Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 10 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Costa Mesa Municipal Code Ch. VII Special Stops Required
Costa Mesa Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Costa Mesa
Cite as: Costa Mesa Municipal Code Chapter VII · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 10-131. City transportation services manager to erect stop signs.¶
(a) The transportation services manager is hereby authorized to erect and maintain stop signs where an intersection approach meets city stop signs warrants, or when such intersection approach does not meet city stop sign warrants, but is necessary for safety reasons. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in the vehicle code, and no such stop sign regulation shall be in effect until such signs are in place.
(b) Whenever authorized stop signs are erected no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any such signs.
(Code 1960, § 3407.0; Ord. No. 66-35, 8-15-66; Ord. No. 87-26, § 2, 12-7-87; Ord. No. 2024-09, 7/16/2024)
§ 10-134. Emerging from alley, driveway or building.¶
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-26(e) of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code, 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 1960, § 3407.2; Ord. No. 66-35, 8-15-66; Ord. No. 90-8, § 2, 6-4-90; Ord. No. 2024-09, 7/16/2024)
§ 10-135. Erection of yield signs.¶
The transportation services manager is hereby authorized to erect and main YIELD signs at any intersection or portion of an intersection and to designate such intersection as a YIELD intersection, and no such right-of-way assignment shall be effective until such signs are in place.
(Code 1960, § 3407.3; Ord. No. 66-35, 8-15-66; Ord. No. 87-26, § 2, 12-7-87; Ord. No. 2024-09, 7/16/2024)
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