PEDESTRIANS

Salt Lake City Code tit. 12, ch. 12.76

in effect

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.010 LOCATIONS FOR CROSSING ROADWAYS

12.76.010: LOCATIONS FOR CROSSING ROADWAYS: No pedestrian shall cross a roadway: A. At any place other than in a crosswalk. If no crosswalk exists within a distance of seven hundred feet (700') of the desired point of crossing, a pedestrian may cross by the shortest straight route to the opposite curb after exercising due care and caution and yielding to all vehicular traffic; B. Between adjacent intersections, at which traffic control signals are in operation, at any place except in a marked crosswalk; C. At any place other than in a crosswalk upon any through street; or D. Where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing is available. (Prior code § 46-17-267)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.020 PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS; OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

12.76.020: PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS; OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS: (Rep. by Ord. 62-02 § 27, 2002)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.030 RIGHT OF WAY IN CROSSWALKS; VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS

12.76.030: RIGHT OF WAY IN CROSSWALKS; VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS: (Rep. by Ord. 62-02 § 28, 2002)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.040 VEHICLE STOPPED AT CROSSWALK; PASSING PROHIBITED

12.76.040: VEHICLE STOPPED AT CROSSWALK; PASSING PROHIBITED: (Rep. by Ord. 62-02 § 29, 2002)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.045 YIELDING RIGHT OF WAY AT MARKED OR UNMARKED CROSSWALKS; DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN DUTIES

12.76.045: YIELDING RIGHT OF WAY AT MARKED OR UNMARKED CROSSWALKS; DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN DUTIES: A. Driver Duties: 1. With regard to marked or unmarked crosswalks, vehicles shall yield the right of way to: a. (1) Pedestrians carrying a brightly colored flag customarily used by pedestrians in the city while crossing a street within a crosswalk; (2) Pedestrians using a white cane or a service animal customarily used by pedestrians having visual impairments; (3) Pedestrians using a wheelchair or similar wheeled mechanical, electrical or motorized vehicle customarily used by pedestrians having mobility impairments; (4) Pedestrians exhibiting clear and objective signs of impairment or infirmity of any kind, including, but not limited to, infirmity resulting from advanced age; (5) Crossing guards with a stop sign upheld; and b. All other pedestrians; by coming to a complete stop at the crosswalk and not entering the crosswalk while such pedestrian is lawfully within a marked or unmarked crosswalk and is in the vehicle's travel lane or adjoining lane. 2. Whenever a vehicle is stopping or stopped at a marked or unmarked crosswalk, all approaching vehicles traveling in the same direction as the stopping or stopped vehicle shall also stop to verify that no pedestrian is within their travel lane or an adjoining lane in a marked or unmarked crosswalk. 3. A vehicle turning onto an adjacent roadway shall yield the right of way to pedestrians as explained in subsections A1 and A2 of this section. B. Increased Penalty: 1. The civil penalty to be assessed against a person for each violation of subsection A1a of this section may be increased beyond the penalty ordinarily assessed for such violation, up to the maximum penalty provided by section 1.12.050 of this code, or its successor. 2. The civil penalty ordinarily assessed for a violation of subsection A1b of this section may be increased for a second and for each subsequent violation within one year of a previous conviction or forfeiture of penalty for a violation of said subsection. C. Pedestrian Duties: 1. Whenever traffic or pedestrian signals are in place and operation the illuminated indications shall govern pedestrians as explained in sections 12.32.045 and 12.32.055 of this title or their successors. At all other locations pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to those restrictions stated in this chapter. 2. No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. (Ord. 23-03 § 3, 2003: Ord. 62-02 § 30, 2002)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.050 PRECAUTIONS FOR CHILDREN, BLIND AND INCAPACITATED PERSONS

12.76.050: PRECAUTIONS FOR CHILDREN, BLIND AND INCAPACITATED PERSONS: A. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, and shall give warning by sounding the horn where necessary, and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing on a roadway any child or any incapacitated person or any person carrying a cane as described in subsection B of this section, or any person being accompanied by a guide dog. B. A person wholly or partially blind, and with no other person, may carry a cane or walking stick, white in color, or white tipped with red, and seven-eighths (7/8) of an inch or more in diameter, as a means of protection and identification as an indication to all traffic to exercise extraordinary care to avoid accidents. (Prior code § 46-17-268)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.060 WALKING ALONG OR UPON ROADWAY

12.76.060: WALKING ALONG OR UPON ROADWAY: A. Where sidewalks are provided, it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. B. Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and upon a street shall when practicable walk only on the left side of the roadway, or its shoulder, facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction. (Prior code § 46-17-269)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.070 SOLICITING RIDES OR EMPLOYMENT

12.76.070: SOLICITING RIDES OR EMPLOYMENT: No person shall stand in a street or roadway for the purpose of soliciting from the occupant of any vehicle a ride, employment, the parking, watching or guarding of a vehicle, or other business. (Prior code § 46-17-270)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.080 PARENT AND GUARDIAN RESPONSIBILITIES

12.76.080: PARENT AND GUARDIAN RESPONSIBILITIES: The parent or custodian of any child and the guardian of any ward or person having charge of any blind, confused or incapacitated person shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 46-17-272)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.090 PEDESTRIANS OBSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS PROHIBITED

12.76.090: PEDESTRIANS OBSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS PROHIBITED: Pedestrians shall not obstruct or prevent the free use of sidewalks or crosswalks by other pedestrians. (Prior code § 46-17-271)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.76.100 PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK FLAG FEES

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. (Ord. 43-15, 2015)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-53842Fetched: 11/1/2026