Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 10.32
Chula Vista Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Chula Vista
Cite as: Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 10.32 · Text as of 2026-10-04
THROUGH STREETS AND STOP INTERSECTIONS*
Sections:
10.32.010 Signs required when – Location generally. 10.32.020 Designated. 10.32.030 Vehicles emerging from alley, driveway or building – Stop required.
For statutory provisions regarding the proper location of stop signs, see Veh. Code § 21355.
10.32.010 Signs required when – Location generally.¶
Whenever any regulation 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, or any railroad crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the City Engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows: A stop sign shall be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated, and at those entrances of other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided in, the Vehicle Code. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.7.1).
10.32.020 Designated.¶
A. Those streets and parts of streets established by regulation to be through streets for the purposes of this section as described in CVMC 10.52.030 shall be listed in Schedule II of the register maintained by the City Engineer.
B. The provisions of this section shall also apply to one or more entrances to intersections as established by regulation, as described in CVMC 10.52.030 and listed in Schedule II.
C. The provisions of this section shall apply at those highway railway grade crossings established by regulation. (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.7.2).
10.32.030 Vehicles emerging from alley, driveway or building – Stop required.¶
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 any alleyway or driveway. A stop sign or other traffic control device is not required to be posted in order for this section to be operative. (Cite Section 21461 Vehicle Code.) (Ord. 2670, 1996; Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.7.3).
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