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Salt Lake City Code tit. 12, ch. 12.04, art. II
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Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.020 DEFINITIONS, GENERALLY

12.04.020: DEFINITIONS, GENERALLY: Whenever in this title the following terms are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 1)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.030 ALLEY

12.04.030: ALLEY: "Alley" means a public way within a block primarily intended for service and access to abutting property by vehicles and not designed for general travel. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 2)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.040 AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE

12.04.040: AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE: "Authorized emergency vehicle" means vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments, public service corporation or private ambulance companies as are designated or authorized as such by the chief of police of this city, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of the United States and state government as may be operated on the streets of Salt Lake City. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 3)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.050 BICYCLE

12.04.050: BICYCLE: "Bicycle" means every device: a) propelled by human power; b) upon which any person may ride; and c) having two (2) tandem wheels. "Bicycle" does not include scooters and similar devices. (Ord. 2-06 § 1, 2006: prior code title 46, art. 1 § 4)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.060 BUS

12.04.060: BUS: "Bus" means every motor vehicle equipped for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 5)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.070 BUSINESS DISTRICT

12.04.070: BUSINESS DISTRICT: "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a street when, within any six hundred feet (600') along such street, there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks, office buildings, railroad stations, and public buildings which occupy at least three hundred feet (300') of the frontage on one side or three hundred feet (300') collectively on both sides of the street. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 6)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.075 CAR SHARING VEHICLE

12.04.075: CAR SHARING VEHICLE: "Car sharing vehicle" means a vehicle that is contracted with the city to provide a service to the public as a car sharing vehicle. (Ord. 46-09 § 1, 2009)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.080 CENTERLINE

12.04.080: CENTERLINE: "Centerline" means single or double continuous or broken yellow or white line or lines marked upon the surface of a roadway to indicate each portion of the roadway allocated to traffic proceeding in two (2) opposite directions and if no line is so painted or otherwise marked, it is an imaginary line in the roadway equally distant from the edges or curbs of the roadway. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 7)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.090 CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT

12.04.090: CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT: "Central traffic district" means all streets and portions of streets within the areas described in section 12.104.010, "Schedule 1, Central Traffic District", of this title. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 8)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.100 CORROSIVE LIQUID

12.04.100: CORROSIVE LIQUID: "Corrosive liquid" means a strong mineral acid or other corrosive fluid which is liable to cause fire when mixed with chemicals or with organic matter. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 10)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.110 CROSSWALK

12.04.110: CROSSWALK: "Crosswalk" means: a) that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the street or highway, measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and in the absence of a sidewalk on one side of the roadway, the part of a roadway included within the extension of the lateral lines of the sidewalk at right angles to the centerline; b) any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. (Ord. 62-02 § 2, 2002: prior code title 46, art. 1 § 11)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.120 CROSSWALK LINES

12.04.120: CROSSWALK LINES: "Crosswalk lines" means white pavement marking lines that identify a crosswalk. (Ord. 62-02 § 3, 2002: prior code title 46, art. 1 § 12)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.130 DRIVER

12.04.130: DRIVER: "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 13)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.140 EXPLOSIVES

12.04.140: EXPLOSIVES: "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purposes of producing an explosive and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonation of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructible effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 14)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.150 FIRE DEPARTMENT

12.04.150: FIRE DEPARTMENT: "Fire department" means the fire department of Salt Lake City, Utah. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 15)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.160 FISSIONABLE MATERIAL

12.04.160: FISSIONABLE MATERIAL: "Fissionable material" means any material whose nucleus will split into one or more approximate equal parts when receiving energy from any external source. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 15.1)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.170 FLAMMABLE LIQUID

12.04.170: FLAMMABLE LIQUID: "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a flashpoint of seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) or less, as determined by a Tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 16)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.180 GROSS WEIGHT

12.04.180: GROSS WEIGHT: "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle without load, plus the weight of any load thereon. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 17)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.190 GUIDE DOG

