Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 10 — TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES›Chapter 10.20 — OPERATION OF VEHICLES
Concord Municipal Code Art. III Stop and Yield Intersections; Special Stops
Concord Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Concord
Cite as: Concord Municipal Code Article III · Text as of 2026-10-05
10.20.040 Installation of stop signs.¶
Whenever any 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 on each and every street intersecting such through street and at those entrances to other intersections where a stop is required; 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.
(Code 1965, § 3233; Code 2002, § 106-161. Ord. No. 743)
10.20.050 Stop at through street or stop sign.¶
(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 division.
(b) The provisions of this division shall apply at all entrances to intersections at which stop signs were existing and in place prior to the adoption of this chapter.
(c) The provisions of this division shall also apply at one or more entrances to the intersections as such entrances and intersections are established by resolution of the Council.
(Code 1965, § 3234; Code 2002, § 106-162. Ord. No. 743)
10.20.060 Stop when emerging from alley, driveway or building.¶
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.
(Code 1965, § 3235; Code 2002, § 106-163. Ord. No. 743)
10.20.070 Designation of through streets, stop intersections and yield intersections; erection of yield signs.¶
(a) The City Council, pursuant to provisions of the state Vehicle Code, may from time to time, by resolution, upon recommendation of the Director of Public Works, designate through highways and stop intersections or yield intersections and authorize the erection thereon and thereof of traffic control devices.
(b) Whenever any resolution of the city designates any intersection as a yield intersection, the Director of Public Works shall erect and maintain yield right-of-way signs at each approach or entrance to the intersection where motorists are required to yield the right-of-way.
(Code 1965, § 3236; Code 2002, § 106-164. Ord. No. 793)
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