Healdsburg Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Special Stops

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For statutory provisions on local designation of through streets and stop intersections, see California Vehicle Code §§ 21101(b), 21350, 21354 and 21355.

Whenever any ordinance or 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 traffic engineer shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows:

A. On each and every street where a stop is required;

B. At or near the entrance to the highway or intersection where a stop is required. Every such sign shall conform to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

(Code 1964 § 12.28.010; Ord. 1005 § 2, 2003; Ord. 1243 § 2, 2024)

When stop signs are erected, as provided in this chapter, at the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop at every such sign before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal.

(Code 1964 § 12.28.020; Ord. 1005 § 2, 2003; Ord. 1243 § 2, 2024)

The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building within or immediately to the rear of a business district shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway.

(Code 1964 § 12.28.030; Ord. 1005 § 2, 2003; Ord. 1243 § 2, 2024)