057 of 1985 - Handicap Parking on Private Property SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 57 of 1985
(Handicap Parking on Private Property)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 8 OF THE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE
REVISED ORDINANCES OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 1965, BY RENUMBERING
SECTION 160A TO SECTION 160 AND AMENDING SAID SECTION, AND BY
ADDING A NEW SECTION 160. 1 RELATING TO HANDICAP PARKING ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1 . That Article 8 of the Traffic Code of the
Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, be, and the same
hereby is amended by renumbering Section 160A to become Section
160, and by amending said section to require a display of the
handicapped designation by a transferrable identification card
issued by the State of Utah, and adding Section 160. 1 relating to
handicap parking on private property.
Sec. 160. Handicap parking . - public property. ( 1 )
Handicap parking at meters and in restricted areas. A
handicapped person whose automobile has affixed thereto as
provided by law the handicap license plate or a transferrable
motor vehicle identification card issued by the State of Utah
shall be entitled to park at any parking meter and in the follow-
ing identified restricted parking areas without charge, notwith-
standing any other state or municipal parking restriction:
Freight loading zones, passenger loading zones and time limited
parking zones. It shall be unlawful for such handicapped person
to:
( a) Park for longer than two hours at all meters and
restricted parking areas where the maximum metered or
designated time is less than two hours.
(b) Park for longer than the maximum metered or designated
time at meters and restricted parking areas, where the
maximum metered or designated time is longer than two hours.
(2 ) Designated handicap parking . The City Transportation
Engineer is hereby authorized at his/her discretion to reserve by
appropriate signing , various public areas or property for handi-
cap parking. It shall be unlawful for: ( a) any handicapped
person to park longer than the time shown on the sign designating
the area as "handicap parking" or ( b) any vehicle to be parked in
an area designated as handicap parking unless such vehicle has
displayed upon it the handicap parking plate or transferrable
identification card issued by the State of Utah.
3. Unlawful use of handicap license plate. It shall be
unlawful for any person using a vehicle with a handicap license
plate or transferrable motor vehicle identification card who is
not handicapped to use handicap parking .
4. Restricted areas not authorized for special handicap
parking . Nothing herein shall be construed to permit parking by
any individual , contrary to or as an exception to the limited
purpose of the following designated areas:
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( a) any area where official signs or traffic markings
absolutely prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
(b) Areas reserved for emergency use. "Emergency use" as
used herein shall include, but not be limited to those areas
designated by red curb marking also known as "red zones" ; areas
designated as ambulance zones ; fire hydrant zones as defined in
Section 130 (d) of this chapter; fire lanes as defined in Section
15-1 -25 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, whether on
public or private property; or any other designated area of the
city posted as restricted to emergency vehicles or emergency use.
(c) On a sidewalk area;
(d) In front of or within five feet of a private driveway;
( e) Within five feet of a fire hydrant as measured in both
directions along the street or highway curb line from a line
extending from center of the hydrant to the curb line at its
nearest point;
( f) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
( g) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing
beacon or traffic-control device located at the side of a
roadway;
(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within
thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite and ends
of a safety zone unless authorized signs or markings indicate a
different length;
( i) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad
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crossing ;
(j ) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire
station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance when
properly signposted;
( k) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
obstructon when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct or
be hazardous to traffic;
(1) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a
street or within a street tunnel or underpass;
(m) At any place in any public park, playground or grounds
of any public building other than on the roads or parking lots
provided for public prking in accordance with provisions of any
officially installed signs;
(n) On any footpath in any park, playground; or
(o) Taxi and bus stands or stops.
Sec. 160. 1 . Handicap parking - private property. It shall
be unlawful for any vehicle, except those displaying a handicap
license plate or transferrable motor vehicle identification card
issued by the State of Utah to park in any parking spot
designated for the parking of handicapped persons. This
restriction shall apply to and be enforciable upon private
property where parking is open to the general public, whether
parking is provided to the general public for free or for a fee.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication.
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Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
16thday of July 1985.
CHAIRMAN
ATTEST:
RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on July 16, 1985
Mayor's Action: July 16, 1985
MAYOR
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