Application.
San José Municipal Code § 23.04.010
in effect23.04.010 - Application.
A. In addition to the provisions set forth in Chapter 23.02, this part shall govern standards for signage for all nonresidential uses in the CO, CP, CN, CG, and PQP commercial zoning districts; the CIC, TEC, IP, LI, and HI industrial zoning districts; the neighborhood business districts; the Capitol Expressway Auto Mall signage area; the Stevens Creek Boulevard signage area; the Oakridge/Blossom Hill Urban Village signage area; and the North San José signage area.
B. Signage for residential uses shall be governed by Part 4 of this chapter, subject to the provisions of Section 23.02.1000 regarding mixed uses.
C. Standards for temporary signs shall be governed by Parts 7 and 8 of this chapter.
D. Legal nonconforming signs located within the Capitol Expressway Auto Mall signage area shall be governed by Section 23.02.1220 of Part 3 of Chapter 23.02 of this title.
E. For purposes of this title, "neighborhood business district" shall mean any area so designated in the city general plan.
F. For purposes of this title, "Capitol Expressway Auto Mall signage area" shall mean that certain area encompassing those real property parcels adjacent to and fronting along Capitol Expressway within the city between Almaden Expressway and the private parcel boundary immediately adjacent to and to the west of State Highway 87 on the south side of Capitol Expressway and between the Guadalupe River and approximately one thousand three hundred feet east of the centerline of Pearl Avenue on the north side of Capitol Expressway.
G. For purposes of this title, "Stevens Creek Boulevard signage area" shall mean that certain area encompassing those real property parcels adjacent to and fronting along Stevens Creek Boulevard within the city between Winchester Boulevard and the City of San José limit line located approximate eight hundred fifty feet east of State Route 280 and those real properties located entirely within the area bounded by Stevens Creek Boulevard, Kiely Avenue and Saratoga Avenue.
H. For purposes of this title, "Oakridge/Blossom Hill Urban Village signage area" shall mean that certain area encompassing those real property parcels adjacent to and fronting along Blossom Hill Road and immediately adjacent parcels that are part of a contiguous shopping center functioning as a single unit fronting on Blossom Hill Road within the city and located within an urban village boundary area as indicated on the city general plan land use/transportation diagram and between Blossom River Drive and Thornwood Drive/Briar Ridge Drive.
I. For purposes of this title, "North San José signage area" shall mean that certain area addressed in the North San José area development policy as defined in the city's general plan.
J. For purposes of this chapter, where more than one parcel is subject to a single development permit issued pursuant to Chapter 20.100 of Title 20 of this Code, the term "parcel" as used in this chapter shall mean the entire site that is covered by that single development permit.
(Ords. 24201, 26942, 27375, 28569, 29013, 29223, 29558.)
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=TIT23SI_CH23.04SIRE_PT1COCPCNCGPQCITEIPLIHICOINZODINEBUDICAEXAUMASIARSTCRBOSIAROABLHIURVISIARNOSAJOSIAR_23.04.010APFetched: 11/1/2026
