Chapter 10.20 — SPECIAL STOPS

State Law reference— Provisions on special stops, Veh. C. § 22450 et seq.

A.

Whenever any provision of this Chapter designates and describes any street, or portion thereof, as a through street, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one (1) or more entrances thereto, the Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain stop signs giving notice thereof, 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 of other intersections where a stop is required, provided the intersection is not controlled by an automatic signaling device. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code.

B.

Whenever any hazardous traffic conditions prevail, including, but not limited to, the hazard resulting from street construction or repair, the Traffic Engineer may designate any highway as a through highway, or any intersection as a stop intersection, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. Upon the erection of stop signs in accordance with the provisions of this Section all traffic shall stop before entering such through highway, and all traffic shall stop at the entrance to the stop intersections.

C.

No driver or operator of any vehicle shall fail to stop such vehicle at least fifty feet (50') from the nearest side of a marked pedestrian lane whenever a signal device or sign with words "STOP—L.B.P.D." is displayed at such place, and further, no driver or operator of said vehicle shall proceed until such signal has been removed or until a signal to proceed is given. The Chief of Police and the Traffic Engineer are authorized and directed to place a line or mark upon the highway at least fifty feet (50') from any marked pedestrian lane where such signal device or sign is to be operated or given, said fifty feet (50') to be measured in the direction of approaching traffic.

(Prior code § 3410.45)

Those streets, and parts of streets, described in Section 10.20.060 are declared to be through streets for the purpose of this Chapter.

(Prior code § 3410.46)

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to designate any intersection as a stop intersection in accordance with Subsection 10.08.010.C.

(ORD-09-0021, § 18, 2009; Ord. C-7750 § 4, 2001; prior code § 3410.47)

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

(Prior code § 3410.48)

The Traffic Engineer is authorized to place and maintain "Yield Right-of-Way" signs at intersections in accordance with Section 21356 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. C-7750 § 5, 2001; prior code § 3410.49)

A.

For the purpose of Section 10.20.020, the following streets, and portions of streets, are declared to be through streets:

Long Beach Boulevard, between the south line of Ocean Boulevard and the northerly boundary line of the City;

Anaheim Street, between the westerly boundary line of the City and Pacific Coast Highway, except at its intersection with the northeast and southwest exit ramps along the Long Beach Freeway;

Atlantic Avenue, between the south line of First Street and the northerly boundary line of the City;

Ocean Boulevard, between the east line of the entrance channel to the harbor and the east line of Bay Shore Avenue;

Livingston Drive, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Broadway;

Second Street, between Alamitos Avenue and the easterly boundary line of the City, except at its intersection with Temple Avenue, Junipero Avenue, Cherry Avenue, Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway;

Pacific Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Thirty-Second Street, except at its intersection with Broadway; and between the north line of Wardlow Road and the north line of San Antonio Drive;

Ximeno Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Los Coyotes Diagonal, except at its intersection with Livingston Drive and Pacific Coast Highway;

Pacific Coast Highway, between the easterly boundary line of the City and the westerly boundary line of the City;

Fourth Street, between the west line of Park Avenue and the east line of Golden Avenue, except at its intersection with Cedar Avenue and Magnolia Avenue;

Cherry Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the northerly boundary line of the City;

Orange Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the northerly boundary line of the City;

Those portions of Paramount Boulevard within the City;

Seventh Street, between the easterly boundary line of the City and the westerly boundary line of the City, except at its intersection with Long Beach Boulevard and Pico Avenue;

Artesia Street, between the easterly boundary line of the City and the westerly boundary line of the City;

Pico Avenue, between Panorama Drive and the north line of Ninth Street, except at its intersection with First Street;

Those portions of Willow Street within the City, between the westerly boundary line of the City and the easterly boundary line of the City, except at its intersection with Lakewood Boulevard, Los Coyotes Diagonal, Palo Verde Avenue and Studebaker Road;

Santa Fe Avenue, from the south line of Ninth Street to the northerly City limits;

Seaside Boulevard:

a.

