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No person shall, without the permission of the chief of police, place or cause to be placed on any street or sidewalk or on any building any sign preventing or forbidding the parking of vehicles in the street in front of any building or place of business. (Prior code § 42-14-29)
A. Definition: "Public parking area" means any land within the corporate limits of the city, other than public streets owned by or under the supervision and control of the city, county or any instrumentality of the state or federal government, which has been specifically designated or made available for off street parking purposes for the public at large or for a particularly limited or specified purpose.
B. Signs Regulating Parking: The chief of police of the city, is authorized to cause to be placed upon public parking areas within the city appropriate signs regulating parking thereon, including regulations pertaining to the maximum duration during which parking is allowed, periods of time when parking may be prohibited, specified uses for particular parking facilities, the designation of certain parking spaces for municipal, county, state or federal employees and other matters pertaining to the efficient regulation and control of public parking areas.
C. Unlawful: When signs are in place in public parking areas controlling or regulating parking thereon and have been so placed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, it is unlawful to park any vehicle in a public parking area within the city in violation of the direction given by such signs. (Ord. 02-27 § 2, 2002: prior code § 42-14-31)
A. Every person operating or having control of a motor vehicle that is stopped, standing or parked within the city shall control the noise of the motor and muffler thereof so that at all times the noise level of such motor and muffler is less than eighty five (85) decibels measured at a distance of fifty feet (50') from such vehicle.
B. No person operating or having control of a vehicle shall permit the engine of such vehicle to operate for more than two (2) minutes while such vehicle is stationary except when the local temperature as reported by the United States weather bureau is below zero degrees Fahrenheit (0°F). This section does not apply to idling by on duty police officers or firefighters as necessary for the performance of their official duties. This section does not apply to vehicles owned by the city of Logan as necessary to operate equipment in the performance of official duties.
C. The purpose of this subsection is to comply with the requirements imposed by the state legislature in Utah code 41-6a-208. The intent of this section is to be primarily educational. A person must be issued at least one (1) warning citation before a fine may be imposed. The fine shall be a civil penalty of forty dollars ($40.00) and imposed as set forth in section 10.52.290 of this chapter. Law enforcement personnel who enforce this section shall follow all Logan City police policies regarding safety while enforcing this section. This section may only be enforced on public property or on private property that is open to the general public. If the private property owner has a private business that has a drive-through service as a component of the private property owner’s business operations this section is only enforceable if the owner posts a sign provided by or acceptable to the local highway authority informing its customers and the public of the local highway authority’s time limit for idling vehicle engines or adopts an idle reduction education policy approved by the local highway authority. (Ord. 14-16, 2014; amd. Ord. 23-12, 4-18-2023)
Only those vehicles carrying a distinctive (logo) handicapped license plate or transferable identification card may park in a parking space which is clearly identified as reserved for use by the handicapped. This section applies to and may be enforced on public property and on private property which is used or intended for use by the public. (Ord. 90-50 § 3, 1990: prior code § 42-14-32)
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