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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)

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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)

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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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