Between westerly City boundary and east line of Pico Avenue, except at its intersection with the Terminal Island Freeway,

b.

Between the east line of Pine Avenue and the west line of Linden Avenue;

Third Street, from the east line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel to the west line of Nieto Avenue, except at its intersection with Cedar Avenue, Pine Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Alamitos Avenue, Cherry Avenue, and Long Beach Boulevard;

Tenth Street, between the east line of Federation Drive and the west line of Maine Avenue;

Those portions of San Antonio Drive within the City, between the east line of Cherry Avenue and the west line of Country Club Drive;

Alamitos Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the west line of Walnut Avenue, except at its intersection with Broadway, Third Street, Fourth Street, California Avenue, Seventh Street, Tenth Street, Anaheim Street, Seventeenth Street and Pacific Coast Highway;

Pine Avenue, between the south line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Willow Street, except at its intersection with Seventh Street, Anaheim Street, Pacific Coast Highway, Twentieth Street and Hill Street; and Pine Avenue at its intersection with Roosevelt Road;

Park Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the north line of Tenth Street, except at its intersection with Livingston Drive;

Magnolia Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the north line of Thirty-Eighth Street;

Dairy Avenue, from the south line of Louise Street to the north line of Fifty-Seventh Street, except at its intersection with Fifty-Sixth Street;

Those portions of South Street within the City, between the west line of Locust Avenue and the easterly boundary line of the City;

Wardlow Road, between the west City limits and a point one-half (½) mile east of the east line of Cherry Avenue, and between the west line of the north-south roadway located one thousand fifty feet (1,050') west of Lakewood Boulevard and the east City boundary line, except at its intersection with Lakewood Boulevard, Bellflower Boulevard, Los Coyotes Diagonal and Studebaker Road;

Market Street, from the west line of Cherry Avenue to the west line of Pacific Avenue, except at its intersection with Long Beach Boulevard, Atlantic Avenue, Orange Avenue and Walnut Avenue;

Redondo Avenue, from the north line of Ocean Boulevard to the south line of Spring Street;

Temple Avenue, from the north line of Ocean Boulevard to the northerly City limits;

Carson Street, from the east line of Cherry Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard;

Broadway, from Water Street to Bay Shore Drive, except at its intersection with Pico Avenue;

Henry Ford Avenue, from the north line of Seaside Boulevard to the northerly boundary line of the City;

Dock Street, from the west City limits to Henry Ford Avenue;

Spring Street, between the easterly and westerly boundary lines of the City, except at its intersection with Atlantic Avenue, Redondo Avenue and Clark Avenue;

Harding Street, between the east line of Cherry Avenue and the west line of DeForest Avenue;

Ravenna Drive, between the north line of The Toledo and the north line of Second Street;

Those portions of Bellflower Boulevard within the City, between the northerly boundary line of the City and the southerly boundary line of the City;

Burnett Street, Between Webster Avenue and Gale Avenue, except at its intersection with Santa Fe Avenue and Easy Avenue;

Bixby Road, between the east line of Country Club Drive and the east line of the west service road of Cherry Avenue;

Appian Way, between Park Avenue and the southerly terminus of Appian Way near Lido Lane;

Those portions of Los Coyotes Diagonal within the City, between Los Alamitos Circle and Carson Street;

Twentieth Street, between the west line of San Francisco Avenue and the west line of Orange Avenue;

Hill Street, between the east line of the Los Angeles River flood control channel and the west line of Orange Avenue;

Roosevelt Road, between the east line of Cerritos Avenue and the east line of Long Beach Boulevard, except at its intersection with California Avenue and Atlantic Avenue;

Fifty-Second Street, between the west line of Atlantic Avenue and the westerly City limits, and between the east line of Orange Avenue and the west line of Walnut Avenue;

Junipero Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Pacific Coast Highway, except at its intersection with Broadway, Fourth Street, Seventh Street and Anaheim Street;

Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, between the north line of Seventh Street and the southerly boundary line of the City of Signal Hill, except at its intersection with Tenth Street; California Avenue, at its intersection with

Thirty-Sixth Street and Thirty-Seventh Street; California Avenue, between the north line of Bixby Road and the north line of Forty-Fifth Way, except at its intersection with Carson Street, San Antonio Drive and Marcellus Street;

Thirty-Fourth Street, between Santa Fe Avenue and the east line of Gale Avenue;

Those portions of Del Amo Boulevard within the City, between the east boundary line and the west boundary line of the City, except at its intersection with Long Beach Boulevard, Atlantic Avenue, Orange Avenue, Cherry Avenue and Lakewood Boulevard;

Locust Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the north line of Twelfth Street, except at its intersection with Broadway, Third Street, Fourth Street and Seventh Street; and Locust Avenue, between the south line of Fourteenth Street south and the north line of Sixteenth Street;

Granada Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the southwest line of The Toledo, except at its intersection with Second Street;

Stearns Street, between the east line of Redondo Avenue and the west line of Stevely Avenue, except at its intersection with Lakewood Boulevard, Los Coyotes Diagonal and Bellflower Boulevard;

Atherton Street, between the outer traffic circle of the Los Alamitos Circle, and the east boundary line of the City, except at its intersection with Ximeno Avenue and Bellflower Boulevard;

Walnut Avenue, from the north line of Third Street to the south line of Carson Street, and from the south line of Fifty-Second Street to the south line of Sixty-Eighth Street, except at its intersection with Fourth Street, Seventh Street, Tenth Street, Anaheim Street, Pacific Coast Highway, Wardlow Road, Bixby Road, west side of Fifty-Second Street, Market Street, South Street, Harding Street and Artesia Street;

Termino Avenue, between the north line of Livingston Drive and the south line of Pacific Coast Highway, except at its intersection with Second Street, Broadway, Third Street, Fourth Street, Seventh Street, Tenth Street and Anaheim Street;

Mira Mar Avenue, between the north line of Livingston Drive and the south line of Third Street, except at its intersection with First Street, Second Street and Broadway;

Nieto Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Second Street, and between the south line of Broadway and the south line of Colorado Street;

Colorado Street, between the east line of Temple Avenue and the east line of the City, except at its intersection with Redondo Avenue, Termino Avenue, Ximeno Avenue and Appian Way;

Fanwood Avenue, between the north line of Atherton Street and the south line of Marita Street, and at its intersection with the north service road of Stearns Street;

Hill Street, between the west line of Merrimac Avenue and the west line of the flood control channel, except at its intersection with Santa Fe Avenue and Easy Avenue;

Delta Avenue, between the north line of Wardlow Road and the south line of Two Hundred Twenty-Third Street;

Easy Avenue, between the south line of Wardlow Road and the south line of Twentieth Street, except at its intersection with Spring Street and Willow Street;

Harbor Avenue, between the north line of Twentieth Street and the north line of Ninth Street, except at its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway and Anaheim Street;

Panorama Drive, between Pierpoint Traffic Circle and Harbor Scenic Drive;

Willard Street, between the west line of Santa Fe Avenue and the east line of San Gabriel Avenue;

Twentieth Street, between the east line of Gale Avenue and the east line of San Gabriel Avenue, except at its intersection with Santa Fe Avenue;

Nineteenth Street, between the west line of Santa Fe Avenue and the east line of San Gabriel Avenue;

San Gabriel Avenue, between the north line of Pacific Coast Highway and the north line of Willard Street;

Merrimac Avenue, between the north line of Willard Street and the south line of Hill Street;

Those portions of Clark Avenue within the City, between Pacific Coast Highway and the northerly boundary line of the City, except Los Coyotes Diagonal and Carson Street;

Harvey Way, between Lakewood Boulevard and Bellflower Boulevard, except Clark Avenue;

Norse Way, between Carson Street and Lakewood Boulevard;

