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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 41 of 2013
(Enacting New Section 12.56.590, relating to a Parking Exemption for Official Vehicles)
An ordinance enacting new section 12.56.590 of the Salt Lake City Code relating to a
parking exemption for certain official vehicles.
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that certain individuals need an exemption from
normal vehicle parking requirements due to their official duties and official status; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enact rules and procedures with respect to such
parking exemptions.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City. Utah:
SECTION 1. New section 12.56.590, Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is,
enacted to read as follows:
12.56.590: PARKING EXEMPTION FOR OFFICIAL VEHICLES:
A. DEFINITIONS: For purposes of this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context,
certain words and phrases used in this section are defined as follows:
Marked Official Vehicle: A vehicle owned or leased by a governmental or quasi-
governmental entity that a representative of the entity uses in the course of the
representative's official duties and that displays obvious official identification such as
door symbols or light bars. A governmental or exempt license plate alone does not
satisfy the obvious official identification requirement.
Exempt Vehicle: A marked official vehicle or a non-marked official vehicle used by the
following persons:
1. City department directors.
2. City council members.
3. Operators of city fleet vehicles.
4. Designated city employees as determined by the mayor or the mayor's
designee.
5. Designated employees or representatives of other governmental
entities as determined by the mayor or the mayor's designee.
6. Emergency services personnel and employees of enforcement
agencies.
7. Employees or representatives of quasi-governmental entities as
determined by the mayor or the mayor's designee.
A personal vehicle may be considered an exempt vehicle if it is used by a person
described above for official governmental or quasi-governmental purposes.
Non-Marked Official Vehicle: A vehicle, owned or leased by a governmental or quasi-
governmental entity, without obvious official identification such as door symbols or light
bars that a representative of the entity uses in the course of the representative's official
duties, or a non-marked vehicle for which the city previously issued a parking dash
placard.
B. REGISTRATION:
1. In order for a non-marked official vehicle to become an exempt vehicle, it must be
registered with the city's compliance director using the city's online registration process.
Registration is not required for a marked official vehicle. A city department director may
allow an individual city employee to register his or her personal vehicle as an exempt
vehicle based on a documented need or requirement that will be included as part of the
registration process.
2. As part of the online registration, the entity shall provide the following information:
1. Entity's name.
2. Name of entity's primary contact.
3. Telephone number of entity's primary contact.
4. Email address of entity's primary contact.
5. Vehicle make.
6. Vehicle model.
7. Vehicle color.
8. Vehicle license plate number.
9. Vehicle identification number.
10. Vehicle primary driver.
11. Reason why the vehicle should be classified as an exempt vehicle.
12. Days of the week when exempt status is required.
13. Location(s) in Salt Lake City where exempt status is needed.
3. As a part of the registration process, the city's compliance program director shall
review all requests and approve or deny exempt vehicle status. Upon approval or
disapproval, the city shall notify the entity's primary contact of the approval or
disapproval. For an approval, the city shall include information about the registered
exempt vehicle in the exempt vehicle database maintained in the city's parking
enforcement office. The exempt vehicle database shall contain the information necessary
to enable parking enforcement personnel to identify an exempt vehicle when they enter
the vehicle's license plate number in their enforcement handheld device and to confirm
exempt vehicle status and any status limitations.
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4. The city's compliance program director shall be responsible for reviewing and
approving any specific limitations for exempt vehicles, which limitations may vary for
each entity.
5. Exempt vehicles are subject to the generally applicable rules regarding restricted
parking locations (such as handicap, no parking, bus lanes, and residential parking permit
areas) and shall comply with non-parking related ordinances such as vehicle registration
requirements. Exempt vehicles may receive citations for violations of the following
ordinances unless parking was required as part of an unavoidable or emergent official
duty: 12.56.150 (parking meters; installation); 12.56.180 (parking meters; restricted
spaces); 12.56.190 (parking meters; overtime parking prohibited); 12.56.300 (residential
parking lots owned by the city); 12.56.450 (time limited parking on certain streets);
12.56.520 (using city streets for storage prohibited). If the city's parking enforcement
personnel are unable to identify the justification for an exempt vehicle being parked in a
restricted parking location, a citation shall be issued and the justification for such parking
may be established by a hearing officer as part of a review process. Registered city
exempt vehicles and city exempt vehicles used for emergency services are exempt from
all parking ordinances.
C. MAINTENANCE:
A registered exempt vehicle shall remain exempt only if it undergoes an annual review
and recertification process. The process shall be completed by the entity's primary
contact using the same method that was used for the initial registration and shall be
completed when the entity receives notification of completion from the city's parking
enforcement office. Parking enforcement's notification shall be sent by email to the
entity's primary contact. Approximately 11 calendar months after the initial registration
or recertification of an exempt vehicle, parking enforcement shall notify, by email, the
entity's primary contact of the need to re-certify the vehicle. Vehicles that are not
recertified by the thirteenth month after initial registration or recertification shall be
automatically removed from the exempt vehicle database. An entity may submit to the
city's compliance director requests for changes to exempt vehicle status, new requests,
and changes to primary contact information, and the compliance director may make those
changes.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah is 18 day of June , 2013.
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Transmitted to Mayor on June 18, 2013
Mayor's Action: Approved. Vetoed.
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