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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 14 of 2009
(Bicycle Code Updates: Amending Section 12.52.140 which addresses operation of
motor vehicles in bicycle lanes and repealing section 12.80.150 to eliminate conflicts
with state law)
An ordinance repealing section 12.80.150, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to operation of bicycle on one-way roadways; and amending section 12.52.140, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to bicycle lanes -- vehicle restrictions.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 12.52.140, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to Bicycle
Lanes -- Vehicle Restrictions be, and the same hereby is, enacted to read as follows:
12.52.140 Bicycle Lanes -- Vehicle Restrictions:
No motor vehicle shall at any time be driven within or through, or park or stop within a marked bicycle lane, except briefly when turning into an intersection, street, alley, driveway or other parking area. A motor bus or school bus may briefly drive within or through, or stop within a marked bicycle lane while in the process of taking on or discharging passengers but, when doing so, said vehicles shall stop as near as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway. Any vehicle entering or crossing a marked bicycle lane shall yield the right of way to all bicycles within the lane that are close enough to constitute an immediate hazard.
SECTION 2. That Section 12.80.150 Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to
Operation of Bicycle on One-Way Roadway be, and the same hereby is, repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 2nd day of June, 2009.
Bill No. 14 of 2009.
Published: June 10, 2009.