12.04.190: GUIDE DOG: "Guide dog" means every dog which has been specially trained and is being used for guiding a person wholly or partially blind while such dog is equipped with a harness designed for the purpose of such guiding. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 17.1)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.200 INTERSECTION

12.04.200: INTERSECTION: "Intersection" means: A. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadway of two (2) streets which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles, traveling upon different streets joining at any other angle, come in conflict. B. Where a street includes two (2) roadways thirty feet (30') or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided street by an intersecting street shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting street also includes two (2) roadways thirty feet (30') or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of such street shall be regarded as a separate intersection. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 18)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.210 LANE LINE

12.04.210: LANE LINE: "Lane line" means a line other than a centerline outlining a traffic lane. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 19)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.220 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY

12.04.220: LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY: "Laned street or highway" means a street the roadway of which is divided into four (4) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 20)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.230 LIMITED ACCESS STREET, HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY

12.04.230: LIMITED ACCESS STREET, HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY: "Limited access street, highway or roadway" means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants from abutting lands, and other persons, have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 21)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.235 MARKED CROSSWALK

12.04.235: MARKED CROSSWALK: "Marked crosswalk" means a crosswalk for which the lateral lines are marked upon the surface of the roadway. (Ord. 62-02 § 4, 2002)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.240 MOTORCYCLE

12.04.240: MOTORCYCLE: "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor. (Ord. 88-86 § 68, 1986: prior code title 46, art. 1 § 24)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.245 MOTORBUS

12.04.245: MOTORBUS: For the purpose of this title "motorbus" means and is defined to be any motor propelled vehicle operated over the streets of the city regularly or at intervals along a definite and regular route, or between definite points within the city for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire, and which vehicle receives, carries and discharges as passengers such persons as offer themselves for transportation along such route or between such points. (Ord. 75-08 § 1, 2008)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.250 MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE

12.04.250: MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE: "Motor driven cycle" means every motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor which produces not to exceed five (5) horsepower, and every bicycle with a motor attached. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 23)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.260 MOTOR VEHICLE

12.04.260: MOTOR VEHICLE: "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled, and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, except vehicles moved solely by human power and motorized wheelchairs. (Ord. 61-88 § 7, 1988: prior code title 46, art. 1 § 22)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.270 NEUTRAL ZONE

12.04.270: NEUTRAL ZONE: "Neutral zone" means the area of space between two (2) sets of double yellow painted lines, or set apart by physical barrier, to separate traffic lanes for vehicles that move in opposite directions upon any street or highway. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 25)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.280 OWNER

12.04.280: OWNER: "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is subject to an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or, in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this title. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 26)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.290 PARK

12.04.290: PARK: "Park" when prohibited means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 27)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.310 PEDESTRIAN STOP LINE

12.04.310: PEDESTRIAN STOP LINE: "Pedestrian stop line" means a single white line not less than six inches (6") in width running at right angles to the crosswalk lines at the curb or edge of the roadway. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 29)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.320 PERSON

12.04.320: PERSON: "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 30)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.330 POLICE DEPARTMENT

12.04.330: POLICE DEPARTMENT: "Police department" means the police department of Salt Lake City, Utah. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 31)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.340 POLICE OFFICER

12.04.340: POLICE OFFICER: "Police officer" means every officer of the municipal police department, or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation of traffic regulations. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 32)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.350 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY

12.04.350: PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY: "Private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 33)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.360 RAILROAD

12.04.360: RAILROAD: "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 34)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.370 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL

12.04.370: RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL: "Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a public body or official, or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 35)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.380 RAILROAD TRAIN

12.04.380: RAILROAD TRAIN: "Railroad train" means a steam engine, or electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 36)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.390 RESIDENCE DISTRICT

12.04.390: RESIDENCE DISTRICT: "Residence district" means the territory contiguous to and including a street not comprising a business district, when the property on such street for a distance of three hundred feet (300') or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 37)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.400 RIGHT OF WAY

12.04.400: RIGHT OF WAY: "Right of way" means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 38)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.410 ROADWAY

