Title 11 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 11.24 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · San Jose
State Law reference— For statutory provisions on designation of one-way streets, see Vehicle Code § 21657.
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.)
11.24.030 - 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 one-way 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.)
11.24.040 - 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.)
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.
11.24.075 - Bassett Street.¶
Vehicles shall be driven from west to east only on Bassett Street between North First Street and North Second Street.
(Ord. 23486.)
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.)
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.)
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.¶
Vehicles shall be driven from south to north only on Emerson Court between Naglee Avenue and Emory Street.
(Ord. 27055.)
11.24.120 - Fifth Street.¶
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.¶
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.)
11.24.140 - Fourth Street.¶
Vehicles shall be driven from north to south only on Fourth Street between Jackson Street and Reed Street.
(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.
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.)
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.)
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.
(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.)
11.24.260 - 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.
11.24.320 - 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.)
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.)
11.24.350 - 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.)
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.
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.)
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