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It is unlawful for any person to place any form of advertising upon any part of the public domain in the city, or along any city highway within three hundred feet (300') of such highway, except upon land in private ownership situated along such highway (subject to the other requirements of this code), without first receiving a permit to do so from the department, subject to the approval of the city. (1999 Code)
A. Contents Escaping: No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any city highway unless so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that reasonable amounts of sand, salt or other abrasives may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway for cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
B. Fastening Of Load: No person shall operate on a public highway any vehicle with a load unless the load and any covering thereon is suitably fastened, secured and confined according to the nature of the load so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway. (1999 Code)
It is unlawful for any users of water from any ditch, stream or well to wilfully or carelessly permit the same to run upon any city highway in such a manner as to damage or interfere with the proper use of same, or to cause pools of water to stand thereon, or to cause anything to be placed or left upon such highway so as to obstruct travel or to endanger property or persons upon the same. (1999 Code)
It is unlawful for any person removing snow, ice or other material from a sidewalk or driveway to place or deposit said snow, ice or other material upon any city road or highway in such a manner as to interfere with the proper use of the same or so as to obstruct travel or to endanger property or persons upon the same. (1999 Code)
The mayor is authorized, but is not obligated, to grant a revocable license for the maintenance on a public highway of an encroachment or obstruction otherwise declared by the terms of this chapter to be unlawful; provided, that: a) the encroachment or obstruction has continually existed in substantially its current state since on or prior to the city's incorporation on November 30, 1999; and b) the mayor determines, in the mayor's sole discretion, that such encroachment or obstruction does not constitute an immediate danger to public health or safety; and c) the city's grant of such revocable license is effected only by a written license agreement in such form as the city council may from time to time specify by ordinance or by resolution; and d) the written license agreement is executed and delivered to the city by the owner of the encroachment or obstruction and by all owners of fee title to, or leasehold interests in, the private real property to which the encroachment or obstruction relates; and e) the written license agreement thereafter is recorded in the office of the Salt Lake County recorder as an issue affecting title to the private real property to which the encroachment or obstruction relates. (1999 Code)