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Title XI — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Alhambra Municipal Code Ch. 11.20 Through Highways and Stop Intersections

Alhambra Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Alhambra

Cite as: Alhambra Municipal Code Chapter 11.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 11.20.010 THROUGH HIGHWAYS DESIGNATED.

The following streets and parts of streets are hereby declared to constitute through highways or boulevards for the purpose of this chapter:

Name Description Ord. No. Date Passed
Alhambra Road In entirety — - -
Atlantic Boulevard In entirety — - -
Chapel Avenue In entirety — - -
Commonwealth Avenue In entirety — - -
Concord Avenue In entirety — - -
Fremont Avenue In entirety — - -
Garfield Avenue In entirety — - -
Garvey Avenue From Ramona Road lying parallel with and south of the San Bernardino freeway to the south city limit — - -
Hellman Avenue In entirety — - -
Huntington Drive In entirety — - -
Main Street In entirety — - -
Mission Road In entirety — - -
New Avenue From the south city limit to the northern limit of the city on New Avenue — - -
Norwood Avenue From east city limit to Westmount — - -
Poplar Boulevard In entirety — - -
Ramona Road Lying parallel with and south of the San Bernardino Freeway from Garvey Avenue to the west city limit — - -
Sixth Street In entirety — - -
Valley Boulevard In entirety — - -

('86 Code, § 11.20.010) (Ord. 2479, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2967, passed - - )

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§ 11.20.020 DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL THROUGH HIGHWAYS AND STOP INTERSECTIONS.

The City Council may by resolution designate other highways as through highways or boulevards and require that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same, or designate any intersection as a stop intersection, and require all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersection.

('86 Code, § 11.20.020) (Ord. 2479, passed - - )

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§ 11.20.030 SIGNS AT STOP INTERSECTIONS.

The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and required to place and maintain or caused to be placed and maintained upon each and every street inter-secting a through highway or boulevard, and at each intersection designated as a stop intersection and at or near the property line of the through highway, boulevard or stop intersection, appropriate signs upon the street or devices or marks in the roadway, such signs, devices or marks to bear the word “Stop” in such a position and with letters of a size to be clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet along the street intersecting the through highway, boulevard or street intersection designated as a stop intersection.

('86 Code, § 11.20.030) (Ord. 2479, passed - - )

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