Chapter 15 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC›Article III — OPERATION OF VEHICLES
Division 3 — SPEED
Los Gatos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Los Gatos
Sec. 15.30.225. - Decrease of prima facie speed limits.¶
Whenever by resolution it is determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the prima facie limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of a street or highway, other than a State highway, for a distance of not exceeding two thousand (2,000) feet in length between districts, either business or residence, it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit upon any such portion of such street or highway, other than a State highway, as therein set forth, but not less than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, shall be as determined in such resolution, and such determined
prima facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such street or highway.
(Code 1968, § 16-43)
Sec. 15.30.230. - Decrease of prima facie speed limit on narrow street.¶
Whenever, by resolution, it is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour in a business or residential district on any portion of a street or highway, other than a State highway, having a roadway not exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in width, is more than is reasonable or safe, it is hereby declared that a prima facie limit of twenty (20) or fifteen (15) miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate, shall be as determined in such resolution, and such determined prima facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such street or highway.
(Code 1968, § 16-43.1)
Sec. 15.30.235. - Establishing speed limits on certain streets.¶
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the following speed limits will facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and are reasonable and safe and are declared the prima facie speed limits and shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 15 mph
Charles Street, from Bella Vista Avenue to Los Gatos Boulevard
Marchmont Drive, from Hilow Road to east end
North Santa Cruz Avenue, from Main Street to Los Gatos-Saratoga Road
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 20 mph
Bella Vista Avenue, from New York Avenue to Caldwell Avenue
Cleland Avenue, from Reservoir Road to Kimble Avenue
College Avenue, from East Main Street to Prospect Avenue
Cypress Way, from Spring Street to east end
Foster Road, from Johnson Avenue to south Town limits
Jackson Street, from Oak Hill Way to Central Avenue
Kennedy Road, from one thousand nine hundred (1,900) feet east of Forrester Road to east Town limits
Kimble Avenue, from Cleland Avenue to Prospect Avenue
Phillips Avenue, from Cypress Way to South Kennedy Road
Reservoir Road, from Cleland Avenue to Prospect Avenue
University Avenue from Main Street to Mullen Avenue
Villa Avenue, from Jackson Street to Fiesta Way
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 25 mph
Andrews Street, from University Avenue to west Town limits
Bicknell Road, from Quito Road to Montclair Road
Capri Drive, from north Town limits to Knowles Drive
Carlton Avenue, from Los Gatos-Almaden Road to National Avenue
Cherry Blossom Lane, from Shannon Road to Blossom Hill Road
Glenridge Avenue, from Bachman Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
Harwood Road, from Blossom Hill Road to Town limits
Hernandez Avenue, from Glen Ridge Avenue to Town limits
Hilow Road, from Cardinal Lane to Shannon Road
Loma Alta Avenue, from Los Gatos Boulevard to Cypress Way
Los Gatos Boulevard, from Alpine Avenue to Roberts East Road
East Main Street, from Route 17 to Alpine Avenue
West Main Street, from Broadway to Route 17
Massol Avenue, from Saratoga Avenue to Bean Avenue
Montclair Road, from Quito Road to Bicknell Road
More Avenue, from Pollard Road to Bicknell Road
National Avenue, from Samaritan Drive to Los Gatos-Almaden Road
Nino Avenue, from Los Gatos Boulevard to west end
Oka Road, from Lark Avenue to Mozart Avenue
Old Blossom Hill Road from west end to east end
West Parr Avenue, from Pollard Road to Capri Drive
Pennsylvania Avenue, from Bayview Avenue to Wissahickon Avenue
Quito Road, from Pollard Road to Bicknell Road
North Santa Cruz Avenue, from Los Gatos-Saratoga Road to Blossom Hill Road
South Santa Cruz Avenue, from Main Street to SR 17 ramp
Tait Avenue, from West Main Street to Saratoga Avenue
University Avenue, from Mullen Avenue to Blossom Hill Road
Wedgewood Avenue, from Pollard Road to Wimbledon Drive
Westhill Drive, from Blossom Hill Road to Bacigalupi Drive
Wimbledon Drive, from Winchester Boulevard to Wedgewood Avenue
Winchester Boulevard, from Blossom Hill Road to east Vineland Avenue
All remaining residential and commercial streets
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 30 mph
Blossom Hill Road, from North Santa Cruz Avenue/Winchester Boulevard to Camino Del Cerro
Hicks Road, from Shannon Road to north Town limits
Kennedy road, from Los Gatos Boulevard to one thousand nine hundred (1,900) feet east of Forrester Road
Knowles Drive from Winchester Boulevard to Dell Avenue
Lark Avenue, from Winchester Boulevard to Los Gatos Boulevard
Shannon Road, from Los Gatos Boulevard to Short Road
Shannon Road, from Short Road to Hicks Road
Short Road, from Shannon Road to Old Blossom Hill Road
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 35 mph
Blossom Hill Road, from Camino Del Cerro to east Town limits
Knowles Drive, from Pollard Road to Winchester Boulevard
Los Gatos-Almaden Road from Los Gatos Boulevard to east Town limits
Los Gatos Boulevard, from Roberts East Road to Samaritan Drive
Los Gatos-Saratoga Road from Los Gatos Boulevard to Alberto Way
Pollard Road, from Quito Road to Knowles Drive
Union Avenue, from Blossom Hill Road to Los Gatos-Almaden Road
University Avenue, from Blossom Hill Road to Lark Avenue
Winchester Boulevard, from Vineland Avenue to Knowles Drive
Prima Facie Speed Limit Declared 40 mph
Winchester Boulevard, from Knowles Drive to north Town limits
(Code 1968, § 16-43.2; Ord. No. 1810, § I, 2-5-90; Ord. No. 1866, §§ I, II, 9-3-91; Ord. No. 2028, §§ I, II, 2- 18-97; Ord. No. 2119, §§ I, II, 10-20-03; Ord. No. 2223, §§ I, II, 11-18-13; Ord. No. 2362, § I, 12-3-24)
Secs. 15.30.240—15.30.300. - Reserved.
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