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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)
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)
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)
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)
See Section 16.10.180 of this code. (Ord. 82-24, 2024: Ord. 9-17, 2017)
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