O22-66

City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2022-10-11)

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ORDINANCE NO. O22-66 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AMENDING 
THE GLENDALE CITY CODE, CHAPTER 24 (MOTOR 
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), ARTICLE XII (PEDESTRIAN’S 
DUTIES), SECTION 24-161 (PROHIBITED CROSSING). 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
 
SECTION 1.  That Glendale City Code Chapter 24 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Article 
XII (Pedestrian’s Duties), Section 24-161 (Prohibited Crossing) is amended and shall read as 
follows: 
 
Section 24-161 – Pedestrians crossing or stopping in roadway 
 
(a) 
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in any 
business district. 
(b) 
No pedestrian may stop or remain in the portion of the roadway designed 
for vehicular use or in any painted or raised traffic island or median not 
designated for use by pedestrians except to wait to cross the roadway at the 
next pedestrian signal, when traffic has stopped, cleared or yielded. 
(c) 
Before any pedestrian is cited for a civil violation of this section, the 
pedestrian must be given a warning by an enforcement officer of the City. The 
first violation of this section after a warning is given is a civil traffic offense 
and a second or any subsequent violation of this section is a Class 1 
misdemeanor. 
 
 
 
 
SECTION 2.  That provisions of this ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days 
after the passage of this ordinance by Glendale City Council.   
 
 
 
 
(Signatures on the following page)

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of 
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 11th day of October, 2022. 
 
                                                 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
                                                         
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk        (SEAL) 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
                                                        
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
                                                        
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager