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Title 10 — Vehicles and Traffic

Fortuna Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Special Stops

Fortuna Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Fortuna

Cite as: Fortuna Municipal Code Chapter 10.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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For statutory provisions giving local authorities the power to designate through streets and stop intersections, see Vehicle Code § 21101(b) and §§ 21350 through 21355.

§ 10.24.010. Authority to designate – Signposting.

Whenever this title 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 traffic engineer shall cause to be erected and maintained stop signs as follows: a stop sign may be erected on each and every street intersecting such through street or portion thereof so designated and those entrances of other intersections where a stop is required. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Section 21103 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 333 § 3228, 1973)

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§ 10.24.020. Compliance required.

When stop signs are provided at the entrance to any intersection or any railroad grade crossing, every driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 333 § 3229, 1973)

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§ 10.24.030. Emerging from alleys and driveways.

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 areas extending across any alleyway.

(Ord. 333 § 3230, 1973)

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