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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)
A. Violation Prohibited: It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to violate, or for the owner or other person having the right to control the operation of any such vehicle, to suffer or permit the operation, use, stopping, standing or parking of such vehicle in violation of any rule or regulation established and promulgated as provided in Sections 10-3-2 and 10-3-3 of this Chapter, or any regulation of the State Road Commission applicable to any State highway in the City and adopted pursuant to State law. It is unlawful for any person to violate any such rule or regulation applicable to pedestrians.
B. Classification Of Misdemeanor: Unless otherwise provided in State law or this Title, a violation of any provision of this Title, or any rule or regulation adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Title, is a Class C misdemeanor, subject to penalty as provided in Title 1, Chapter 4 of this Code.
(1979 Code § 10.08.080; amd. Ord. 94-60, 11-15-1994; 1999 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also Chapter 6 of this Title. |