San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 10.20 Special Stops

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Statutory reference:

For provisions on local authority to regulate stops at through streets and stop intersections, see Cal. Vehicle Code, § 21101

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 Director of Public Services shall erect and maintain stop signs as follows.

(A) 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.

(B) Every such sign shall be placed at or near the entrance to the highway or intersection where a stop is required and every such sign shall conform to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941; Ord. MC-344, passed 2-22-1984)

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

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941)

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 alley way.

(Ord. 1652, passed 3-18-1941)