Franklin Township, PA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Township Code § 15-804 makes it unlawful for a pedestrian to cross any roadway in a business district within the township except in a crosswalk, and separately bans crossing outside a crosswalk on specific street segments listed in the section's table. The section clarifies that this crosswalk requirement does not override § 15-802, meaning a pedestrian still cannot cross in a crosswalk where crossing has been otherwise prohibited by a pedestrian-control signal location. Related sections round out the township's pedestrian rules: § 15-801 requires pedestrians to obey traffic-control signals (proceeding only on a green signal within a crosswalk, and never entering the roadway on steady yellow or red), § 15-802 covers designated pedestrian-control signal locations and "Don't Walk" signal compliance, and § 15-803 separately bars crossing at certain named street intersections unless authorized by a police officer or other person directing traffic.

All of these sections were adopted by Ord. 2009-05 on August 19, 2009. Enforcement is centralized in § 15-805: any pedestrian who violates any provision of Chapter 15, Part 8 (Pedestrian Regulations) is guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, must pay a fine of $5 plus costs. The rule applies specifically to business districts and the named street segments in the code's tables, not to every street in the township, so a mid-block crossing outside a business district and off the listed segments is not itself a § 15-804 violation.