Fort Lauderdale, FL Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Section 16-82, adopted by Ordinance No. C-22-30 in September 2022, defines street as the paved or unpaved area of the public right-of-way meant for vehicle traffic and rights-of-way as the city- or agency-controlled strip covering streets, sidewalks, driveways and swale areas. Subsection (b)(5) spells out five acts that constitute jaywalking: crossing a roadway within 200 feet of a marked crosswalk; crossing a controlled intersection against the signal or a traffic officer's direction; crossing an intersection diagonally without authorization; crossing a roadway with four or more total travel lanes anywhere except a marked crosswalk or a route running at right angles to the curb; and crossing an intersection in a manner an official traffic-control device otherwise prohibits.

The same section reaches related street-obstruction conduct: standing on an unpaved median or one under three feet wide, occupying a flowing travel lane, walking along a paved four-plus-lane roadway where a sidewalk exists, and crossing anywhere but a marked crosswalk between two signalized intersections. Subsection (c) exempts people involved in an accident or a disabled vehicle, law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics and other responders rendering aid or clearing the roadway, and code enforcement, public works and utilities staff performing official duties. Every violation is punished as provided in section 1-6 of the Code.