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Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY›Chapter 6 — TRAFFIC

Ontario Municipal Code Art. 7 Special Stops Required

Ontario Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Ontario

Cite as: Ontario Municipal Code Article 7 · Text as of 2026-10-03

Sec. 4-6.701. Authority to place stop signs.

(a) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby directed to install and maintain stop signs on every street intersecting a through street, as described and designated as such by an ordinance or resolution of the City, at any other intersection at which vehicles are required to stop at one or more entrances thereto, and at any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop. Every such sign shall conform with, and be placed as provided in, the California Vehicle Code.

(b) The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such stop signs are required by field investigations, traffic counts, and other traffic information as may be pertinent, and his determinations there from shall be made in accordance with the California Vehicle Code and accepted traffic engineering standards.

(c) Whenever the City Traffic Engineer installs and maintains a stop sign at any intersection, he or she shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersections street name signs clearly visible to traffic approaching from all directions unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at such intersection.

(§ 7, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967, as amended by § 2, Ord. 2957, eff. January 19, 2013)

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Sec. 4-6.702. Reserved.

Sec. 4-6.703. Emerging from alleys, driveways, and buildings.

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.

(§ 7.2, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

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