SPEED LIMITS

Salt Lake City Code tit. 12, ch. 12.36

in effect

Salt Lake City Code § 12.36.010 SPEED AND OPERATION TO CONFORM TO EXISTING CONDITIONS

12.36.010: SPEED AND OPERATION TO CONFORM TO EXISTING CONDITIONS: Every person driving a vehicle on a street or alley shall operate the same at a speed and in a manner which is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing, and every driver of a vehicle, in compliance with legal requirements and the duty to use due care, shall use every reasonable means to avoid endangering or colliding with any person, vehicle or other object. (Ord. 2-06 § 4, 2006: prior code title 46, art. 7 § 116)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.36.020 SPEED LIMITS

12.36.020: SPEED LIMITS: Where no special hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with section 12.30.010 of this chapter, or its successor, the speed of any vehicle in excess of limits specified in this title is prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful: A. Twenty Miles Per Hour: 1. Upon meeting or overtaking any school bus which has stopped on the street for the purpose of receiving or discharging any schoolchildren, provided such school bus bears upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters no less than four inches (4") high which can be removed or covered when the vehicle is not in use as a school bus; 2. When passing a school building or the grounds thereof, or through a designated school crossing zone during school recess, or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours; 3. On all streets and at all places the prima facie speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour, except on such other streets or places as otherwise posted or marked as directed by the city transportation engineer.(Ord. 24-22, 2022: Ord. 88-86 § 68, 1986: Ord. 35-86 § 1, 1986: prior code title 46, art. 7 § 117)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.36.030 DRIVING TOO SLOW

12.36.030: DRIVING TOO SLOW: No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or to comply with law. (Prior code title 46, art. 7 § 118)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.36.040 SPEED OR ACCELERATION CONTESTS PROHIBITED

12.36.040: SPEED OR ACCELERATION CONTESTS PROHIBITED: No person shall engage in any vehicle speed contest or exhibition, or in any vehicle acceleration contest or exhibition on any street or alley, and no person shall aid or abet any such vehicle speed contest or exhibition or acceleration contest or exhibition on any street or alley. (Prior code title 46, art. 7 § 119)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.36.050 OBSTRUCTING STREETS FOR SPEED CONTESTS PROHIBITED

12.36.050: OBSTRUCTING STREETS FOR SPEED CONTESTS PROHIBITED: No person shall, for the purpose of facilitating, aiding or inducing any vehicle speed contest or exhibition, or vehicle acceleration contest or exhibition, in any manner obstruct or place any barricade or obstruction or assist or participate in placing any such barricade or obstruction upon any street or alley. (Prior code title 46, art. 7 § 120)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.36.060 CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS; SPEEDS TO BE DESIGNATED

12.36.060: CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS; SPEEDS TO BE DESIGNATED: In every charge of violation of any speed regulation of this code, the traffic citation shall specify the speed at which the violator is alleged to have driven and the prima facie speed applicable within the district or at the location. (Prior code title 46, art. 7 § 121)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52753Fetched: 11/1/2026