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Salt Lake City, UT Code of Ordinances
CITY CODE of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
ORDINANCES PENDING REVIEW FOR CODIFICATION
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 RESERVED
TITLE 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES1
TITLE 7 RESERVED
TITLE 8 ANIMALS
TITLE 9 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 10 HUMAN RIGHTS
TITLE 11 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 12 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 12.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 12.08 ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 12.12 TRAFFIC CODE RULES AND ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 12.16 ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER 12.20 ARREST AND CITATION PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 12.24 DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 12.28 VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 12.32 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 12.36 SPEED LIMITS
CHAPTER 12.40 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
CHAPTER 12.44 RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 12.48 STOPS REQUIRED
CHAPTER 12.52 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
12.52.010: SAFE OPERATION AND CONTROL BY DRIVER:
12.52.020: DRIVER TO KEEP PROPER LOOKOUT:
12.52.030: DRIVER SEATING RESTRICTIONS:
12.52.040: LOCATIONS FOR PASSENGERS:
12.52.050: OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM:
12.52.060: ONE ARM DRIVING:
12.52.070: PASSENGERS NOT TO OBSTRUCT DRIVER'S VIEW OR CONTROL:
12.52.080: TELEVISION SETS IN VEHICLES:
12.52.090: STANDING ON SEATS:
12.52.100: OPENING VEHICLE DOORS IN TRAFFIC:
12.52.110: QUIET ZONES DESIGNATED; VEHICLE OPERATION RESTRICTIONS:
12.52.120: BACKING OF VEHICLES; CONDITIONS:
12.52.130: HEADLIGHTS; USE OF HIGH BEAMS PROHIBITED:
12.52.140: BICYCLE LANES; VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS:
12.52.145: OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE NEAR BICYCLE PROHIBITED:
12.52.150: HAZARDOUS AND CONGESTED PLACES; OPERATION RESTRICTIONS:
12.52.160: DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONES OR DIVIDING SECTIONS:
12.52.170: USE OF HORN:
12.52.180: UNUSUAL NOISE AND EXCESSIVE SMOKE OR OIL:
12.52.190: INCREASING MUFFLER NOISE PROHIBITED:
12.52.200: PROHIBITION AGAINST ALLOWING UNLICENSED PERSON TO DRIVE; VEHICLE LOAN OR RENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
12.52.210: VEHICLE BUSINESSES; RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS:
12.52.220: DEALERS IN USED OR WRECKED VEHICLES OR PARTS; RECORDS TO BE KEPT:
12.52.230: FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS:
12.52.240: DRIVING OVER FIRE HOSE PROHIBITED:
12.52.250: FUNERAL PROCESSION; IDENTIFICATION AND RIGHT OF WAY:
12.52.260: FUNERAL PROCESSION; TO KEEP TO RIGHT:
12.52.270: FUNERAL PROCESSION; DRIVING THROUGH PROHIBITED WHEN:
12.52.280: DRIVING OR RIDING ON SIDEWALKS:
12.52.290: DRIVING ON NEW PAVEMENT PROHIBITED:
12.52.300: DESTRUCTIVE OR INJURIOUS MATERIALS ON STREET:
12.52.310: INTERFERING WITH SAFE OPERATION OF VEHICLE PROHIBITED:
12.52.320: TAMPERING WITH VEHICLES PROHIBITED:
12.52.330: ATTACHING SLEDS OR TOBOGGANS TO VEHICLES PROHIBITED:
12.52.340: NEGLIGENT OPERATION CAUSING COLLISION PROHIBITED:
12.52.350: RECKLESS DRIVING; PROHIBITED:
12.52.355: NEGLIGENT OPERATION CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH:
12.52.360: RECKLESS DRIVING; PENALTY:
CHAPTER 12.56 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
CHAPTER 12.58 IDLING OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 12.60 RESERVED
CHAPTER 12.64 CITY PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM
CHAPTER 12.68 HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOTS
CHAPTER 12.76 PEDESTRIANS
CHAPTER 12.80 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 12.82 MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS
CHAPTER 12.84 MOTORBUS OPERATIONS
CHAPTER 12.88 VEHICLE NOISE STANDARDS
CHAPTER 12.89 OTHER NOISE PROHIBITIONS
CHAPTER 12.92 VEHICLE WEIGHT AND TIRE RESTRICTIONS
CHAPTER 12.96 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 12.100 RAILROADS
