Lodi, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Lodi Municipal Code § 10.36.010(B)
- Authority
- Public works director posts no-crossing signs
- State law tie-in
- Cites Vehicle Code § 21106
- Scope
- Applies only where a sign is posted
- Penalty
- General penalty: up to $1,000 fine, 6 months jail
- Enforcing agency
- Lodi Police Department
Summary
Lodi Municipal Code Section 10.36.010 lets the public works director post signs barring pedestrians from crossing at specific intersections or locations, and it is unlawful to cross wherever such a sign is posted. The same section authorizes marked crosswalks anywhere pedestrians face particular danger. Violations run through the citywide general penalty.
A.The public works director shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where, in the public works director's opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway.B.The public works director may install signs at or adjacent to an intersection or other appropriate locations directing that pedestrians shall not cross. It is unlawful for any pedestrian to cross at the location(s) prohibited by a sign.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
36, Pedestrians' Rights and Duties, adopted by Ordinance No. 1402 in 1987. Subsection (A) gives the public works director authority to establish and mark crosswalks with paint, devices, or lines wherever the director judges pedestrians face particular danger crossing the roadway. Subsection (B) is the actual crossing restriction: the director may post signs at or near an intersection, or at other appropriate locations, telling pedestrians not to cross there, and once a sign goes up it is unlawful for any pedestrian to cross at that location.
The ordinance cites Vehicle Code Section 21106 as its state-law authority. Lodi's code does not independently criminalize crossing mid-block or outside a marked crosswalk everywhere in the city; the local violation is tied specifically to a posted no-crossing sign the public works director has installed, so the practical reach of the ordinance depends on where those signs actually exist on the ground. 010 governs: violation of a city ordinance is a misdemeanor unless made an infraction, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine or six months in jail for a misdemeanor, or by a graduated fine starting at $100 for a first infraction. Lodi police issue citations to pedestrians who cross at a posted location in violation of the sign.
Violations & Fines
Crossing where a public works director's no-crossing sign is posted violates Section 10.36.010(B). Because Chapter 10.36 does not set its own fine, the general penalty in Section 1.08.010 applies: a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail, or, if charged as an infraction, a $100 fine for a first offense rising to $500 for repeat violations of the same provision within a year.
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