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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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12.56.200: PARKING METERS; NO CHARGE WHEN:
   A.   Parking spaces may be used without charge on all days of the week between eight o'clock (8:00) P.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) A.M., and during all hours on Saturdays and on Sundays and holidays as enumerated in subsection B of this section. With regard to parking at parking spaces on Saturdays, when signs or traffic markings are erected or placed by the direction of the City Transportation Engineer limiting the duration of such parking, no person shall park a vehicle or permit such vehicle to remain parked for longer than the time specified, between the hours shown upon any street, parts of a street, or roadway.
   B.   1. The word "holiday" means:
         a.   Every Sunday;
         b.   January 1, called New Year's Day;
         c.   The third Monday of January, called Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday;
         d.   The third Monday of February, called Presidents' Day;
         e.   The last Monday in May, called Memorial Day;
         f.   July 4, called Independence Day;
         g.   July 24, called Pioneer Day;
         h.   The first Monday in September, called Labor Day;
         i.   The second Monday of October, called Columbus Day;
         j.   November 11, called Veterans Day;
         k.   The fourth Thursday of November, called Thanksgiving Day; and
         l.   December 25, called Christmas.
      2.   When July 4, July 24, November 11 or December 25 falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be considered the legal holiday, and no other day shall be considered a holiday. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.205: PARKING METERS; NO CHARGE FOR SLC GREEN VEHICLES; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS:
   A.   The following definitions shall apply to this section:
   DIVISION: The City's Transportation Division.
   ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION: A parking stall equipped with infrastructure that supplies electric energy for the recharging of electric vehicles.
   SLC GREEN VEHICLE: A passenger vehicle that meets the most current model year standards, established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to qualify as an EPA SmartWay Elite vehicle.
   B.   1. The division shall issue a vehicle window sticker to all persons applying for such sticker who provide evidence acceptable to the division that the vehicle for which the sticker is desired is an SLC green vehicle as defined in subsection A of this section.
      2.   The recipient of the sticker shall affix it to the bottom left side of the rear window of the vehicle for which it is issued, so that it is readily visible, or as directed by the division.
   C.   Salt Lake City operated on-street metered parking spaces may be used without charge on all days of the week at all hours by vehicles properly displaying the sticker referred to in subsection B of this section.
   D.   No person parking a vehicle without charge pursuant to this section shall park or permit such vehicle to remain parked in any parking space for a continuous period longer than that designated on the parking meter pay station or on the posted sign that corresponds to such parking space, nor shall they park in restricted spaces pursuant to section 12.56.180 of this chapter.
   E.   In assessing the evidence provided by an applicant for such sticker as set forth in subsection B1 of this section, the division may consider:
      1.   Vehicle information for particular years and models of vehicles determined by the Department of Energy or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that demonstrates a particular vehicle meets the requirements set to qualify as a current model year EPA SmartWay Elite vehicle; and
      2.   The EPA's annual "Green Vehicle Guide" as found at the website www.epa.gov/greenvehicles or its successor website; and
      3.   SmartWay vehicle information as found at the website www.fueleconomy.gov or its successor website.
   F.   Use of Salt Lake City operated electric vehicle charging stations is restricted to electric vehicles actively charging their batteries. The division may establish time limits for use of particular electric vehicle charging stations. No person shall use an electric vehicle charging station and the associated parking stall for longer than the time period specified for that station. Failure to comply with this provision will result in a civil penalty as set forth in section 12.56.550 of this chapter. (Ord. 37-18, 2018)
12.56.210: PARKING METERS; SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS AND FEES:
Permission to park in parking spaces without providing payment therefor at the parking meters may be granted by the City Transportation Engineer or the engineer's designee upon application being made therefor in writing upon the following conditions:
   A.   A showing of a substantial need to temporarily close off the parking spaces involved to the public use for a stated duration of time,
   B.   The placing of authorized devices over the signs identifying the parking spaces at issue, and
   C.   The payment daily in advance to the city treasurer according to the following schedule:
      1.   The fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule per parking space per day, or part thereof.
      2.   The fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule per parking space per day, or part thereof for an event that: a) continues for not less than three (3) consecutive days, b) significantly fosters area business promotion, and c) has an expected attendance exceeding five thousand (5,000) persons.
      3.   The fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule per parking space per day, or part thereof during the filming of a movie, television series or commercial.
      4.   No fee shall be charged to any organization, for up to a total of thirty (30) days in any calendar year, that provides written verification from the internal revenue service that the organization has been granted tax exempt status as a religious or charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or its successor.
      5.   No fee shall be charged to any organization using such parking space under the direction of the city in connection with a city sponsored special event. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.230: PARKING METERS; COINS AND KEYS; TAMPERING PROHIBITED:
   A.   It is unlawful to deposit or insert anything into a parking meter coin slot or card reader other than authorized coins or cards that constitute authorized means of payment and that correspond to the card reader or coin slot into which they are inserted. No person shall insert any coin or card that is bent, cut, torn, battered or otherwise misshapen. No unauthorized person shall remove, deface, tamper with, open, break, destroy or damage any parking meter. No person shall wilfully manipulate any parking meter in such manner that the parking meter will not operate or operates in an improper or inaccurate manner.
   B.   It is unlawful for any person not authorized by Salt Lake City Corporation to have in such person's possession or on his or her person any key which will open the coin box of any parking meter in the streets of the city, or on any public parking area operated and maintained by the city.
   C.   It is unlawful for any person to duplicate or reproduce in any manner any key which will open the coin box of any parking meter in the streets of the city, or on any public parking area operated and maintained by the city; provided, however, that such keys may be duplicated or reproduced for the use of Salt Lake City Corporation upon written authorization from the mayor to do so. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.235: PARKING IN MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE:
No person shall park or permit any vehicle to remain parked in more than one parking space at a time. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.240: AIRPORT PARKING:
See Section 16.10.180 of this code. (Ord. 82-24, 2024: Ord. 9-17, 2017)
12.56.250: AIRPORT PARKING; SIGNS AND MARKINGS:
(Rep. by Ord. 82-24, 2024)
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