City Council

9A. INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON CALIFORNIA JAYWALKING LAW AND\nCONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE REGULATING PEDESTRIANS ON STREET\nMEDIAN ISLANDS AND DRIVE-THROUGHS\nEarlier this year, the City Council directed the City Attorney’s office to provide a report\non California’s new jaywalking law, which limits law enforcement’s ability to cite\npedestrians who cross outside of a crosswalk or do not obey certain traffic signals.\nWhile the City acknowledges the State’s authority to relax restrictions on pedestrian\nroad crossings, the local evidence demonstrates that vehicle versus pedestrian\nincidents have been and continue to be a public danger and concern within the City. To\nstrengthen the health, safety, and welfare of the community, the Council will consider an\nordinance to prohibit pedestrians from standing, lying, sitting or otherwise remaining on\nstreet median islands. For the reasons stated herein, the ordinance would also prohibit\npedestrians from standing, lying, sitting or otherwise remaining in retail or service\nbusiness drive-throughs and adjacent areas.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\n1. City Council find that the ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections\n15378(a) (the ordinance is not a “project” and has no potential for resulting in\nphysical change to the environment, directly or indirectly) and 15061(b)(3) (there is\nno possibility that the ordinance or its implementation would have a significant\nnegative effect on the environment) (14 Cal. Code Regs.); and\n2. Introduce Ordinance No. 1133 for its first reading, to be read by title only, and waive\nfurther reading:\n“AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nSTANTON, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTERS 10.34 AND 10.36 TO\nTITLE 10 OF THE STANTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING MEDIAN\nISLANDS AND DRIVE-THROUGHS AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE\nTO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 15378 AND 15061(B)(3) OF\nTHE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES”; and\n3. Set said ordinance for adoption at the regular City Council meeting of October 10,\n2023.\nSeptember 26, 2023