CHAPTER 12.104 SCHEDULES
TITLE 13 RESERVED
TITLE 14 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
TITLE 15 PARKS AND RECREATION
TITLE 16 AIRPORTS
TITLE 17 PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE 18 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 19 GENERAL PLANS
TITLE 20 SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE 21A ZONING
TITLE 22 LOCAL EMERGENCIES
APPENDICES SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Salt Lake City, UT Policies and Procedures Manual
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12.52.080: TELEVISION SETS IN VEHICLES:
No person shall operate or have upon any street any motor vehicle which is equipped or provided with a television so placed that it can be operated, used or observed by the driver of such motor vehicle. (Prior code title 46, art. 15 § 237)
12.52.090: STANDING ON SEATS:
No driver shall operate any vehicle while any person or child is standing on a seat within such vehicle. (Prior code title 46, art. 15 § 236)
12.52.100: OPENING VEHICLE DOORS IN TRAFFIC:
   A.   A person may not open the door of any vehicle on a side available to moving traffic or emerge from any vehicle unless it can be done safely and without interfering with the movement of other traffic.
   B.   A person may not leave a door open on a side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
   C.   No person shall open any vehicle door at any time when such vehicle is in motion. (Ord. 2-06 § 7, 2006: prior code title 46, art. 15 § 230)
12.52.110: QUIET ZONES DESIGNATED; VEHICLE OPERATION RESTRICTIONS:
The streets or parts of streets described in section 12.104.030, "Schedule 2, Quiet Zones", of this title and made a part hereof, are hereby declared to be "quiet zones". It is unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle in an excessively loud or unusually noisy manner in a "quiet zone". (Amended during 1/88 supplement: prior code title 46, art. 15 § 250)
12.52.120: BACKING OF VEHICLES; CONDITIONS:
   A.   No driver shall back a vehicle unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.
   B.   No vehicle shall be backed into or around a corner of any intersection.
   C.   The driver of any vehicle, while backing such vehicle from a driveway onto a street with a marked centerline thereon, shall not back across the centerline, but shall back only into the nearest traffic lane and shall then proceed forward only in the direction of proper traffic travel for such lane of traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 15 § 225)
12.52.130: HEADLIGHTS; USE OF HIGH BEAMS PROHIBITED:
No person shall operate a vehicle within this city when the headlights of such vehicle are emitting a high beam. (Prior code title 46, art. 15 § 240)
12.52.140: BICYCLE LANES; VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS:
No motor vehicle shall at any time be driven within or through, or parked or stopped within a marked bicycle lane, except briefly when turning into an intersection, street, alley, driveway or other parking area. A motorbus or school bus may briefly drive within or through, or stop within a marked bicycle lane while in the process of taking on or discharging passengers but, when doing so, said vehicles shall stop as near as practicable to the right hand edge of the roadway. Any vehicle entering or crossing a marked bicycle lane shall yield the right of way to all bicycles within the lane that are close enough to constitute an immediate hazard. (Ord. 14-09 § 1, 2009)
12.52.145: OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE NEAR BICYCLE PROHIBITED:
An operator of a motor vehicle may not knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly operate a motor vehicle within three feet (3') of a moving bicycle, unless the operator of the motor vehicle operates the motor vehicle within a reasonable and safe distance of the bicycle. (Ord. 2-06 § 9, 2006)
12.52.150: HAZARDOUS AND CONGESTED PLACES; OPERATION RESTRICTIONS:
When official signs or markings are erected at hazardous or congested places, no persons shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in such designated place. (Prior code title 46, art. 15 § 259)
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