Camarillo, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Scope
- Only near underpasses/grade separations
- Buffer distance
- 200 feet
- Enforcing agency
- Ventura Co. Sheriff (contract)
- First-offense fine cap
- $100
- General jaywalking ban?
- Not in city code
Summary
Camarillo's own code does not ban jaywalking generally, it only requires pedestrians near a marked underpass, subway, bridge or grade separation to use it rather than cross the highway within two hundred feet.
No pedestrian shall cross any highway within two hundred feet of any regularly established and maintained underpass, subway, bridge or grade separation, intended for the use of pedestrians in crossing highways except by the use of such underpass, subway, bridge or grade separation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
24's miscellaneous traffic regulations, is narrow by design: it applies only where the city has built and maintains a pedestrian underpass, subway, bridge, or grade separation specifically for crossing a highway. Within two hundred feet of that structure, a pedestrian must use it rather than cross the roadway directly at grade. The rule dates to Ordinance 33 from 1965 and has not been substantively amended since. Camarillo has not adopted a broader municipal jaywalking ordinance covering mid-block crossings away from such structures; general pedestrian right-of-way rules for crossing outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk are matters of the California Vehicle Code rather than city ordinance.
050 is tied to a specific class of infrastructure, most streets in the city have no local crossing restriction of this kind at all, the rule only bites near the handful of locations, largely along Highway 101 frontage roads and rail-adjacent crossings, where the city has actually installed a dedicated pedestrian underpass or grade separation. 050.
Violations & Fines
Crossing within two hundred feet of a designated pedestrian underpass or grade separation instead of using it is an infraction under Title 11. Under Chapter 1.12's general penalty schedule, a first violation carries a fine of up to one hundred dollars, a second violation of the same section within a year up to two hundred dollars, and each further violation within that year up to five hundred dollars.
Frequently Asked Questions
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