City officials have extended a ban on lying or sitting on sidewalks in a portion of downtown in hopes of addressing safety and accessibility concerns.

The San Jose City Council added two hours to an existing ban on people sleeping or sitting on sidewalks. By unanimous vote, the council made it illegal to sleep or sit on city sidewalks from eight o’clock in the morning to midnight.

San Jose homeless residents are at risk of being cited or arrested if they’re caught sleeping or sitting on the sidewalk by early morning.

San Jose officials have approved the permanent restriction of vehicle traffic at a popular downtown street in an effort to increase fast-growing economic vibrancy in the business district.