Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 4 — Public Safety›Chapter 4.5 — TRAFFIC
Clovis Municipal Code Art. 7 Special Stops Required
Clovis Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Clovis
Cite as: Clovis Municipal Code Article 7 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 4.5.700. City Engineer to erect stop signs.¶
Whenever any ordinance or resolution of the 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, or any railroad grade 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 to other intersections where a stop is required and at any railroad grade crossing so designated; provided, however, stop signs shall not be erected or maintained at any entrance to an intersection when such entrance is controlled by an official traffic control signal. Every such sign shall conform with, and shall be placed as provided in, the Vehicle Code.
(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)
§ 4.5.710. Stop at through streets or stop signs.¶
(a) Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the Council are hereby declared to be through streets for the purposes of this section.
(b) The provisions of this section shall also apply at one or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections are established by resolution of the Council.
(c) The provisions of this section shall apply to those highway railway grade crossings as established by resolution of the Council.
(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)
§ 4.5.720. Emerging from alleys, driveways, or buildings.¶
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.
(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)
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