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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 7 S of 2008
(Motor buses within bicycle lanes)
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 12.04.245,SALT LAKE CITY CODE,
RELATING TO DEFINITION OF MOTOR BUS; AMENDING SECTION 12.52.140,SALT
LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO BICYCLE LANES—VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS;
AMENDING SECTION 12.84.010,SALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO DEFINITION
OF MOTOR BUS; AND AMENDING SECTION 12.84.130,SALT LAKE CITY CODE,
RELATING TO STOPPING BUS IN TRAFFIC LINE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City,Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 12.04.245,Salt Lake City Code,pertaining to definition of
motor bus be, and the same hereby is, enacted to read as follows:
12.04.245 Motor Bus:
For the purpose of this title "motor bus" means and is defined to be any motor-propelled
vehicle operated over the streets of the city regularly or at intervals along a definite and regular
route, or between definite points within the city for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire,
and which vehicle receives, carries and discharges as passengers such persons as offer
themselves for transportation along such route or between such points.
SECTION 2. That Section 12.52.140,Salt Lake City Code,pertaining to bicycle lanes—
vehicle restrictions be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
12.52.140 Bicycle Lanes--Vehicle Restrictions:
No motor vehicle shall at any time be driven within or through, or parked or stopped
within a marked bicycle lane, except to briefly cross such lane to turn into an intersection, street,
alley, driveway or other parking area. A motor bus or school bus may briefly drive within or
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through, or stop within a marked bicycle lane while in the process of taking on or discharging
passengers but,when doing so, said vehicles shall stop as near as practicable to the right-hand
edge of the roadway. Any vehicle entering or crossing a marked bicycle lane shall yield the right
of way to all bicycles within the lane that are close enough to constitute an immediate hazard.No
motor vehicle may use a bicycle lane as a turning lane.
SECTION 3. That Section 12.84.010,Salt Lake City Code,pertaining to definition of
motor bus be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
12.84.010 Motor Bus Defined and Applicability of Chapter:
For the purpose of this chapter"motor bus" means and is defined as set forth in Section
12.04.245,or its successor.Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any vehicle of
which the destination or route is under the direction of the passenger or passengers transported
therein, such as taxicabs.
SECTION 4. That Section 12.84.130,Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to stopping bus in
traffic line be,and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
12.84.130 Stopping bus in traffic line.
While in the process of taking on or discharging passengers, the operator of a motor bus
shall stop as near as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway as set forth in Section
12.52.140 of this Code,or its successor.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first
publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 9th day of September
2008.
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Mayor's Action: X Approved. Vetoed.
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