Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 10.32 Stop and Yield Intersections and Railroad Crossings

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections or railroad crossings where traffic control devices are warranted to establish right-of-way and shall determine:

A. Whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection or railroad crossing, in which event he shall erect a stop sign at every place where a stop is required; or

B. Whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection, in which event he shall erect a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.

(Ord. 7362 § 3, 2017; Ord. 6451 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2940 § 8.1, 1961)

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

(Ord. 6451 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2940 § 8.2, 1961)

No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.

(Ord. 7362 § 3, 2017; Ord. 6451 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2940 § 8.3, 1961)

The driver of any vehicle approaching an intersection which has official traffic control signals that are inoperative shall stop at the intersection, whether equipped with or without stop signs, and may proceed with caution when it is safe to do so.

(Ord. 7362 § 3, 2017)