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Home My WebLink AboutLegislative Version Ordinance - 5/6/2025SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE No. ______ of 2025 (An ordinance amending sections 12.56.140, 12.56.150, 12.56.160 and 12.56.200 of the Salt Lake City Code to update the time frames, dates, and processes related to parking and parking enforcement) WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Council has determined that adopting this ordinance is in the city’s best interests; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide fair and equal access to limited public resources and assets such as desirable parking locations; and WHEREAS, updating the time frames, dates, and processes related to parking and parking enforcement will provide fair and equal access to parking locations, and will facilitate the efficient use and enjoyment of notable destinations and local businesses located within the city; NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code section 12.56.140. That section 12.56.140 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: 12.56.140: PARKING METERS; DEFINITIONS AND MARKING OF SPACES: A. Definitions: PARKING METER: Means and includes any device through which an individual can purchase authorization from the city to park a vehicle in a parking space for a designated period of time. PARKING METER ZONE: Those streets or portions of streets within which the parking of vehicles shall be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid and use of parking meters. PARKING SPACE: A designated area set aside for the parking of vehicles upon a street, which area shall be identified by a line, signage or other traffic markings, and shall be of sufficient size to permit the parking of only one vehicle, or not more than two (2) motorcycles. For purposes of this chapter, the term "parking space" specifically refers to those parking spaces in which a vehicle may only be parked for a limited period of time or for which authorization to park must be purchased from the city. PARKING TOKEN: A token authorized by the city to be used in a city parking meter in order to purchase authorization to park a vehicle in a specific parking space for a designated period of time. B. Parking Spaces To Be Marked: The transportation engineer shall establish and designate parking spaces by signage or by painted lines upon the surface of the roadway or pavement and/or curbing. SECTION 2. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code section 12.56.150. That section 12.56.150 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: 12.56.150: PARKING METERS; INSTALLATION AND ENFORCEMENT: A. The city transportation engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed near or upon the city's curb or sidewalk areas in numbers and locations that are sufficient, in the judgment of the city transportation engineer, to provide for the public's parking needs. Parking meters shall be operational and usable at least one hour before the time when parking time limitations take effect at metered parking spaces. B. No person shall park any vehicle in any parking space, except as otherwise permitted by this chapter, without immediately purchasing from a parking meter the necessary authorization to park in a that specific parking space for a designated period of time, which time period shall be reflected on a receipt or similar official record memorializing such purchase. C. No person, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, shall permit any vehicle parked by such person to remain parked in any parking space beyond the time period specified on the receipt or other official record memorializing the purchase transaction described in subsection B of this section, or beyond the maximum time limit for parking as designated on either the parking meter or on posted signs that correspond to such parking space. D. The presence of a vehicle in a parking space for which the paid time expired at least two (2) hours prior to the issuance of the parking citation shall be considered a willful or egregious violation of this section and shall be subject to the penalty that corresponds to such violation as set forth in subsection 12.56.550B of this chapter. SECTION 3. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code section 12.56.160. That section 12.56.160 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: 12.56.160: PARKING METERS; SPACES AND TIME LIMITS: A. The city transportation engineer shall establish and designate parking spaces, including restricted spaces, within the parking meter zone, and shall provide for maximum parking times for all parking spaces except as set forth in subsection B of this section. B. Unless otherwise signed or designated, there shall be no parking time limitations at metered parking spaces: 1. Between teneight o'clock (108:00) P.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) A.M.; and 2. During all hours on holidays. SECTION 4. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code section 12.56.200. That section 12.56.200 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: 12.56.200: PARKING METERS; NO CHARGE WHEN: A. Parking spaces may be used without charge on all days of the week between teneight o'clock (108:00) P.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) A.M., and during all hours on Saturdays and on Sundays and holidays as enumerated in subsection B of this section. With regard to parking at parking spaces on Saturdays, when signs or traffic markings are erected or placed by the direction of the City Transportation Engineer limiting the duration of such parking, no person shall park a vehicle or permit such vehicle to remain parked for longer than the time specified, between the hours shown upon any street, parts of a street, or roadway. B. 1. The word "holiday" means: a. Every Sunday; b. January 1, called New Year's Day; c. The third Monday of January, called Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday; d. The third Monday of February, called Presidents' Day; e. The last Monday in May, called Memorial Day; f. Juneteenth National Freedom Day, if June 19 is on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, the holiday will be observed on the immediately preceding Monday. If June 19 is on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the immediately following Monday. f. July 4, called Independence Day; g. July 24, called Pioneer Day; h. The first Monday in September, called Labor Day; i. The second Monday of October, called Columbus DayIndigenous Peoples’ Day; j. November 11, called Veterans Day; k. The fourth Thursday of November, called Thanksgiving Day; and l. December 25, called Christmas. 2. When July 4, July 24, November 11 or December 25 falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be considered the legal holiday, and no other day shall be considered a holiday. SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after it has been published in accordance with Utah Code § 10-3-711 and recorded in accordance with Utah Code § 10-3-713. Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this ________ day of ________, 2025. ______________________________________ Chris Wharton, Council Chair ATTEST: _________________________ Keith Reynolds, City Recorder Transmitted to Mayor on ____________________________. Mayor’s Action: _________ Approved. ____________ Vetoed. _______________________________________ Erin Mendenhall, Mayor ATTEST: _________________________ Keith Reynolds, City Recorder Bill No. _______ of 2025. Published: __________________ APPROVED AS TO FORM Office of the City Attorney Date: _________________________ By: __[signature here]___________ Jaysen Oldroyd, Senior City Attorney