Fontana, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Sec. 17-226 directs the city traffic engineer to establish and mark crosswalks at intersections and other locations found to pose a particular hazard to crossing pedestrians, but restricts mid-block crosswalks: none may be placed in a block under 1,000 feet long, and no more than one additional mid-block crosswalk is allowed per block, located as near the block's midpoint as practicable. Sec. 17-227 then sets the actual crossing rule in two parts. First, no pedestrian may cross a roadway in a business district anywhere other than at a crosswalk as defined by California Vehicle Code Sec.

275. Second, everywhere else in the city, a pedestrian may not cross except by a route running at right angles to the curb or by the shortest direct route to the opposite curb, unless crossing in a marked crosswalk. Together the two subsections mean pedestrians in commercial areas must use a marked or unmarked legal crosswalk, while pedestrians elsewhere have more latitude but still cannot cut diagonally or wander across a block. The chapter also separately bars standing in a roadway outside a safety zone or crosswalk when it interferes with traffic, and bars sitting or lying in any roadway, under Sec. 17-228. No dedicated penalty clause appears within Article VI, so violations of Sec. 17-227 fall under the chapter's general penalty provision.