12.56.320: LOADING ZONES AND RESTRICTED PARKING; DESIGNATION AND SIGNS:

The city transportation engineer is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and restricted parking zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)

12.56.325: LOADING ZONES AND RESTRICTED PARKING; SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS AND FEES:

Permission to park in loading zones and/or restricted parking areas 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 loading zone or restricted parking area to the public use for a stated duration of time, and

   B.   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 vehicle space in a loading zone or restricted parking area per day, or part thereof.

      2.   The fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule per vehicle space in a loading zone or restricted parking area 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 vehicle space in a loading zone or restricted parking area per day, or part thereof during the filming of a movie, television series or commercial.

      4.   No fee shall apply outside the area of the city bounded by the following streets: North Temple, 200 East, 600 South, and 200 West.

      5.   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.

      6.   No fee shall be charged to any organization using such loading zone or restricted parking area under the direction of the city in connection with a city sponsored special event. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)

12.56.330: FREIGHT CURB LOADING ZONES:

   A.   For purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be considered a commercial vehicle if it is:

      1.   A motor truck;

      2.   A station wagon or a van permanently modified to carry no more than three (3) seated passengers; or

      3.   A motor vehicle whose business name is permanently displayed on both sides of the vehicle in, at a minimum, two inch (2") lettering.

   B.   A freight license parking permit for qualifying commercial vehicles may be obtained as follows:

      1.   Applicants for a freight license parking permit must possess a current Salt Lake City business license.

      2.   A business requesting issuance of a freight license parking permit must contact the city's business licensing section to receive an application as well as any applicable instructional documentation. The business representative must complete the application in its entirety and include all required commercial vehicle descriptions for each vehicle for which the business is requesting a freight license parking permit.

      3.   The business requesting one or more freight license parking permits must return the completed freight license parking permit application to the business licensing section. At that time the business must also pay the fee as listed on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule for each freight license parking permit requested.

      4.   Upon receiving a freight license parking permit application, the city's compliance enforcement section will inspect each of the vehicles for which a freight license parking permit has been requested. Upon verifying that each vehicle meets the above listed definition of a commercial vehicle, a compliance enforcement official will approve the business's freight license parking permit application and forward the approved application to the business licensing section for retention.

      5.   The compliance enforcement official who approves a freight license parking permit application shall ensure that the license plate number and state of those commercial vehicles that receive freight license parking permits are registered in the electronic Salt Lake City freight permitting system and the compliance enforcement system(s).

      6.   If a vehicle inspected by compliance enforcement does not successfully meet the definition of a commercial vehicle the business representative may make any necessary corrections and return the vehicle in a timely manner and at a scheduled time for reinspection. No amount of the initial fee will be reimbursed.

   C.   A freight license parking permit is nontransferable and is renewable annually.

   D.   No person shall stop any vehicle, or permit the same to be stopped, in a freight curb loading zone when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect unless:

      1.   A valid freight license parking permit has been issued to such vehicle; and

      2.   The stop involves the expeditious loading or unloading of materials; and

      3.   The duration of the stop does not exceed thirty (30) minutes and the vehicle may not return to that particular freight loading zone for the thirty (30) minute time period immediately following the vehicle's departure from such freight loading zone. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)

12.56.340: PUBLIC CARRIER AND BUS STANDS:

The city transportation engineer is authorized and required to establish bus and coach stops and stands for passenger common carrier vehicles other than taxicabs on such public streets in such places and in such numbers as the city transportation engineer shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus and coach stop and stand for common carrier vehicles shall be designated by appropriate signs or markings installed by the city transportation engineer. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)

12.56.350: BUSES AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS; PARKING RESTRICTIONS:

The driver of a bus or a commercial ground transportation provider shall not park upon any street upon which parking is prohibited, restricted, limited as to time or registered by parking meters, at any place other than at a bus stop or taxicab stand, respectively, except that this provision:

   A.   Shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers; or

   B.   Shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from occupying a parking space upon rendering payment for such space or otherwise complying with all parking laws that correspond to such parking space. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)