Burbank Municipal Code Art. 7 Special Stops Required

Stop signs shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic signal. Every stop sign shall conform with, and be placed as provided in, the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

A. COUNCIL ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION

Whenever any ordinance or resolution of the City designates stops at intersections at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the Public Works Director shall erect and maintain stop signs, which shall be erected on each and every street where a stop is required.

B. ENGINEERING STUDY

Whenever an engineering study designates stops at intersections at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, the Public Works Director shall erect and maintain stop signs, which shall be erected on each and every street where a stop is required. The engineering study shall use criteria contained in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or the City of Burbank Local All-Way Stop Criteria.

1. LOCAL ALL-WAY STOP CRITERIA

a. Crash History - Three or more traffic crashes have occurred in a 12-month period.

b. Traffic Volumes – Where at least 180 vehicles per hour on the major street enter the intersection in each of 4 hours in a day, and the combined vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle volume on the minor street is 120 units per hour in the peak hour.

c. Schools – Except as otherwise provided in the local all-way stop criteria, all-way stops shall be installed at an intersection within 500 feet of the grounds of a school building. The intersection shall be at least 300 feet away from the nearest controlled intersection and consist of streets that have a maximum of two traffic lanes and a maximum posted thirty (30) miles per hour prima facie speed limit.

d. Pedestrian Volumes/Conflicts - Where at least 350 vehicles per hour on the major street enter the intersection in each of 4 hours in a day, and the school pedestrian volume crossing the major street is 40 or more in a day.

e. Sight Distance - Where the sight distance from the minor street is less than the stopping sight distance specified in Caltrans Highway Design Manual.

f. Other Criteria specified in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. [Formerly numbered Section 29-30; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 18-3,909, eff. 12/28/18; 3723.]

The Public Works Director is authorized to temporarily install and maintain stop signs at street intersections, or at any and all entrances thereto, whenever there is a potential hazard to persons or property which may interfere with or endanger the safe movement of traffic due to construction, reconstruction, replacement or repair work in progress. The Public Works Director is authorized to designate street intersections directly affected as stop intersections and to install and maintain stop signs to regulate, warn, and guide traffic until completion of such work, whereupon the temporary stop signs shall be removed. Every such temporary stop sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided by, the MUTCD and CA Supplement. [Formerly numbered Section 29-31; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3723, eff. 7/3/07.]

When stop signs are erected at the entrance to any intersection, as provided in Title 6-1-701 and 6-1-702, every driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by the MUTCD and CA Supplement. [Formerly numbered Section 29-32; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3723, eff. 7/3/07.]

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across an alleyway. [Formerly numbered Section 29-33; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]