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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 85 of 2005
(Prohibiting parking near mailboxes)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12.56.440, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO STOPPING OR PARKING - PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 12.56.440, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to stopping or parking prohibited in certain areas be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
12.56.440 Stopping Or ParkingProhibited In Certain Areas:
A. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk area;
2. In front or within five feet (5') of a private driveway;
3. Within ten feet (10') of a private driveway, on Mondays through Saturdays (except holidays) between 7:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., when a mailbox is located within five feet (5') of such driveway.
4. Within an intersection;
5. Within five feet (5') of a fire hydrant, as measured in both directions along the street or highway curb line from the line extending from the center of the hydrant to the curb line at its nearest point;
6. On a crosswalk;
7. Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection;
8. Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach of any flashing beacon or traffic control device located at the side of a roadway;
9. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within thirty feet (30') of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless authorized signs or markings indicate a different length;
10. Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
11. Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station, and on the side of a street opposite the entrance when properly signposted;
12. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction, when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct or be hazardous to traffic;
13. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel or underpass;
14. At any place where official signs or traffic markings prohibit stopping, standing or parking;
15. At any place in any public park, playground or grounds of any public building other than on the roads or parking lots provided for public parking and then only in accordance with provisions of any officially installed signs, such signs to be installed by the city transportation engineer, pursuant to the authority granted in section 12.08.080 of this title, or its successor;
16. On any footpath in any park or playground;
17. Within a fire lane as designated and marked in accordance with the provisions of section 18.44.080 of this code, or its successor, whether on public or private property;
18. On any median or island, or on any dividing section, as defined in section 12.44.110 of this title, or its successor; or
19. Within fifteen feet (15') of the nearest rail of any light rail track or other railroad track whether on public or private property.
B. No person shall move a vehicle under such person's control into any such prohibited area, or upon any area not designated for vehicular travel or parking.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 13th day of December, 2005.
Bill No. 85 of 2005.
Published: December 23, 2005.