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A. Whenever any Parking Enforcement Officer or police officer finds a vehicle parked or standing upon a street and such vehicle is creating a danger to persons or property, or is in violation of any section of this title, such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the main traveled part of such street.
B. Owners of vehicles that have been moved at the City's expense shall be required to pay the vehicle relocation fee set forth in the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
A. Violation:
1. Any person engaging in the unauthorized use of streets, parking lots or other areas as provided under this chapter, within the City, shall be liable for a civil penalty. Any penalty assessed in subsection B of this section may be in addition to such other penalties as may be provided in this title.
2. "Unauthorized use of streets" means a violation of any restriction or prohibition contained in this chapter or its successor.
B. Civil Penalties: Civil penalties shall be imposed as follows:
Section Of This Chapter | Penalty |
Section Of This Chapter | Penalty |
$ 45.00 | |
38.00 | |
45.00 | |
38.00 | |
56.00 | |
340.00 | |
38.00 | |
75.00 | |
38.00 | |
23.00 | |
75.00 | |
38.00 | |
38.00 | |
38.00 | |
45.00 | |
23.00 | |
23.00 | |
23.00 | |
45.00 | |
45.00 | |
38.00 | |
45.00 | |
45.00 | |
38.00 | |
38.00 | |
38.00 | |
45.00 | |
38.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
56.00 | |
225.00 | |
23.00 | |
45.00 | |
123.00 | |
45.00 | |
45.00 | |
45.00 | |
45.00 | |
38.00 | |
38.00 | |
38.00
| |
Note:
C. Late Fee: A twenty five percent (25%) late fee will be added to any penalty that remains unpaid thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of notice.
D. Receipt Of Notice: As used in this section, "receipt of notice" means either:
1. The affixing of a notice of violation to the vehicle alleged to have been employed in such violation; or
2. By delivery of such notice of violation to the owner or driver thereof. (Ord. 82-24, 2024: Ord. 35-23, 2023: Ord. 32-19, 2019)
A. The Mayor shall appoint such Hearing Officers as he or she deems appropriate to consider matters relating to the unauthorized use of streets.
B. Any person having received notice of such unauthorized use, or the owner of any vehicle employed in such use, may appear before a Hearing Officer and present and contest such alleged unauthorized use.
C. The burden to prove any defense shall be upon the person raising such defense.
D. The Hearing Officer may find that no unauthorized use occurred and dismiss the ticket.
E. If the Hearing Officer finds that an unauthorized use occurred but one or more of the defenses set forth in this section is applicable, the Hearing Officer may dismiss the notice of unauthorized use and release the owner or driver from liability thereunder. Such defenses are:
1. At the time of the receipt of the notice, possession of the subject vehicle had been acquired in violation of the criminal laws of the State;
2. If the notice of unauthorized use alleges a violation of any ordinance pertaining to a parking meter, such meter was mechanically malfunctioning to the extent that its reliability is questionable;
3. Compliance with the subject ordinances would have presented an imminent and irreparable injury to persons or property;
4. Parking notices for overtime parking at a meter or in a time restricted zone received by a City employee or guest while on official Salt Lake City business will be dismissed upon written request from the applicable Department Director or designee on official letterhead or by electronic mail. The request must be made within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice and must include a brief description of the reason for the request, and be submitted to: Salt Lake City Corporation, Traffic Manager, 333 South 200 East, P.O. Box 145499, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5499. Parking violations other than overtime parking and meter violations will not be dismissed in this manner;
5. Unlimited time parking by employees of other governmental entities on official business will be allowed at City meters and time restricted locations. In order to qualify, the vehicle must display a placard or sticker issued by Salt Lake City Parking Enforcement or the vehicle's license plate must be registered with Salt Lake City Parking Enforcement for enrollment in any license plate recognition system used to regulate parking enforcement. Requests for placards must include a brief description of the reason for the request and be submitted to: Salt Lake City Parking Enforcement, P.O. Box 145552, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5552. Requests for dismissals of other parking violations will be considered and should be submitted to: Salt Lake City Corporation, Traffic Manager, 333 South 200 East, P.O. Box 145499, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5499;
6. If the Hearing Officer finds that the owner of the vehicle is deceased but was living when the ticket was issued;
7. If the Hearing Officer finds that the vehicle was sold with the original license plates on, and the ticket was received prior to the sale, provided the sale is reported to the DMV and the bill of sale is provided within twenty (20) days of receipt of the parking notice.
