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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. of 2023
(Ordinance amending Section 12.64.040 of the Salt Lake City Code
pertaining to area designation criteria for the City Parking Permit Program)
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.64 of the Salt Lake City Code (City Parking Permit Program)
authorizes a program and implementing procedural system by which residents and businesses within
qualifying areas may receive preferential treatment when competing with commuter vehicles for
available on street parking; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.64.040 of the Salt Lake City Code sets forth general criteria, specific
factors and threshold technical criteria for the transportation engineer to consider when designating an
area as a city permit parking area; and
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Corporation ("City") Transportation Division has become
aware of areas within Salt Lake City wherein residents and businesses experience a severe shortage
of street parking due to high commuter vehicle parking as intended to be addressed by the City
Parking Permit Program, but which fail to meet the criteria set forth in Section 12.64.040; and
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Council finds that updates to the area designation criteria
are necessary to ensure all areas within Salt Lake City that satisfy the purpose of the City Parking
Program as set forth in Section 12.64.010 (Purpose) of the Salt Lake City Code can be properly
designated as Parking Permit Areas, as defined in Section 12.64.020 (Definitions).
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Amending Section 12.64.040. Section 12.64.040 of the Salt Lake City Code
shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:
12.64.040: AREA DESIGNATION; CRITERIA:
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26 A. General Criteria: An area shall be deemed eligible for consideration as a city permit parking area
27 if the transportation engineer determines, after evaluation of the surveys and traffic studies prepared
28 at the direction of the parking permit coordinator, that the qualified area is adversely affected by
29 commuter vehicles for any extended period(s) during the day or night, on weekends or holidays.
30 B. Specific Factors: In determining alleged adverse effects upon an area, the transportation
31 engineer shall analyze and evaluate factors which include, but are not limited to, the following:
32 1. The extent of the desire and perception of need by the residents for permit parking as
33 evidenced by receipt of verified petitions and ballots as required herein;
34 2. The extent to which legal on street parking spaces are occupied by motor vehicles during any
35 given time period; and
36 3. The extent to which vehicles parking in the area during the period proposed for parking
37 regulations are commuter vehicles rather than resident vehicles.
38 C. Threshold Technical Criteria: The transportation engineer may, upon recommendation of the
39 parking permit coordinator, and pursuant to the provisions hereunder, consider for designation as a
40 city permit parking area, an area whose streets (or portions thereof) qualify by satisfying the
41 following eligibility criteria:
42 1. Seventy percent (70%) or more of the parking capacity is generally occupied;
43 2. Such occupancy continues for any consecutive four (4) hour period and such occupancy rate
44 occurs at least four (4) days per week during at least a nine (9) month period per year. If the
45 recommendation is for designation of a seasonal city permit area, the occupancy occurs over a period
46 of more than two (2) months and fewer than nine (9) months;
47 3. Twenty five percent (25%) of the vehicles occupying the on street spaces are other than area
48 vehicles;
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49 4. The requesting area consists of curb space fronting a minimum of eight (8) standard block
50 faces geographically located within the proposed permit area; provided that, if fewer than eight (8)
51 standard block faces are impacted, then the transportation engineer shall have discretion to waive the
52 requirement of this Subsection (C)(4) if the proposed permit area is impacted by one of the
53 following_ (a) hospital or medical buildings; (b) university or college buildings; or (c) a TRAX
54 station; and;
55 5. The parking permit coordinator agrees that implementing the proposed permit area will not,
56 to a significant extent, transfer the commuter vehicle parking problem to a different adjacent area
57 should the area under consideration be designated permit parking
58 SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first
59 publication.
61 Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this _ day of
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ATTEST:
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on
Mayor's Action:
CITY RECORDER
(SEAL)
CHAIRPERSON
Approved. Vetoed.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attormey's Office
Date: August 11, 2023
2023.
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83 Bill No. of 2023
84 Published:
85 Sara Montoya, Senior City Attorney
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