
moving exclusively by human power and not attempt
a roadway crossing under such conditions.
(2) This subdivision does not relieve a driver of a
vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the
safety of any pedestrian within the roadway.
(3) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5
(commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of
the California Penal Code, shall not stop a pedestrian
solely for a violation of subdivision (a) unless there is an immediate danger of collision.
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X:>ORDINANCES>CITYATTORNEY>2025>PEDISTRIAN CROSSING ORDINANCE (REDLINE).DOCX 2 10.24.020 Standing in roadways.
No person shall stand in any roadway other than in a safety zone or in a crosswalk if such action interferes with the lawful movement of traffic. This section shall not apply to any public officer or employee, or employee of a public utility when necessarily upon a street in the line of duty. (Prior code § 16.40).
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X:>ORDINANCES>CITYATTORNEY>2025>PEDISTRIAN CROSSING ORDINANCE (REDLINE).DOCX 3 The foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Merced on the ____ day of ______________, 2026, and was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the ____ day of ________________, 2026, by the following called vote:
AYES: Council Members:
NOES: Council Members:
ABSENT: Council Members:
ABTAIN: Council Members:
APPROVED:
MATTHEW SERRATTO, MAYOR
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Mayor
ATTEST:
D. SCOTT MCBRIDE, CITY CLERK
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(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CRAIG J. CORNWELL, City Attorney