(A) Whenever any ordinance designates and describes a through street, there shall be a stop sign on each and every street intersecting the through street or intersecting the portion thereof described and designated as such by any ordinance, unless traffic at any intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control signals. However, at the intersection of two through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of the streets.
(`84 Code, § 7-1072)
(B) The Board may determine and designate intersections where particular hazards exist upon other than through streets and may determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any stop intersection, and shall erect a stop sign at every place where a stop is required. These places are specified in the traffic schedule.
(`84 Code, § 7-1073)
(C) Every sign erected pursuant to this title shall bear the word "Stop" in letters not less than eight inches in height.
(1) The signs shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination, by a fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign.
(2) Every stop sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the side of the intersection or, if none, at the nearest line of the roadway.
(`84 Code, § 7-1074)
(D) (1) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection described in the traffic schedule and 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, or, 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.
(2) The driver having stopped in obedience to a stop sign at an intersection shall proceed cautiously, yielding the right-of-way to all vehicles not so obliged to stop which are approaching the intersection.
(E) Violation of this section may constitute an infraction in accordance with § 10.99 of this Code and G.S. § 14-4.
(`84 Code, § 7-1075) (Am. Ord. 2009-O-06, passed 7-13-09; Am. Ord. 2022-O-01, passed 3-1-22) Penalty, see § 70.99