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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
CHAPTER 12.56 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
12.56.010: APPLICATION OF CHAPTER PROVISIONS:
12.56.020: REGULATIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE:
12.56.040: VEHICLES; REGISTRATION AND PLATES:
12.56.050: CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT REQUIRED:
12.56.060: PARKING SIGNS REQUIRED:
12.56.080: PROCEDURE FOR LEAVING VEHICLE UNATTENDED:
12.56.100: STOPPING OR PARKING UPON ROADWAYS:
12.56.120: PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY; PUBLIC PROPERTY:
12.56.130: PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES:
12.56.135: PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; OUT OF STATE VEHICLES:
12.56.140: PARKING METERS; DEFINITIONS AND MARKING OF SPACES:
12.56.150: PARKING METERS; INSTALLATION AND ENFORCEMENT:
12.56.160: PARKING METERS; SPACES AND TIME LIMITS:
12.56.170: PARKING METERS; RATES:
12.56.180: PARKING METERS; RESTRICTED SPACES:
12.56.190: PARKING METERS; OVERTIME PARKING PROHIBITED:
12.56.200: PARKING METERS; NO CHARGE WHEN:
12.56.205: PARKING METERS; NO CHARGE FOR SLC GREEN VEHICLES; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS:
12.56.210: PARKING METERS; SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS AND FEES:
12.56.230: PARKING METERS; COINS AND KEYS; TAMPERING PROHIBITED:
12.56.235: PARKING IN MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE:
12.56.240: AIRPORT PARKING:
12.56.250: AIRPORT PARKING; SIGNS AND MARKINGS:
12.56.260: CITY EMPLOYEE PARKING; AREAS DESIGNATED:
12.56.270: CITY EMPLOYEE PARKING; PERMIT REQUIRED; EXCEPTION:
12.56.280: CITY EMPLOYEE PARKING; FALSIFYING PERMITS PROHIBITED:
12.56.290: CITY EMPLOYEE PARKING; PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES:
12.56.300: RESIDENTIAL PARKING LOTS OWNED BY THE CITY:
12.56.302: HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOTS; PARKING PERMIT REQUIRED:
12.56.303: HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT REGULATIONS:
12.56.304: NO PARKING AREAS IN HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOTS:
12.56.310: NO STOPPING OR PARKING; COLOR MARKINGS AND SIGNS:
12.56.320: LOADING ZONES AND RESTRICTED PARKING; DESIGNATION AND SIGNS:
12.56.325: LOADING ZONES AND RESTRICTED PARKING; SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS AND FEES:
12.56.330: FREIGHT CURB LOADING ZONES:
12.56.340: PUBLIC CARRIER AND BUS STANDS:
12.56.350: BUSES AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS; PARKING RESTRICTIONS:
12.56.360: BUSES AND TAXICABS; STAND USE RESTRICTIONS:
12.56.370: TAXICAB STANDS; ESTABLISHMENT AND SIGNS:
12.56.375: CAR SHARING PARKING ESTABLISHMENT AND SIGNS:
12.56.380: RESTRICTED PARKING ZONES:
12.56.390: PARKING IN ALLEYS:
12.56.400: PARKING CONTIGUOUS TO SCHOOLS:
12.56.410: ONE-WAY ROADWAY RESTRICTIONS:
12.56.420: DOUBLE PARKING, STANDING OR STOPPING:
12.56.430: STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING; ROADWAYS WITHOUT CURB:
12.56.440: STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING; PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS:
12.56.450: TIME LIMITED PARKING ON CERTAIN STREETS:
12.56.460: STREETS; PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES:
12.56.465: PROHIBITED PARKING FOR RESTRICTED VEHICLES:
12.56.470: STREETS; PARKING PROHIBITED DURING CERTAIN HOURS:
12.56.480: PARKING PROHIBITED; LOCATIONS:
12.56.490: OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC BY PARKING PROHIBITED:
12.56.500: PARKING ON SIDEWALK AREA PROHIBITED:
12.56.515: NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING LIMITATIONS:
12.56.520: USING STREETS FOR STORAGE PROHIBITED:
12.56.525: USING STREETS FOR STORAGE OF MOTOR HOMES, BOATS AND TRAILERS PROHIBITED:
12.56.530: PARKING VIOLATION; OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY:
12.56.540: MOVING ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES; POLICE AUTHORITY:
12.56.550: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF STREETS, PARKING LOTS AND OTHER AREAS; PENALTIES:
12.56.560: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF STREETS; STRICT LIABILITY OF OWNER:
12.56.570: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF STREETS; APPEAL PROCEDURES:
12.56.580: PARKING AT UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT OF LIBRARY SQUARE; RATES:
12.56.590: PARKING EXEMPTION FOR OFFICIAL VEHICLES:
12.56.595: BUSINESS PARKING PERMIT:
12.56.600: ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS; RATES:
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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12.56.020: REGULATIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE:
The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.040: VEHICLES; REGISTRATION AND PLATES:
   A.   Every vehicle at all times while being driven, stopped or parked upon the streets, alleys, roadways, municipal property or publicly owned parking lots of this city, shall: 1) be registered in the name of the owner thereof in accordance with the laws of the state, unless such vehicle is not required by the laws of Utah to be registered in this state; 2) display in proper position two (2) valid, unexpired registration plates, one on the front and one on the rear of such vehicle; and 3) when required, current validation or indicia of registration attached to the rear plate and in a manner complying with the laws of the state of Utah, and free from defacement, mutilation, grease and other obscuring matters, so as to be plainly visible and legible at all times. However, if such vehicle is not required to be registered in this state, and the indicia of registration issued by another state, territory, possession or district of the United States, or of a foreign country, substantially complies with the provisions hereof, such registration shall be considered as compliant with this code.
