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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 43 of 2015
(Pedestrian Crosswalk Flags and corresponding changes to the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule)
An ordinance enacting section 12.76.100 of the Salt Lake City Code, imposing pedestrian crosswalk flag fees, and amending the corresponding portions of the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule.
WHEREAS, in an effort to reduce pedestrian involved accidents, the city places flags in containers at each end of crosswalks in the downtown area and instructs pedestrians to carry a flag with them while crossing the street in the crosswalk; and
WHEREAS, the brightly colored flags benefit pedestrians by making them more visible to drivers and alerts drivers that the pedestrian has a desire and intent to cross the street; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the placement of flags and flag containers in areas outside of downtown, the city created the Adopt-a-Crosswalk program; and
WHEREAS, the Adopt-a-Crosswalk program allows individuals or businesses residing within approximately 700 feet of a marked crosswalk to install crosswalk flags by “adopting” or “sponsoring” the crosswalk; and
WHEREAS, to adopt a crosswalk, the sponsor agrees to occasionally monitor the flags to ensure that they are available at both ends of the crosswalk and to provide replacement flags as needed. In return, the city installs the flag holders, and an initial supply of flags at no cost to the sponsor; and
WHEREAS, the Adopt-a-Crosswalk program has also been expanded to include elementary schools where the city provides replacement flags at no cost as long as the school agrees picks them up from the City when needed; and
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2011 the City Council adopted Ordinances 2011-23, 2011-24 and 2011-25 to authorize and create the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS, it is now proposed that the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule be amended to include certain pedestrian crosswalk flag fees as shown in the attached Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds (i) the fees set forth in Exhibit A are necessary, reasonable, and equitable in relation to regulatory and service costs incurred by the City; and (ii) adoption of this ordinance reasonably furthers the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Salt Lake City.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 12.76.100 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to pedestrian crosswalk flag fees be, and the same hereby is, enacted read as follows:
12.76.100 Pedestrian Crosswalk Flag Fees:
Under the city’s Adopt-a-Crosswalk program, a sponsor of a crosswalk, except a sponsor who is an elementary school, shall pay the city a fee for any replacement crosswalk flag in the amount shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule.
SECTION 2. That the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule shall be, and hereby is, amended, in pertinent part, to reflect the fees and corresponding fee information set forth in the attached Exhibit A, and that a copy of the amended Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule shall be published on the official Salt Lake City website.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 16th day of June, 2015.
Bill No. 43 of 2015.
Published: July 1, 2015.