(A) Those streets and parts of streets as hereafter set out are declared to be through streets for the purpose of this section.
(B) Whenever any ordinance of this town designates and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the Town Marshal to place and maintain a stop sign on each and every street intersecting such through street or intersection, that portion thereof described and designated as such by any ordinance of this town, unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control signals; provided, however, that at the intersection of two such 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 or both of said streets as may be determined by the Town Marshal upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study.
(C) The Town Marshal is authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazards exist upon other than through streets and may designate any such intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such intersections.
(D) (1) Every stop sign and every yield sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, at the nearest line of the roadway.
(2) In residence and business districts, and at any place where parked vehicles may frequently obscure the stop or yield signs, the signs shall be mounted so that their lower edge will be seven feet above the top of the curb. The left edge of the sign shall be not less than one foot nor more than three feet back from the face of the curb. Where there is a marked crosswalk on the pavement, the sign shall be erected four feet in advance of the crosswalk line, nearest to approaching traffic.
(E) (1) When stop signs are erected as herein authorized, at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle approaching 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, except when directed to proceed by a policy officer or traffic control signal.
(2) After the driver of a vehicle has stopped at the entrance to a through highway, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from the through highway or which are approaching so closely on said through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but the driver having so yielded may proceed and the driver of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on the through highway shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle so proceeding into or across the through highway.
(3) After the driver of a vehicle has stopped in obedience to a stop sign at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one or more entrances thereto, although not a part of a through highway, the driver shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obliged to stop, which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, but may then proceed.
(F) (1) 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 or shall stop if necessary 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. The driver having so yielded and having stopped in order to so yield may then proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on intersecting roadways shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding. A driver who enters a yield intersection without stopping and who has or causes a collision with a vehicle which entered the intersection from an intersecting roadway shall prima facie be considered not to have yielded as required herein. The foregoing shall not relieve the drivers of other vehicles approaching the intersection at such distance as not to constitute an immediate hazard from the duty to drive with due care to avoid a collision.
(2) 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.
(G) (1) The driver of a vehicle, within a business or residence district, 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 yielding the right-of-way to any pedestrians as may be necessary to avoid collision and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
(2) 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 or she is operating, without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(`77 Code, § 30.04)