   B.   Any registered vehicle that has not yet received a permanent validation or indicia of registration shall display the temporary indicia of registration issued to such vehicle in accordance with the requirements set forth in section 41-1a-211 of the Utah code or its successor section. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.050: CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT REQUIRED:
When signs or traffic markings are erected or placed by the direction of the city, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle or permit said vehicle to remain standing at any time, with the exception of certain hours specified, upon any street, parts of a street, or roadway. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.060: PARKING SIGNS REQUIRED:
When by this code or any other ordinance of the city, and except for parking meter zones, any parking time limit is imposed on designated streets or parts of streets the city transportation engineer shall erect or place and maintain appropriate signs or traffic markings giving notice thereof and no such parking time limits shall be effective unless said signs or traffic markings are erected and in place at the time of any alleged violation. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.080: PROCEDURE FOR LEAVING VEHICLE UNATTENDED:
   A.   No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended while such vehicle is running.
   B.   No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended upon any perceptible grade, without effectively setting the brakes of such vehicle and turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the street. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.100: STOPPING OR PARKING UPON ROADWAYS:
   A.   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked in the direction of authorized traffic movement with the right hand wheels parallel to and within twelve inches (12") of the right hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right hand shoulder.
   B.   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its right hand wheels within twelve inches (12") of the right hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right hand shoulder or with its left hand wheels within twelve inches (12") of the left hand curb or as close as practicable to the left edge of the left hand shoulder.
   C.   Where signs or traffic markings requiring angled parking have been placed by the city transportation engineer, no person shall park or stand a vehicle in the area designated by the signs or traffic markings at any angle other than a forty five degree (45°) angle to the curb or edge of the roadway.
   D.   Every vehicle stopped or parked along a roadway that is signed or marked for angled parking shall park their vehicle within twelve inches (12") of the curb with the front of the vehicle facing the curb unless signs placed by the city transportation engineer specifically require vehicles to park with the back of the vehicle facing the curb.
   E.   Where traffic markings have been placed by the city transportation engineer, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than between such traffic markings. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.120: PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY; PUBLIC PROPERTY:
   A.   Parking For Persons With A Disability At Meters And In Restricted Areas:
      1.   A person with a disability whose motor vehicle has affixed thereto, as provided by law, the license plate designated for a person with a disability or a transferable motor vehicle identification windshield placard issued by the state of Utah, shall be entitled to park without charge at any parking meter and in time limited parking zones, notwithstanding any other state or municipal parking restriction.
      2.   It is unlawful for such person with a disability to park for longer than two (2) hours at all meters and time limited zones.
   B.   Designated Parking For Persons With A Disability: The city transportation engineer is hereby authorized, at his/her discretion to reserve by appropriate signing, various public areas or property for parking for persons with a disability. It is unlawful for any person with a disability to park longer than the time shown on the sign designating the area as "parking for persons with a disability".
   C.   Restricted Areas Not Authorized For Special Parking For Persons With A Disability: Nothing herein shall be construed to permit parking by any individual, contrary to or as an exception to the limited purpose of the following designated areas:
      1.   Any area where official signs or traffic markings absolutely prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
      2.   Areas reserved for emergency use. "Emergency use", as used herein, means and shall include, but not be limited to, those areas designated by red curb marking, also known as "red zones" designated as ambulance zones; fire hydrant zones as defined in subsection 12.56.440A5 of this chapter, or its successor; fire lanes, as designated in title 18, chapter 18.44 of this code, or its successor, whether on public or private property; or any other designated area of the city posted as restricted for emergency vehicles or emergency use;
      3.   On a sidewalk area;
      4.   In front or within five feet (5') of a driveway;
      5.   Within ten feet (10') of a driveway, on Mondays through Saturdays (except holidays) between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M., when a mailbox is located within five feet (5') of such driveway;
      6.   Within an intersection;
      7.   Within five feet (5') of a fire hydrant, as measured in both directions along the street or highway curb line, from a line extending from the center of the hydrant to the curb line at its nearest point;
      8.   On a crosswalk;
      9.   Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection;
      10.   Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach to any flashing beacon or traffic control device located at the side of a roadway;
      11.   Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within thirty feet (30') of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless authorized signs or markings indicate a different length;
      12.   Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
      13.   Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station, and on the side of a street opposite the entrance when properly signposted;
      14.   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct or be hazardous to traffic;
      15.   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel or underpass;
      16.   At any place in any public park, playground or grounds of any public building other than on the roads or parking lots provided for public parking in accordance with provisions of any officially installed signs;
      17.   On any footpath in any park or playground;
      18.   Within a fire lane as designated and marked in accordance with the provisions of title 18, chapter 18.44 of this code, or its successor, whether on public or private property;
      19.   On any median or island, or on any "dividing section", as defined in section 12.44.110 of this title, or its successor;
      20.   Within fifteen feet (15') of the nearest rail of any light rail track or other railroad track whether on public or private property;
      21.   Taxi and bus stands or stops;
      22.   In an area reserved for vehicles that display the appropriate residential parking permit;
      23.   In an area which is reserved for vehicles with a freight permit; or
      24.   In an area that requires the driver to remain with the vehicle at all times. (Ord. 35-23, 2023: Ord. 9-17, 2017)
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