San José City Council
Amendment to Chapter 10.10 of Title 10
(Pedestrian Facilitation Ordinance) of the
San José Municipal Code
March 11, 2025
Agenda Item 4.1
Deputy Chief Gina Tibaldi
San Jose Police Department
2 San José Municipal Code 10.10
Section 10.10.010: No person shall sit or lie down upon a public sidewalk, or upon a blanket, chair, stool, or any other object placed upon a public sidewalk, in the
pedestrian facilitation zone, during the hours between
10:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight).
Section 10.10.030 Exceptions – medical emergency,
wheelchair / walker, sidewalk café w/ a permit, peddler w/ permit, permanently affixed bench.
Proposed revision: Change the hours the ordinance is
in effect to 8:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m. (midnight).
3 Section 10.10.020: The zone is
defined as the area bounded by
Route 87, Julian Street, Fourth
Street and Interstate 280; and
shall further include Santa Clara
Street between Fourth Street
and Tenth Street.
This area shall include all public
sidewalks found within the zone,
including the sidewalks on both
sides of Julian and Fourth
Streets at the north and east
boundaries of the pedestrian
facilitation zone and the
sidewalks on both sides of
Santa Clara Street between
Fourth and Tenth Streets.
4 Section 10.10.040: No person shall
be cited or arrested under this
chapter unless the person engages
in conduct prohibited by this
chapter:
A. After having been once
previously notified by a police
officer within a thirty-day period
that the conduct violates this
chapter; or
B. Within three hundred feet of a
sign which states that sitting or
lying upon the public sidewalk is
prohibited during the hours
between 10 a.m.
and 12:00 a.m.
(midnight).
Proposed revision: Change
the hours the ordinance is in effect
to 8:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m. (midnight).
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