Locations - Determination standards - Street name signs required when.
San José Municipal Code § 11.16.070
in effect11.16.070 - Locations - Determination standards - Street name signs required when.
A. The city traffic engineer shall recommend to the council the locations where such signals are required by resort to field observations, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent and his determination therefrom shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions set forth in the California Traffic Manual issued by the state department of transportation.
B. Whenever the city traffic engineer installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any intersection, he shall likewise erect and maintain at such intersection street name signs visible to the principal flow of traffic unless such street name signs have previously been placed and are maintained at any such intersection.
(Prior code § 3304.7; Ord. 21074.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11VETR_CH11.16TRNTDE_11.16.070LOETSTTRNASIREWHFetched: 11/1/2026