Title 11

Chapter 11.24

San Jose Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · San Jose

11.20.020 Turn markers - Driver obedience required.

When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the direction of such indications. (Prior code § 3305.2.)

ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS†

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11.24.010 Direction of travel - Restrictions applicable.

11.24.020 Signs required where.

11.24.030 Streets and alleys designated.

*State law references— For statutory provisions on local authority to place traffic-control devices regulating turning, see Vehicle Code § 22101; for provisions on local authority to prohibit turning at designated intersections, see Vehicle Code § 22113.

11.24.040 Almaden Avenue.

†State law reference— For statutory provisions on designation of one-way streets, see Vehicle Code § 21657.

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§ 11.24.010

11.24.050 Almaden Frontage Road.

11.24.060 Almaden Road.

11.24.070 Barack Obama Blvd.

11.24.075 Bassett Street.

11.24.080 Brookwood Avenue.

11.24.085 Channing Avenue.

11.24.090 Delmas Street.

11.24.420 Reserved.

11.24.440 Tenth Street.

11.24.450 Reserved.

11.24.460 Vine Street.

11.24.470 Reserved.

11.24.480 West Taylor Street.

11.24.490 Villa Stone Drive.

11.24.095 Devine Street.

11.24.100 Echo Loop.

11.24.110 Eleventh Street.

11.24.115 Emerson Court.

11.24.120 Fifth Street.

11.24.130 First Street.

11.24.140 Fourth Street. 11.24.150 Frontage roads. 11.24.160 Grant Street. 11.24.170 Hedding Street. 11.24.180 Humboldt Street. 11.24.190 Julian Street. 11.24.210 Lightstone Alley. 11.24.215 Lincoln Avenue. 11.24.220 Margaret Way. 11.24.230 Market Street. 11.24.240 Maykirk Road.

11.24.010 Direction of travel - Restrictions applicable.

No person shall operate any vehicle on any street or alley that has been designated as a one-way street or alley in any direction except that authorized by such designation. (Prior code § 3306.1.)

11.24.020 Signs required where.

Whenever any ordinance of the city or resolution of the council designates any street or alley as a one-way street or alley, the city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement thereon. Such signs shall be placed at every intersection of such one-way street or alley with any other street or alley. (Prior code § 3306.2.)

11.24.245 Meridian Way.

11.24.250 Montgomery Street. 11.24.260 Moorpark Avenue. 11.24.270 Morris Court. 11.24.275 North Almaden Boulevard.

11.24.280 Notre Dame Avenue. 11.24.290 O'Brien Court. 11.24.300 Reserved.

11.24.030 Streets and alleys designated.

The council does declare each and all of the streets and portions of streets hereinafter indicated in the remainder of this Chapter 11.24 to be oneway streets or alleys, respectively, on which vehicles shall be driven only in the direction indicated in each of the following sections respectively. (Prior code § 3306.3.)

11.24.320 Post Street.

11.24.330 Reed Street.

11.24.350 Reserved.

11.24.400 Second Street.

11.24.410 Service Roads.

11.24.415 Seventeenth Street.

11.24.040 Almaden Avenue.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Almaden Avenue between Alma Avenue and Reed Street.

(Prior code § 3306.6; Ord. 23486.)

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§ 11.24.130

11.24.050 Almaden Frontage Road.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Almaden Frontage Road between Mesa Drive and Via Monte.

(Prior code § 3306.33; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.060 Almaden Road.

Vehicles shall be driven south to north only on Almaden Road between Alma Street and Almaden Avenue.

(Prior code § 3306.7; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.070 Barack Obama Blvd.

Vehicles shall be permitted to travel south and north on Barack Obama Blvd. between Park Avenue and Santa Clara Street. (Ord. 30609.)

Editor’s note— Ord. 30609, § 4(A), adopted May 25, 2021, amended § 11.24.070 in its entirety, in effect repealing and reenacting said § 11.24.070 to read as set out herein. The former § 11.24.070 pertained to Autumn Street and derived from Prior code § 3306.39; Ord. 23486.

11.24.090 Delmas Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Delmas Street between San Fernando Street and Auzerais Street.

(Prior code § 3306.5; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.095 Devine Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Devine Street between North First Street and North Second Street. (Ord. 23486.)

11.24.100 Echo Loop.

Vehicles shall be driven from Echo Ridge Drive to Echo Valley Drive only. (Prior code § 3306.46; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.110 Eleventh Street.

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

(Prior code § 3306.29; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.115 Emerson Court.

11.24.075 Bassett Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Bassett Street between North First Street and North Second Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Emerson Court between Naglee Avenue and Emory Street.

(Ord. 27055.)

(Ord. 23486.)

11.24.120 Fifth Street.

11.24.080 Brookwood Avenue.

Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on Brookwood Avenue between Twenty-Second Street and Eighteenth Street. (Prior code § 3306.56; Ord. 23486.)

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Fifth Street from freeway ramp to Reed Street.

(Prior code § 3306.49; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.130 First Street.

11.24.085 Channing Avenue.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Channing Avenue between the southerly intersection of Channing Avenue and Seaboard Avenue and a point three hundred fifty feet north of Channing Avenue. (Ord. 26843.)

  • A. Vehicles shall be driven only from south to north on First Street between Reed Street and William Street.

  • B. Vehicles shall be driven only from south to north on First Street between San Carlos Street and Julian Street.