Those portions of Palo Verde Avenue within the City, between the northerly and southerly boundary lines of the City, except Spring Street;

Village Road, between Charlemagne Avenue and Viking Way, and at its intersection with Pepperwood Avenue and Greenmeadow Road;

Studebaker Road, between the southeast line of Los Coyotes Diagonal and the north line of Seventh Street, except at its intersection with Spring Street;

Chestnut Avenue, between Fifty-Fifth Street and DeForest Avenue, except at its intersection with Fifty-Sixth Street;

Anaheim Road, between the east line of Clark Avenue and the west line of Bellflower Boulevard; and between the west line of Palo Verde Avenue and the easterly boundary line of the City, except at its intersection with Studebaker Road;

First Street, between Pacific Avenue and Alamitos Avenue, except at its intersection with Pine Avenue, Locust Avenue, Long Beach Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue; and First Street, between the east line of Livingston Drive and the west line of Bay Shore Avenue, except at its intersection with Bennett Avenue, Ximeno Avenue, Roycroft Avenue, Park Avenue, Granada Avenue, Nieto Avenue, La Verne Avenue, Glendora Avenue, Santa Ana Avenue and Claremont Avenue;

Hayes Avenue, between Anaheim Street and Pacific Coast Highway;

Those portions of Woodruff Avenue within the City, between the south line of Carson Street and the east line of Palo Verde Avenue, except where such portions intersect Los Coyotes Diagonal, Spring Street and Willow Street;

Downey Avenue, between the north line of South Street and the north line of Seventieth Street, except at its intersection with Artesia Street;

Those portions of Obispo Avenue within the City, between Hill Street and Broadway, except at its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway, Anaheim Street, Tenth Street, Seventh Street, Fourth Street and Third Street;

Bay Shore Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the southwest line of Appian Way, except at its intersection with Second Street;

Claremont Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Second Street;

Santa Ana Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Second Street;

Glendora Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Second Street;

La Verne Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Second Street;

Roycroft Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Second Street;

Bennett Avenue, between the north line of Ocean Boulevard and the south line of Livingston Drive;

Division Street, between Livingston Drive and Bay Shore Avenue, except at its intersection with Ximeno Avenue, Roycroft Avenue, Park Avenue, Granada Avenue, Nieto Avenue, La Verne Avenue, Glendora Avenue, Santa Ana Avenue and Claremont Avenue;

Conant Street, between the east line of Lakewood Boulevard and the west line of Los Coyotes Diagonal, except at its intersection with Woodruff Avenue;

Monlaco Road, between the east line of Clark Avenue and Palo Verde Avenue, except at its intersection with Woodruff Avenue;

Los Coyotes Diagonal, between Woodruff Avenue and Palo Verde Avenue, except at its intersection with Wardlow Road;

Oregon Avenue, between Anaheim Street and Pacific Coast Highway;

Forty-Fifth Street, between the east line of Long Beach Boulevard and the west line of California Avenue, except at its intersection with Atlantic Avenue;

Those portions of Marina Drive within the City;

Burnett Street, between the west line of San Francisco Avenue and the west line of Olive Avenue, except at its intersection with Magnolia Avenue, Pacific Avenue, Pine Avenue, Long Beach Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue;

Windham Avenue, between Harbor Scenic Drive and Panorama Drive;

Harbor Scenic Drive, between Pico Avenue and Dike Road;

Tenth Street, between the north line of Ninth Street and the west line of Pico Avenue;

Ninth Street, between the east line of Santa Fe Avenue and the west line of Pico Avenue;

Fashion Avenue, between the south line of Eleventh Street and the north line of Ninth Street, except at its intersection with Tenth Street;

Vista Street, between Obispo Avenue and Nieto Avenue, except at its intersection with Redondo Avenue, Mira Mar Avenue, Termino Avenue, Ximeno Avenue and Park Avenue;

The southwest frontage road of Appian Way, between the north line of Cordova Walk and the south line of Lido Lane, except at its intersection with The Toledo;

