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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 100 of 1999
(Neighborhood parking limitations)
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 12.56.515, SALT LAKE CITY
CODE, RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING LIMITATIONS, AND AMENDING
SECTION 12.56.550 RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF
STREETS, PARKING LOTS AND OTHER AREAS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 12.56.515, Salt Lake City Code,
relating to neighborhood parking limitations be, and the same
hereby is, enacted to read as follows:
12.56.515 Neighborhood Parking Limitations.
A. Definitions.
For purposes of this section the following terms shall
have the meanings herein prescribed:
1. "Excessive vehicles" means more than one registered
vehicle per licensed driver in a household.
2. "Household" means,
a. One or more persons related by blood, marriage,
adoption, or legal guardianship, including foster children,
living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit;
or
b. A group of not more than three persons not
related by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship
living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit;
or
c. Two unrelated persons and their children living
together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.
3. "Residential parking lot" means as defined at
Section 12.56.300, or its successor.
4. "Vehicle" means as defined at Section 12.04.610, or
its successor.
B. Excessive vehicle prohibition. No person shall park or
allow to be parked excessive vehicles upon any one or more
street, alley, residential parking lot, public right-of-way or
public easement.
C. Exception Permit.
1. Whenever a licensed driver within a household
alleges that the limitations of this section will create a
hardship because the person has a business vehicle as well as a
personal vehicle registered to him/her, such person may file a
written petition with the director of the department of public
services.
2. The petition shall: (a) set forth facts and evidence
establishig such hardship; (b) show that an exception will not
create an excessive burden upon the neighborhood where petitioner
resides; and (c) request a permit to park both vehicles upon one
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or more street, alley, residential parking lot, public right-of-
way or public easement.
3. The director of public services may, upon sufficient
showing (a) of hardship upon petitioner and (b) that approving
the petition will not create an excessive burden upon the
neighborhood, approve the issuance of the requested permit. Such
permit shall be in effect only as long as the permit holder has
both a personal and a business vehicle registered to him/her.
D. Nuisance. Any vehicle found in violation of any of the
prohibitions of this section is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
E. Abatement remedy. The nuisance may be summarily abated as
provided in Chapter 12.96 of this Title.
SECTION 2. That Section 12.56.550, Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to penalties for unauthorized use of streets, parking
lots, and other areas be, and the same hereby is, amended to read
as follows:
12.56.550 Unauthorized Use Of Streets, Parking Lots And Other
Areas -Penalties:
A. 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
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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 shall be imposed as follows:
C.
D.
Section
12.56.30 through
12.56.510
12.56.515
12.56.520 through
12.56.525
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Penalty
$92.00
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this
7th day of
ATTEST:
December , 1999.
CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ECORDER
CHAIRPERSON
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorneys Office
Date
By 1 ..e.;�)-t1-Civw----
Transmitted to Mayor on December 9, 1999
Mayor's Action:
XXX Approved. Vetoed.
F DEPUTY CITY RECORDER
11 No. 100 of 1999.
Published:
ATTEST:
December 17, 199.9.
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