Columbia Vehicle entering stop intersections ordinance (§ 14-248)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article IV. Operation
In short: Drivers must stop at a stop sign, as section 14-247(b) requires, unless a police officer or traffic signal directs them to proceed. After stopping, they must yield to any vehicle or cycle already in the intersection or approaching closely enough on the other road to be an immediate hazard.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
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 section 14-247(b), and after having stopped, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle or cycle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on such highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection. The word "cycle," as used in this division, shall be defined as in section 14-491.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-248
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.