Kevin Canfield

Tulsa World Reporter

Tulsa city councilors on Wednesday night approved ordinance revisions that limit an individual’s ability to sit, stand in or on, or lie upon roadway medians and sidewalks for longer than is reasonable necessary to cross the roadway.

The measure applies only to roadways where the speed limit is greater than 25 mph.

The vote was 5-3, with one councilor absent.

The ordinance change prohibits individuals on a median from being within 18 inches of the roadway. It also prohibits individuals on a median from extending any body part, or objects and animals under their care, into what the ordinance describes as the horizontal clearance zone.

In practice, that means individuals on medians cannot get within 18 inches of the road, making it impossible to stand

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