CHAPTER 3
ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
SECTION:
10-3-1: Rulemaking Authority
10-3-2: Traffic Rules And Regulations
10-3-3: Traffic Control Devices; Standards
10-3-4: Police Department; Authority To Enforce And Direct
10-3-5: Unauthorized Devices And Commercial Advertisements
10-3-6: Closed Or Restricted Use Streets
10-3-7: Emergency Vehicles
10-3-8: Workers And Equipment On Streets
10-3-9: Obedience To Peace Officer Or Traffic Controllers
10-3-10: Applicability To Pushcarts, Bicycles And Animals
10-3-11: Penalty
A. City Traffic Engineer Authority: The city traffic engineer is authorized to place and maintain the following traffic control devices relating to the use of the public streets of the city, whenever, upon a traffic and engineering investigation he or she finds that it is necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic:
1. Traffic Lanes: Designating the streets and roadways which shall be laned for traffic, specifying the number of lanes for travel in each direction and the width of each traffic lane;
2. One-Way Streets: Designating and specifying the streets or portions thereof upon which vehicular travel shall move only in one specified direction, provided that an existing two-way street shall not be changed to a one-way street unless approved by administrative order of the mayor;
3. Division Of Streets Into Separate Roadways: Designating which streets or portions thereof shall be divided into separate roadways, and providing for the division of the same into separate roadways, regulating or prohibiting the crossing from one roadway to the other on such streets and specifying the place and manner in which the roadway shall be divided as aforesaid;
4. Through Highways And Stop Intersections: Designating the streets or portions thereof which shall be through highways and the intersections of streets which shall be stop intersections, and requiring a full stop by vehicles before entering thereon;
5. Yielding Of Right Of Way: Designating the intersections in the public streets of the city where safety and efficiency require the normal right of way rule to be modified in favor of one of the intersecting streets or highways and regulating and requiring the yielding of right of way at such intersections;
6. Left And Right Turns: Designating the intersections in the public streets of the city at which, during all or at specified times, either left or right turns, or both, by vehicular traffic is prohibited;
7. Traffic Control Signals: Designating street intersections at which vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic shall be controlled by traffic control signals;
8. Parking: Regulating, restricting and/or prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles upon designated portions of the public streets, either entirely or at designated times, and/or restricting the length of time during which any vehicle may remain parked in designated places on the public streets, provided that:
a. The permitting of angle parking shall first be authorized by administrative order of the mayor pursuant to section 10-5-9 of this title,
b. Designating locations subject to time restrictions under section 10-5-4 of this title shall first be approved by administrative order of the mayor;
9. Crosswalks: Designating crosswalks for pedestrians in addition to those established by law or ordinance at street intersections;
10. Safety Zones: Establishing safety zones for the protection of pedestrians;
11. Passenger Loading Zones: Establishing passenger loading and unloading zones and regulating the use thereof;
12. Truck Loading Zones: Establishing truck loading and unloading zones and regulating the use thereof;
13. Bus Zones: Establishing public bus stops or zones and regulating the use thereof;
14. Taxi Zones: Establishing and designating taxicab stands and regulating the use thereof;
15. School Crossing Zones: Establishing school crossing zones and regulating the use thereof;
16. Parking Zones Reserved For Disabled Persons: Establishing parking areas reserved for persons with disabilities and regulating the use thereof;
17. Reduced Speed School Zones: Reduced speed school zones as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 41-6a-303; and
18. Miscellaneous: The establishment of any other traffic control device necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
B. Previously Established Rules: Traffic control devices installed prior to November 14, 2006, are presumptively valid and shall continue in force and effect until such time as they may be altered as provided herein.
(1979 Code § 10.08.020; amd. Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994; 1999 Code; Ord. 2006-71, 11-14-2006)
All traffic control devices shall be installed and maintained in conformance with the most recent edition of the "Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways" (MUTCD) and other standards issued or endorsed by the federal highway administrator and the manual and specifications adopted by the Utah transportation commission.
(1979 Code § 10.08.030; amd. Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994; Ord. 2006-71, 11-14-2006)
It shall be the duty of the police department to administer and enforce the provisions of this title. Officers of the police department are authorized to direct all traffic, either in person or by means of visible or audible signal, in conformance with the provisions of this title; provided, that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police or fire department may direct traffic, as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of this title.
(1979 Code § 10.08.040; amd. Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)
A. Prohibited: No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, light, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or signal, or authorized emergency vehicle flashing light or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic device; or which is of such brilliant illumination and so positioned as to blind or dazzle a driver on any highway adjacent thereto, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
B. Exception: This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
C. Declared Public Nuisance; Removal: Every such prohibited sign, signal light or marking is declared to be a public nuisance, and the City Traffic Engineer or any police officer is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
(1979 Code § 10.08.035; Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)
A. Authority; Barriers And Notices Required: Whenever it is deemed necessary because of construction or maintenance work, or because of emergency to suspend all or part of the travel on a public highway, street, alley, or portion thereof, the City may restrict the use of, or close, such highway, street, alley or portion thereof. When such highway, street or portion is restricted or closed to travel, the City shall cause suitable barriers and notices to be posted as required in the MUTCD. It is unlawful for any person to fail to observe any barricade, warning light, sign or flagman warning the public that a highway or street, or portion thereof, is restricted or closed to traffic.
B. Parking Or Standing Vehicles Prohibited: No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle on any street or portion of any street which has been closed or restricted to use and for which suitable barriers and notices have been posted as required in the MUTCD.
C. Written Permission To Close: No person shall close or attempt to close any public street by any means without written permission from the City Traffic Engineer or other authorized City official, except a member of the Police or Fire Departments when required in the execution of their duties.
D. Construction: This Section shall not be construed in derogation of other provisions of this Code or other general administrative powers of the City to control the use of City streets.
(1979 Code § 10.08.045; Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)
A. Authority: The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges under subsection B of this Section, when the operator of the vehicle sounds an audible signal as provided under Utah Code Annotated section 41-6-146, or its successor provision, or uses a visual signal as defined under Utah Code Annotated section 41-6-132, or its successor provision, which is visible from in front of the vehicle.
B. Privileges: The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
1. Stop, stand or park, irrespective of the provisions of this Title;
2. Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
3. Exceed the maximum speed limits; or
4. Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
(1979 Code § 10.08.052; Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)
A. Title Not Applicable: Except as provided in subsection B of this Section or unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this Title shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in authorized work upon the surface of a highway or upon wires or structures immediately above the surface of the street. However, the entire Title applies to those persons and vehicles when traveling to or from the work.
B. Exceptions: The exemptions provided in subsection A of this Section shall not apply to Utah Code Annotated sections 41-6-13.5, 41-6-44 and 41-6-45, as amended, or their successor provisions.
(1979 Code § 10.08.054; Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)
A. Required: It is unlawful for any person to wilfully refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a peace officer, firefighter, flagger at a highway construction or maintenance site, or uniformed adult school crossing guard invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
B. Flaggers; Devices And Procedures: When flaggers at highway construction or maintenance sites are directing traffic they shall use devices and procedures conforming to the latest edition of the MUTCD.
(1979 Code § 10.08.060; amd. Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994)
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding a bicycle, moped or any animal upon a roadway, and every person driving any animal, shall be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable to the operator of any vehicle, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
(1979 Code § 10.08.050)
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