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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 89 of 1999
(vehicle parking and impounds)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12.56.440, SALT LAKE CITY
CODE, PERTAINING TO PROHIBITED PARKING, SECTION 12.56.550
PERTAINING TO PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF STREETS, AND
SECTION 12.96.080 PERTAINING TO RECORDS OF IMPOUNDMENT.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Section 12.56.440, Salt Lake City Code, relating
to prohibited parking be, and the same hereby is, amended to read
as follows:
12.56.440. Stopping or parking - Prohibited in certain areas.
A. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or
traffic -control device, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk area;
2. In front or within five feet of a private driveway;
3. Within an intersection;
4. Within five feet of fire hydrant, as measured in both
directions along the street or highway curbline from the line
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extending from the center of the hydrant to the curbline at its
nearest point;
5. On a crosswalk;
6. Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
7. Within thirty feet upon the approach of any flashing
beacon or traffic -control device located at the side of a
roadway;
8. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within
thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends
of a safety zone, unless authorized signs or markings indicate a
different length;
9. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad
crossing;
10. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire
station, and on the side of a street opposite the entrance when
properly signposted;
11. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
obstruction, when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct or
be hazardous to traffic;
12. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a
street, or within a street tunnel or underpass;
13. At any place where official signs or traffic markings
prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
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14. 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 parking and then only in accordance with
provisions of any officially installed signs, such signs to be
installed by the city transportation engineer, pursuant to the
authority granted in Section 12.08.080 of this title, or its
successor;
15. On any footpath in any park or playground;
16. Within a fire lane as designated and marked in
accordance with the provisions of Section 18.44.080 of the Salt
Lake City Code, or its successor, whether on public or private
property; or
17. On any median or island, or on any dividing section, as
defined in Section 12.44.110 of this title, or its successor.
18. Within 15 feet of the nearest rail of any light rail
track or other railroad track whether on public or private
property.
B. No person shall move a vehicle under such person's
control into any such prohibited area, or upon any area not
designated for vehicular travel or parking.
SECTION 2. Section 12.56.550, Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to penalties for unauthorized use of streets be, and
the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
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12.56.550 Unauthorized use of streets, parking lots and other
areas -Penalties.
A. 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 of the Salt
Lake City Code.
B. Civil penalties shall be imposed as follows:
Section Penalty
12.56.030 $95.00
12.56.040 95.00
12.56.050 92.00
12.56.070 92.00
12.56.080 95.00
12.56.100 92.00
12.56.110 92.00
12.56.120 175.00
12.56.130 175.00
12.56.150 85.00
12.56.180 92.00
12.56.190 85.00
12.56.210 92.00
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12.56.235 92.00
12.56.240 95.00
12.56.250 92.00
12.56.290 92.00
12.56.300 92.00
12.56.302 85.00
12.56.303 85.00
12.56.304 85.00
12.56.310 95.00
12.56.330 95.00
12.56.350 92.00
12.56.360 95.00
12.56.380 95.00
12.56.390 92.00
12.56.400 92.00
12.56.410 92.00
12.56.420 95.00
12.56.430 92.00
12.56.440 92.00
(with the exception of 12.56.440A4 and 12.56.440A18)
12.56.440A4 100.00
12.56.440A18 175.00
12.56.450 85.00
12.56.460 95.00
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12.56.465 130.00
12.56.470 95.00
12.56.480 95.00
12.56.490 95.00
12.56.500 95.00
12.56.510 95.00
12.56.520 92.00
12.56.525 92.00
C. The civil penalties specified in subsection B shall be
subject to the following:
1. Any penalty that is paid within ten days from the date
of receipt of notice shall be reduced by the sum of seventy-five
dollars.
2. Any penalty that is paid within twenty days from date
of receipt of notice shall be reduced by the sum of fifty
dollars.
3. Any penalty that is paid within thirty days from date
of receipt of notice shall be reduced by the sum of twenty-five
dollars.
D. As used in this section, "receipt of notice" means the
affixing of a notice to the vehicle alleged to have been employed
in such unauthorized use, or by delivery of such notice to the
owner or driver thereof.
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SECTION 3. Section 12.96.080, Salt Lake City Code,
pertaining to records of impoundment be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
12.96.080. Records of impoundment.
The police department or the department charged with
enforcement of parking laws shall keep a record for three years
from date of sale of all vehicles impounded, by manufacturer's
name or make, body type, identification number and license
number. It shall also keep records of the names and addresses of
all persons claiming the same, together with such other
descriptive matter as may identify such vehicles, the nature and
circumstances of the impounding thereof, the violation for which
such vehicles were impounded, the date of such impounding, and
the name and address of any person to whom any such vehicle was
released.
1999.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect on December 4,
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Ut.h this
l6th day of Novemb
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ATTEST:
CHIEF DEPUTY CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on
Mayor's Action:
November 19, 1999
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CHIEF DEPUTY CITY RECORDER
(SEAL)
Bill No. 89 of 1999.
Published: November 26, 1999.
ATTEST:
Approved.
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Vetoed.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake ity ttorne ?s Office
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