Naples Plaza, between Second Street and the south line of The Toledo;

North service road of Second Street, between Padua Drive and Sorrento Drive, except at its intersection with San Marco Drive, Ravenna Drive, Ancona Drive, Campo Drive and Venetia Drive;

The Toledo, between Livingston Drive and Appian Way, except at its intersection with Second Street, Ravenna Drive and Naples Plaza;

The west frontage roads of the Long Beach Freeway, between Gordon Street and Butler Avenue and between Sixty-Eighth Way and Atlantic Drive;

Sixty-Eighth Way, between Butler Avenue and the west frontage road of the Long Beach Freeway;

Butler Avenue, between Sixty-Eighth Way and the east line of the west frontage road of the Long Beach Freeway at the southerly terminus of Butler Avenue, except the south approach of the frontage road;

Seventieth Street, between Downey Avenue and Paramount Boulevard;

Loma Avenue, between the south line of Pacific Coast Highway and the north line of Anaheim Street; and at Eleventh Street, Eighth Street, Sixth Street, Fifth Street and Vermont Street;

Harbor Avenue, between the north line of Artesia Street and the south line of Greenleaf Drive;

Obispo Avenue, between South Street and Seventieth Street;

Muriel Avenue, between Adams Street and the northerly City limits, except at the intersections of Neece Street and Artesia Boulevard;

Twenty-Third Street, between Los Coyotes Diagonal and Ocana Avenue, except at its intersection with Bellflower Boulevard;

Sixth Street, between Park Avenue and Manila Avenue, except at its intersection with Santiago Avenue;

Bloomfield Avenue, between the southerly and northerly boundaries of the City;

First Street, between Alamitos Avenue and Livingston Drive, except at its intersection with Orange Avenue, Cherry Avenue, Junipero Avenue, Temple Avenue, Redondo Avenue and Termino Avenue;

The north frontage road of Seventh Street, between the east line of Studebaker Road and the easterly City boundary;

Atlantic Way, between Atlantic Avenue and the northerly boundary line of the City;

Pacific Way, between Thirty-Second Street and Wardlow Road;

Vista Street, between the west line of Monrovia Avenue and Bay Shore Avenue;

Thirty-Seventh Street, between Long Beach Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, except at its intersection with Atlantic Avenue, California Avenue, Orange Avenue and Walnut Avenue;

Appleton Street, between Alamitos Avenue and Junipero Avenue, except at its intersection with Orange Avenue and Cherry Avenue;

Fourteenth Street, between Walnut Avenue and Temple Avenue, except at its intersection with Rose Avenue, Cherry Avenue and Junipero Avenue;

Loynes Drive, between Pacific Coast Highway and Studebaker Road;

Twenty-Seventh Street, between Long Beach Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue;

Tehachapi Drive, between Orange Avenue and Cherry Avenue;

Golden Avenue, between Willow Street and Spring Street, except at its intersection with Twenty-Eighth Street;

Coachella Avenue-Atlantic Drive, between Marker Street and Greenleaf Boulevard;

Thirty-Sixth Street, between Atlantic Avenue and Cherry Avenue, except at its intersection with California Avenue, Orange Avenue and Walnut Avenue;

Mezzanine Way, between Bellflower Boulevard and San Anseline Avenue;

New York Street, between the east line of Atlantic Avenue and the west line of Alamitos Avenue, except at its intersection with California Avenue;

Nineteenth Street, between Atlantic Avenue and California Avenue;

Country Club Drive, between San Antonio Drive and Pacific Avenue;

Del Mar Avenue, between Spring Street and Pacific Avenue;

Linden Avenue, between South Street and Harding Street;

Fifteenth Street, between Cherry Avenue and Junipero Avenue;

Thirty-Sixth Street, between Pacific Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard.

(Ord. C-7397 § 1, 1996; Ord. C-5537 § 2, 1979; Ord. C-5268 § 1 (part), 1976; Ord. C-5247 § 2 (part), 1976; prior code § 3410.126)