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Title 11

Chapter 11.28

San Jose Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-26 · San Jose

11.24.440 Tenth Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Tenth Street between Hedding Street and Humboldt Street.

(Prior code § 3306.28; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.450 Reserved.

Editor’s note— Ord. 30100, § 9, adopted May 15, 2018, repealed § 11.24.450, which pertained to Third Street and derived from prior code § 3306.13; and Ord. 23486.

11.24.460 Vine Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Vine Street between Route 280 and Almaden Expressway.

(Prior code § 3306.8; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.470 Reserved.

Editor’s note— Ord. 30100, § 10, adopted May 15, 2018, repealed § 11.24.470, which pertained to Virginia Street and derived from prior code § 3306.55; and Ord. 23486.

11.24.480 West Taylor Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on West Taylor Street between The Alameda and Taylor Street.

(Prior code § 3306.55; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.490 Villa Stone Drive.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Villa Stone Drive between the south line of Stone Court. (Ords. 22428, 23486.)

11.28.010 Setting speed limits.

  • A. The city traffic engineer is responsible for conducting all engineering and traffic surveys necessary to establish, maintain and enforce prima facie speed limits on all streets, or portions thereof, within the jurisdiction of the city.

  • B. Consistent with the requirements of the California Vehicle Code, the city council shall establish the prima facie speed limits applicable on streets, or portions thereof, by resolution.

  • C. Except for those prima facie speed limits set forth in the California Vehicle Code, the speed limit established by the city council on any particular street, or portion thereof, shall be based upon an engineering and traffic survey demonstrating that the speed limit is appropriate, reasonable and safe to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic.

  • (Ord. 24937.)

11.28.020 Traffic signal timing.

The city engineer is authorized to regulate and set the timing of traffic signals so as to facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic in a reasonable and safe manner, and at speeds consistent with the speed limits established by state law or by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 24937.)

*State law references— For statutory provisions on local timing of traffic signals to vary speed limits, see Vehicle Code § 22401; for provisions on increasing and decreasing state speed limits, see Vehicle Code §§ 22357 and 22358.

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11.28.030 Signs required.

The city traffic engineer is authorized to erect upon each of the streets located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city appropriate signs giving notice of the prima facie speed limit applicable to such street, or portion thereof. (Ord. 24937.)

11.28.040 Effective dates of speed limits.

The prima facie speed limits set by resolution of the city council shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice of the applicable prima facie speed limit have been erected. (Ord. 24937.)

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    Overview
    1. Chapter 11.04
    2. Chapter 11.08
    3. Chapter 11.12
    4. Chapter 11.14
    5. Chapter 11.16
    6. Chapter 11.18
    7. Chapter 11.20
    8. Chapter 11.24
    9. Chapter 11.28
    10. Chapter 11.32
    11. Chapter 11.34
    12. Chapter 11.36
    13. Chapter 11.38
    14. Chapter 11.40
    15. Chapter 11.44
    16. Chapter 11.48
    17. Chapter 11.49
    18. Chapter 11.51
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    20. Chapter 11.54
    21. Chapter 11.56
    22. Chapter 11.58
    23. Chapter 11.61
    24. Chapter 11.62
    25. Chapter 11.64
    26. Chapter 11.72
    27. Chapter 11.76
    28. Chapter 11.80
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    30. Chapter 11.88
    31. Chapter 11.90
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    35. Chapter 11.96
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    37. Chapter 11.100
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