Legal Documents of Newport

Code of Newport

Newport
Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 2 : Administration And Enforcement

15-203 : Establishment of safety lanes and crosswalks.

The city traffic engineer is authorized:

  1. To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where, in his opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway and at such other places as he may deem necessary;
  2. To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians. (1973 Code, § 11-21)