Tigard, OR Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Section 10.32.235 of the Tigard Municipal Code, titled Use of Crosswalks and Jaywalking, applies to streets and roadways in the City of Tigard, Washington County, Oregon. It sets two pedestrian rules. Subsection A bars a pedestrian from crossing the street or roadway other than within a crosswalk if he or she is within 100 feet of a crosswalk. The trigger is distance. A pedestrian who is within 100 feet of a crosswalk must use it, and the text makes no exception for light traffic or a clear road. Subsection B adds a rule about the path itself: a pedestrian shall cross a street or a roadway at a right angle unless crossing within a crosswalk. A diagonal path across a Tigard street outside a crosswalk does not meet that requirement.

Subsection C does not write out a definition of its own. It says that for purposes of the section, "crosswalk" has the same meaning as found in Oregon Revised Statutes, so the state definition decides whether a particular crossing counts as a crosswalk. Subsection D fixes the penalty class: a violation of any provision of the section is a Class D violation notwithstanding any other provision in the chapter. That clause matters because § 10.32.250 otherwise makes violations of Chapter 10.32 a class B traffic infraction. Jaywalking is pulled out of that default and given its own class.

The section came from Ord. 07-02 and was amended by Ord. 16-08 § 1, both adopted by the Tigard City Council. It sits in Chapter 10.32 alongside other pedestrian and street-use rules. For example, § 10.32.160 bars a person on roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device, from going upon any street except to cross at a crosswalk. Tigard has its own police department, and the code section itself does not name a particular enforcing officer or print a dollar amount for the Class D class.