Chapter 10.40
STOPS
Sections:
10.40.010 Emerging from alley or private driveway.
10.40.020 Sign – Erection.
10.40.030 Stop, yield intersections – Sign requirements.
10.40.040 Stop, yield intersections – Driving regulations.
10.40.050 Entering stop intersections.
10.40.060 Entering yield intersections.
10.40.070 Sign – Design.
10.40.080 Intersection, crosswalk obstructing prohibited.
10.40.090 Signal indicating approval of railroad train.
10.40.100 Arterial highways designated.
10.40.010 Emerging from alley or private driveway.
It is unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to emerge from an alley, driveway, building exit, private way, or private property or from off the roadway of any public highway, onto the roadway of any public highway or across a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any such alley, driveway, building exit, private way or private property without bringing such vehicle to a full stop and yielding the right-of-way to all pedestrians upon such sidewalk and all vehicles upon such public highway.
No vehicle shall back into or out of an alley, except when the alley is obstructed.
No driver shall enter any street at any point other than a street intersection at a rate of speed exceeding five miles an hour, nor operate a vehicle in excess of 15 miles per hour in any alley. (Ord. 288 § 2, 1968; Ord. 282 § 33, 1968).
10.40.020 Sign – Erection.
Except on such streets that form a part of the route of a primary or secondary state highway upon which the state law requires the State Highway Commission to install, operate, maintain, and control traffic-control devices, whenever any city ordinance designates and describes an arterial highway, it shall be the duty of the street superintendent to place and maintain a stop sign on each and every street intersecting such arterial highway or intersecting that portion thereof described and designated as such by any city ordinance. (Ord. 282 § 35, 1968).
10.40.030 Stop, yield intersections – Sign requirements.
The street superintendent is authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than arterial streets and to determine whether vehicles shall:
(1) Stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection, in which event he shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required; or
(2) Yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in SMC 10.40.060 in which event he shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required. (Ord. 282 § 36, 1968).
10.40.040 Stop, yield intersections – Driving regulations.
(1) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
(2) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. (Ord. 282 § 36.1, 1968).
10.40.050 Entering stop intersections.
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop as required by SMC 10.40.040(2), and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on the highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection. (Ord. 282 § 36.2, 1968).
10.40.060 Entering yield intersections.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection; provided, however, that if such a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection, after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure to yield right-of-way. (Ord. 282 § 36.3, 1968).
10.40.070 Sign – Design.
Every stop sign shall be of a standard design adopted by the State Highway Commission. (Ord. 282 § 37, 1968).
10.40.080 Intersection, crosswalk obstructing prohibited.
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 vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. (Ord. 288 § 2, 1968; Ord. 282 § 38, 1968).
10.40.090 Signal indicating approval of railroad train.
No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (Ord. 282 § 39, 1968).
10.40.100 Arterial highways designated.
Those streets and parts of streets described in Schedule II herein are declared to be arterial highways for the purpose of this section.
Schedule II
In accordance with the provisions of this section and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop at every intersection before entering any of the following streets or parts of streets:
(1) SSH 532 from west city limits to east city limits;
(2) SSH 530 from north city limits to south city limits;
(3) Pearson Street from Market Street to Main Street;
(4) North Street (2nd NW) from Market Street to Lindsay Street;
(5) Pearson Street from Market Street to Lindsay Street;
(6) Center Street (1st NW) from Market Street to Lindsay Street;
(7) Center Street (1st NW) from Market Street to Stillaguamish Street;
(8) Market Street from north city limits to SSH 532;
(9) Main Street (a/k/a Burnway, a/k/a State Street in former town of E. Stanwood, a/k/a Ravenna Way) from Market Street east to intersection with Cedarhome Drive (a/k/a Cedarhome Road);
(10) Husby Street from SSH 530 to east city limits;
(11) Cedarhome Road from intersection with SSH 530 to junction with Cedarhome Road Revision (a/k/a Ravenna Way);
(12) Cedarhome Road from intersection with Cedarhome Road Revision (a/k/a Ravenna Way) to east city limits;
(13) Washington Street from Husby to Cedarhome Road;
(14) Sunset Drive on north boundary of Stanwood (9th St. NE) for the entire length thereof to east city limits;
(15) Klett Street from intersection with SSH 532 to north intersection with Sunset Drive;
(16) Florence-Warm Beach Road from State (Main) Street to south city limits;
(17) Kunze Street from Main (Burnway) Street to south city limits;
(18) Union Street (Giard) from State (Main) Street south to SSH 532;
(19) 99th Avenue NW (formerly Stillaguamish Avenue) for its entire length;
(20) 83rd Drive NW (formerly Gunderson Street) for its entire length;
(21) Cedarhome Drive, North (formerly Cedarhome Drive) from its intersection with Cedarhome Drive (formerly Ravenna Drive) northeasterly to its re-intersection with Cedarhome Drive;
(22) The intersection of Main Street, 271st NW (a/k/a Burnway, a/k/a State Street) and Giard Street, 88th Avenue NW. (Ord. 477 § 1, 1977; Ord. 379 § 1, 1972; Ord. 288 § 2, 1968; Ord. 282 §§ 34, 112, 1968).