Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Special Stops Required

(a) 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, or any intersection at which vehicles are required to yield the right-of-way, or any railroad grade crossing at which vehicles are required to stop, the city manager shall erect and maintain stop signs and yield right-of-way signs as follows:

(b) 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 and at any railroad grade crossing so designated; and a yield right-of-way sign shall be erected at those entrances of intersections where motorists are required to yield the right-of-way. Every such sign shall conform with and shall be placed as provided in Sections 21355 and 21356 of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 4453 § 59, 1997: Ord. 1714 (part), 1956: prior code § 19.61)

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 1714 (part), 1956: prior code § 19.62)