Unlawful obstructions.
San José Municipal Code § 13.18.040
in effect13.18.040 - Unlawful obstructions.
No newsrack shall be placed, installed, used, or maintained in the public right-of-way:
A. Within five feet of any marked crosswalk;
B. Within fifteen feet of the curb return of any unmarked crosswalk;
C. Within five feet of any fire hydrant, fire call box, police call box or other emergency facility;
D. Within five feet of any driveway;
E. As measured parallel to the flow of traffic, within five feet ahead of, and twenty. five feet to the rear of any sign or pavement marking which marks a designated bus stop;
F. Within six feet of any bus bench;
G. At any location where the newsrack causes, creates, or constitutes a traffic hazard;
H. At any location where the newsrack unreasonably obstructs or interferes with access to, or the use and enjoyment of abutting property;
I. At any location where the newsrack will endanger persons or property;
J. At any location where the newsrack will unreasonably interfere with or obstruct the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on the highway;
K. At any location where the clear space for the passage of pedestrians would be reduced to less than six feet;
L. Within five feet of any area improved with lawns, flowers, shrubs, or trees; within five feet of any display window or any building abutting the sidewalk; or in such a manner as to interfere with the reasonable use of such a window for display purposes;
M. Within five feet of any bicycle rack;
N. Attached to any parking meter, traffic signal, street light, fire hydrant, power pole, sign post, refuse container, or tree;
O. Within one hundred feet of any other newsrack which is located on the same side of the street in the same block, and which contains the same issue or edition of the same publication; and
P. In violation of local and state handicapped accessibility regulations.
(Ords. 20892, 22240.)
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=TIT13STSIPUPL_CH13.18RENE_13.18.040UNOBFetched: 11/1/2026