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ORDINANCE G-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36, ARTICLE X,
SECTION 36-128 RELATING TO CROSSING OR
STOPPING IN A ROADWAY TO REMOVE REQUIREMENT
THAT PEDESTRIAN RECEIVE A WARNING BEFORE
BEING ISSUED A CITATION FOR A CIVIL VIOLATION.
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WHEREAS, in May 2014, in response to health and safety concerns,
specifically the number of vehicle crashes involving pedestrians with injuries and
fatalities, resulting from pedestrians improperly standing or remaining in roadway traffic
islands and medians, the Council of the City of Phoenix passed Ordinance G-5960
amending Phoenix City Code Section 36-128 (Crossing a Roadway) to also prohibit a
pedestrian from stopping or remaining in a roadway traffic island or median, except for
the purpose of legally crossing the roadway, and further designating the first violation a
civil traffic offense and the second and all subsequent violations a class 1
misdemeanor. The amendment further required that before any pedestrian is cited for a
civil violation, the pedestrian must be given a warning by law enforcement.
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that a warning requirement does not
effectively address the health and safety requirements because it is often not possible
to ensure that pedestrians are not stopping or remaining in the roadway.
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WHEREAS, City staff has recommended amending Section 36-128 to
remove the warning requirement to allow law enforcement to address stopping and
standing in a median and to further the objective of protecting the health and safety of
pedestrians and drivers in the City.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PHOENIX as follows:
SECTION 1. The Phoenix City Code, Chapter 36, Article X, Section 128,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36-128. Crossing or stopping in a roadway.
A.
Except in a crosswalk, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place
other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to
the opposite curb. A pedestrian shall not cross a roadway where
prohibited by appropriate signs, markings, devices or by law.
B.
No pedestrian may stop or remain in the portion of the roadway designed
for vehicular use or in a 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 or, in the absence of a pedestrian signal, when
traffic has cleared or yielded.
C.
Before any pedestrian is cited for a civil violation of this section, the
pedestrian must be given a warning by law enforcement. The first violation of this
section after the warning is given is a civil traffic offense and a second and all
subsequent violations of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Phoenix this 17th day of December
2025.
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M A Y O R
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Date
ATTEST:
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Denise Archibald, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Julie M. Kriegh, City Attorney
BY: _________________________________
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REVIEWED BY:
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Ed Zuercher, City Manager
DJB:tl:(LF24-2566): 12/17/25: 4930-1775-1422