(1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driving through a safety zone if the driver at any time drives through or within any area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.

(2) The offense described in this section, driving through a safety zone, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 § 548; 1995 c.383 § 43]