Chapter 10.28
SPECIAL STOPS*

Sections:

10.28.010    Stop Signs – Certain Streets.

10.28.020    Obedience to Signs.

10.28.030    Emerging From Alley or Private Driveway.

*    For statutory provisions on local designation of through streets and stop intersections, see Vehicle Code §§ 21101(b), 21354 and 21355.

10.28.010 Stop Signs – Certain Streets.

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of this City designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, the Director of Public Works shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:

A. A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated at those entrances of other intersections where a stop is required.

B. Every such sign shall be placed at or near the entrance to the highway or intersection where a stop is required and every such sign shall conform to the requirements of the Vehicle Code. (Ord. 196 § 30, 1938; Code 1975 § 529).

10.28.020 Obedience to Signs.

When stop signs are erected, as provided in this chapter, at the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop at every such sign, before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal. (Ord. 196 § 31, 1938; Code 1975 § 530).

10.28.030 Emerging From Alley or Private Driveway.

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building within or immediately to the rear of a business district shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway. (Ord. 196 § 32, 1938; Code 1975 § 53l).