Stop signs as are authorized in writing by the public works
director shall be erected and maintained by the town.
(1998 Code, sec. 70.03(A))
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver
of a motor 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.
(1998 Code, sec. 70.03(B))
Every said sign shall conform to the manual and specifications
for uniform traffic-control devices as adopted by the state department
of transportation. Every stop or yield sign shall be located as near
as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk thereat, or, if
none, at the nearest line of the roadway.
(1998 Code, sec. 70.03(C))