F. If the Hearing Officer finds that an unauthorized use occurred but one or more of the defenses set forth in this section is applicable, the Hearing Officer may reduce the penalty associated therewith, but in no event shall such penalty be reduced below the sum of ten dollars ($10.00). Such defenses are:
1. At the time of receipt of the notice, possession of the subject vehicle had been acquired by another party pursuant to a written lease agreement or similar written agreement;
2. The subject vehicle was mechanically incapable of being moved from such location; provided, however, such defense shall not apply to any vehicle which remains at such location in excess of six (6) hours;
3. Any markings, signs or other indicia of parking use regulation were not clearly visible or comprehensible;
4. At the time of the notice of violation a responsible person receiving such notice of violation had, but failed to properly display, a special disability group license plate or placard that was valid and relevant to the notice of violation.
5. At the time of the notice of violation a residential parking permit was valid but not properly displayed;
6. Such other mitigating circumstances as the Hearing Officer may find, with the written approval of the court's Traffic Manager, which must include the basis for the decision. A report on such decisions is to be provided to the Mayor and City Council on a quarterly basis.
G. If the Hearing Officer finds that an unauthorized use occurred and no applicable defense exists, the Hearing Officer may, in the interest of justice and on behalf of the City, enter into an agreement for the timely or periodic payment of the applicable penalty.
H. If the penalty imposed pursuant to this chapter remains unsatisfied after forty (40) days from the receipt of notice, or ten (10) days from such date as may have been agreed to by the Hearing Officer, the City may use such lawful means as are available to collect such penalty, including costs and attorney fees. (Ord. 35-23, 2023: Ord. 9-17, 2017)
A. For purposes of this section, "Library Square" means block 37 between 400 South and 500 South Streets and 200 East and 300 East Streets in Salt Lake City, Utah.
B. The rates to be charged to the public for parking in the underground parking lot of Library Square shall be as set forth in the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule.
C. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee is hereby authorized to adopt policies for the underground parking lot of Library Square, after consulting with the Library Director. Those policies may cover subjects such as exempting library employees and City employees from the payment of the parking fees, and the use of the parking lot for special events and in special circumstances. (Ord. 32-19, 2019)
A. Definitions: For purposes of this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this section are defined as follows:
EXEMPT VEHICLE: A marked official vehicle or a nonmarked official vehicle used by the following persons:
1. City Department Directors.
2. City Council Members.
3. Operators of City fleet vehicles.
4. Designated City employees as determined by the Mayor or the Mayor's designee.
5. Designated employees or representatives of other governmental entities as determined by the Mayor or the Mayor's designee.
6. Emergency services personnel and employees of enforcement agencies.
7. Employees or representatives of quasi- governmental entities as determined by the Mayor or the Mayor's designee.
A personal vehicle may be considered an exempt vehicle if it is used by a person described above for official governmental or quasi-governmental purposes.
MARKED OFFICIAL VEHICLE: A vehicle owned or leased by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity that a representative of the entity uses in the course of the representative's official duties and that displays obvious official identification such as door symbols or light bars. A governmental or exempt license plate alone does not satisfy the obvious official identification requirement.
NONMARKED OFFICIAL VEHICLE: A vehicle, owned or leased by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity, without obvious official identification such as door symbols or light bars that a representative of the entity uses in the course of the representative's official duties, or a nonmarked vehicle for which the City previously issued an official vehicle sticker or placard.
