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Title 12 — TRAFFIC

Mission Viejo Municipal Code Ch. 12.07 Stop or Yield Intersections and Railroad Crossings

Mission Viejo Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Mission Viejo

Cite as: Mission Viejo Municipal Code Chapter 12.07 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sec. 12.07.020. - Through highways defined.

All major, primary, secondary and commuter arterial highways of the city as shown on the master plan of arterial highways, as amended from time to time, originally adopted by resolution of the city council, as it may have been subsequently amended, and on file in the office of the city clerk, are hereby declared to be through highways, unless specifically designated otherwise, together with such other highways as the council may, by resolution, declare to be through highways.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 5(6-4-400), 6-27-88)

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Sec. 12.07.030. - Stop intersections designated.

The director:

(1) Is authorized to erect and maintain stop signs at entrances to any or all of the through highways as defined in section 12.07.020 from other public or private streets.

(2) Is authorized to install stop signs at intersections where, in his opinion, there is an imminent danger without such control. The director shall follow the installation with request for city council approval at the earliest opportunity.

(3) Is authorized to install temporary stop signs at a signalized intersection when a malfunction or power failure has caused the traffic signal to be inoperable.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 5(6-4-401), 6-27-88)

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