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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. _____ of 2026
An ordinance amending City Code to repeal the SLC Green Vehicle program
An ordinance amending Section 12.56.205 and Subsection 12.56.550.B of the Salt Lake
City Code to repeal the SLC Green Vehicle program.
WHEREAS, the SLC Green Vehicle program was initially enacted to incentivize the
purchase and use of environmentally friendly vehicles in the city by allowing these vehicles,
after obtaining approval from the City, to park on city streets without paying for parking; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Division finds good cause to recommend such program
be repealed as it is no longer necessary or practicable.
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 12.56.205.
That Section 12.56.205 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and herby is amended
as follows:
12.56.205: PARKING METERS; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS:
A. The following definitions shall apply to this section:
DIVISION: The City's Transportation Division.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION: A parking stall equipped with
infrastructure that supplies electric energy for the recharging of electric vehicles.
B. Use of Salt Lake City operated electric vehicle charging stations is restricted to
electric vehicles actively charging their batteries. The division may establish time limits for use
of particular electric vehicle charging stations. No person shall use an electric vehicle charging
station and the associated parking stall for longer than the time period specified for that station.
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Failure to comply with this provision will result in a civil penalty as set forth in section
12.56.550 of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Subsection 12.56.550.B.
That the chart of civil penalties listed in Subsection 12.56.550.B of the Salt Lake City
Code shall be and hereby is amended so that the reference to section 12.56.205.F in the chart is
replaced with section 12.56.205.B. No other part of the chart of civil penalties in Subsection
12.56.550.B shall be amended.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after it has
been published pursuant to Utah Code § 10-3-711 and § 10-3-713.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this ________ day of ________,
2026.
______________________________________
Alejandro Puy, Council Chair
ATTEST:
_________________________
Keith Reynolds, City Recorder
Transmitted to Mayor on ____________________________.
Mayor’s Action: _________ Approved. ____________ Vetoed.
_______________________________________
Erin Mendenhall, Mayor
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ATTEST:
_________________________
Keith Reynolds, City Recorder
Bill No. _______ of 2026.
Published: __________________
Ordinance repealing the SLC Green Vehicle program
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date: May 5, 2026
By: /s/ Allison Parks
Allison Parks, Deputy City Attorney