(Prior code § 3306.11; Ords. 23486, 24185.)

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§ 11.24.140

11.24.140 Fourth Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Fourth Street between Jackson Street and Reed Street.

  • B. Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Humboldt Street between Tenth Street and Eleventh Street.

(Prior code §§ 3306.30, 3306.36; Ord. 23486.)

(Prior code § 3306.14.)

11.24.150 Frontage roads.

  • A. Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on that certain frontage road between Fallbrook Avenue and Hamilton Avenue.

  • B. Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on that certain frontage road between Indian Avenue and Blossom Avenue.

  • C. Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on that certain frontage road south of Stokes Street.

(Prior code §§ 3306.44, 3306.45, 3306.47; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.160 Grant Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Grant Street between Locust Street and Almaden Boulevard.

(Prior code § 3306.41; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.170 Hedding Street.

  • A. Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only in south exit lane on Hedding Street between Daniel Way and a point one hundred ninety feet east on Monroe Street.

  • B. Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only in south entrance lane on Hedding Street between Laurelei Avenue and a point one hundred eighty-five feet west of Bellerose Drive.

  • C. Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only in north exit lane on Hedding Street between Laurelei Avenue and a point three hundred feet west of Bellerose Drive.

  • D. Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only in north entrance lane on Hedding Street between Tamarack Avenue and a point one hundred sixty-eight feet east of Monroe Street.

  • (Prior code §§ 3306.21 - 3306.24; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.180 Humboldt Street.

  • A. Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Humboldt Street between Second Street and Third Street.

11.24.190 Julian Street.

Vehicles shall be driven only from east to west on Julian Street between Seventeenth Street and Notre Dame Street.

(Prior code § 3306.15; Ords. 20503, 21714, 23486, 24483.)

11.24.210 Lightstone Alley.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only in Lightstone Alley between Post Street and West Santa Clara Street. Vehicles shall be parked on the easterly side only.

(Prior code § 3306.4; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.215 Lincoln Avenue.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Lincoln Avenue between Husted Avenue and Janis Way.

(Ord. 23486.)

11.24.220 Margaret Way.

Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on Margaret Way from Seventh Street to Fifth Street.

(Prior code § 3306.50; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.230 Market Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Market Street between Julian Street and Bassett Street.

(Prior code § 3306.27; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.240 Maykirk Road.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Maykirk Road between Kirkmont Drive and Dry Creek Road.

(Prior code § 3306.59; Ords. 18613, 23486.)

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§ 11.24.415

11.24.245 Meridian Way.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Meridian Way between Fruitdale Avenue and a point five hundred feet north of Fruitdale Avenue.

11.24.320 Post Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on Post Street between First Street and Lightstone Alley.

(Prior code § 3306.6.18; Ords. 20570, 23486.)

(Ord. 23486.)

11.24.250 Montgomery Street.

Vehicles shall be permitted to travel north and south on Montgomery Street between Santa Clara Street and Park Avenue.

(Prior code § 3306.40; Ords. 23486, 30609.)

11.24.330 Reed Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on Reed Street between Almaden Avenue and Almaden Boulevard.

(Prior code § 3306.53; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.260 Moorpark Avenue.

Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Moorpark Avenue between Bascom Avenue and the freeway on-ramp at Menker Avenue. (Prior code § 3306.51; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.270 Morris Court.

Vehicles shall be driven north to south only on Morris Court between Sherwood and Alameda Court.

(Prior code § 3306.25; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.275 North Almaden Boulevard.

Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on North Almaden Boulevard between West Julian Street and West Santa Clara Street. (Ord. 23486.)

11.24.280 Notre Dame Avenue.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Notre Dame Avenue between Santa Clara Street and Julian Street.

(Prior code § 3306.24; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.290 O'Brien Court.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on O'Brien Court between Alameda Court and Sherwood Avenue.

(Prior code § 3306.26; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.300 Reserved.

Editor’s note— Ord. 30100, § 6, adopted May 15, 2018, repealed § 11.24.300, which pertained to Parkmoor Avenue and derived from prior code § 3306.52; and Ord. 23486.

11.24.350 Reserved.

Editor’s note— Ord. 30100, § 7, adopted May 15, 2018, repealed § 11.24.350, which pertained to St. James Street and derived from prior code § 3306.16; and Ord. 23486.

11.24.400 Second Street.

Vehicles shall be driven only from north to south on Second Street between St. James Street and Humboldt Street.

(Prior code § 3306.12; Ords. 18976, 22365, 23486.)

11.24.410 Service roads.

  • A. Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on that certain unnamed service road between Chestnut Street and Stockton Avenue on the north side of Hedding Street.

  • B. Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on that certain unnamed service road between Chestnut Street and Stockton Avenue on the south side of Hedding Street.

  • C. Vehicles shall be driven from east to west only on that certain unnamed service road between Chestnut Street and Taylor Street.

(Prior code §§ 3306.19, 3306.20, 3306.43; Ord. 23486.)

11.24.415 Seventeenth Street.

Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Seventeenth Street between San Fernando Street and San Antonio Street.

(Ord. 27090.)

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§ 11.24.440

11.24.420 Reserved.

Editor’s note— Ord. 30100, § 8, adopted May 15, 2018, repealed § 11.24.420, which pertained to Sixth Street and derived from prior code § 3306.54; and Ord. 23486.

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