B. Registration:
1. In order for a nonmarked official vehicle to become an exempt vehicle, it must be registered with the City's Compliance Director. The requesting agency's designated primary contact can initiate the registration process by contacting the Compliance Director's Office and following the guidelines for the vehicle registration process. Registration is not required for a marked official vehicle. A City department director may allow an individual City employee to register his or her personal vehicle as an exempt vehicle based on a documented need or requirement that will be included as part of the registration process.
2. As part of the online registration, the entity shall provide the following information:
a. Entity's name.
b. Name of entity's primary contact.
c. Telephone number of entity's primary contact.
d. E-mail address of entity's primary contact.
e. Vehicle make.
f. Vehicle model.
g. Vehicle color.
h. Vehicle license plate number.
i. Vehicle identification number.
j. Vehicle primary driver.
k. Reason why the vehicle should be classified as an exempt vehicle.
l. Days of the week when exempt status is required.
m. Location(s) in Salt Lake City where exempt status is needed.
3. As a part of the registration process, the City's Compliance Program Director shall review all requests and approve or deny exempt vehicle status. Upon approval or disapproval, the City shall notify the entity's primary contact of the approval or disapproval. Upon approval, the City shall include information about the registered exempt vehicle in the exempt vehicle database maintained in the City's Parking Enforcement Office. The exempt vehicle database shall contain the information necessary to enable parking enforcement personnel to identify an exempt vehicle when they enter the vehicle's license plate number in their enforcement handheld device and to confirm exempt vehicle status and any status limitations.
4. The City's Compliance Program Director or the Director's designee shall be responsible for reviewing and approving any specific limitations for exempt vehicles, which limitations may vary for each entity and each vehicle.
5. Exempt vehicles are subject to the generally applicable rules regarding restricted parking locations (such as handicap, no parking, bus lanes, and residential parking permit areas) and shall comply with nonparking related ordinances such as vehicle registration requirements. Exempt vehicles will not receive citations for violations of the following sections of this chapter: 12.56.150, "Parking Meters; Installation And Enforcement"; 12.56.180, "Parking Meters; Restricted Spaces"; 12.56.190, "Parking Meters; Overtime Parking Prohibited"; 12.56.300, "Residential Parking Lots Owned By The City"; 12.56.450, "Time Limited Parking On Certain Streets"; and 12.56.520, "Using Streets For Storage Prohibited". The City's parking enforcement personnel will also attempt to identify instances in which official vehicles are parked in violation of City ordinances due to unavoidable or emergency circumstances related to official duties. If the City's parking enforcement personnel are unable to identify the justification and rationale for an exempt vehicle being parked in a restricted parking location, then a citation shall be issued and the participating agency may establish justification for such parking violations before a Hearing Officer as part of a review process. Registered City exempt vehicles and City exempt vehicles used for emergency services are exempt from all parking ordinances.
C. Maintenance: A registered exempt vehicle shall remain exempt only if it undergoes an annual review and recertification process. The process shall be completed by the entity's primary contact using the same method that was used for the initial registration and shall be completed when the entity receives notification of completion from the City's Parking Enforcement Office. Parking enforcement's notification shall be sent by e-mail to the entity's primary contact. Approximately eleven (11) calendar months after the initial registration or recertification of an exempt vehicle, parking enforcement shall notify, by e-mail, the entity's primary contact of the need to recertify the vehicle. Vehicles that are not recertified by the thirteenth month after initial registration or recertification shall be automatically removed from the exempt vehicle database. An entity may submit to the City's Compliance Director requests for changes to exempt vehicle status, new requests, and changes to primary contact information, and the Compliance Director may make those changes. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
A. A business that has a valid Salt Lake City business license is eligible to purchase a business parking permit for vehicles affiliated with the business that do not qualify for a freight license parking permit. Business parking permits may be purchased through the business licensing section of Salt Lake City upon payment of the corresponding fee listed on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule.
B. A vehicle for which a valid business parking permit has been purchased can occupy a parking space without paying any parking meter fees that would otherwise be required to park in such parking space. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a business parking permit does not allow a vehicle to occupy a parking space for longer than two (2) hours or such other maximum time period as indicated on signage that corresponds to such parking space. (Ord. 9-17, 2017)
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