12.04.410: ROADWAY: "Roadway" means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a street includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term "roadway", as used herein, shall refer to any such roadways separately but not to all such roadways collectively. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 39)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.420 ROADWAY TRAFFIC ISLAND

12.04.420: ROADWAY TRAFFIC ISLAND: "Roadway traffic island" means a raised area encircled by a roadway which connects two (2) or more thoroughfares, and where the traffic movement in the roadway encircling such area proceeds from one thoroughfare to another without angular crossing. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 40)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.430 SAFETY ZONE

12.04.430: SAFETY ZONE: "Safety zone" means that area within the crosswalk for the exclusive use of pedestrians, bounded on two (2) sides by the crosswalk lines and on the other two (2) sides by yellow lines or by physical barriers, or otherwise so protected, marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 41)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.440 SCHOOL BUS

12.04.440: SCHOOL BUS: "School bus" means every bus owned by a public or governmental agency and operated primarily for transportation of school children, or privately owned and primarily operated for the transportation of school children, except such vehicles as are chartered or leased by a school district from a certified contract carrier, or common carrier, when such vehicles are subject to inspection by the public service commission of Utah. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 41.1)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.450 SIDEWALK AREA

12.04.450: SIDEWALK AREA: "Sidewalk area" means that portion of a street or highway, between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 42)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.470 STOP OR LIMIT LINE

12.04.470: STOP OR LIMIT LINE: "Stop or limit line" means a single white line not less than twelve inches (12") in width behind which vehicles must stop when directed by a police officer or traffic control device. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 44)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.480 STOP, STOPPING OR STANDING

12.04.480: STOP, STOPPING OR STANDING: "Stop, stopping or standing", when prohibited, means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 45)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.490 STREET OR HIGHWAY

12.04.490: STREET OR HIGHWAY: "Street or highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 46)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.495 SUGAR HOUSE TRAFFIC DISTRICT

12.04.495: SUGAR HOUSE TRAFFIC DISTRICT: "Sugar house traffic district" means all streets and portions of streets within the areas described in section 12.104.020, "Schedule 1.5, Sugar House Traffic District", of this title. (Ord. 89-98 § 2, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.500 TAXICAB

12.04.500: TAXICAB: "Taxicab" means every motor vehicle of a distinctive color scheme approved by the chief of police and used for the purposes of transporting persons within the city for hire and licensed as a taxicab by the city commission, provided taxicab as hereinabove defined shall not include buses with a seating capacity of ten (10) persons or more. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 47)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.510 THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY

12.04.510: THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY: "Through street or highway" means every street or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets is required by law to stop or yield the right of way before entering or crossing the same when stop signs or yield right of way signs are erected as provided in this code. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 48)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.520 TRAFFIC

12.04.520: TRAFFIC: "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for purposes of travel. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 49)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.530 TRAFFIC CITATION

12.04.530: TRAFFIC CITATION: "Traffic citation" means a form notifying a violator to appear at a court or traffic violators' bureau and to answer to a charge of violating a traffic law or code. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 50)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.540 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

12.04.540: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES: "Traffic control devices" means all signs, signals, traffic markings and devices not inconsistent with this title or the "Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices" of the state of Utah, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 51)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.550 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL

12.04.550: TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL: "Traffic control signal" means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 52)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.570 TRAFFIC LANE

12.04.570: TRAFFIC LANE: "Traffic lane" means a strip of roadway intended to accommodate the forward movement of a single line of vehicles. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 54)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.580 TRAFFIC MARKINGS

12.04.580: TRAFFIC MARKINGS: "Traffic markings" means all lines, patterns, words, colors or other devices, except signs, set into the surface of, applied upon or attached to the pavement or curbing, or to objects within or adjacent to the roadway, officially placed for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 55)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.590 TRUCK

12.04.590: TRUCK: "Truck" means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 56)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.595 UNMARKED CROSSWALK

12.04.595: UNMARKED CROSSWALK: "Unmarked crosswalk" means a crosswalk for which the lateral lines are not marked upon the surface of the roadway. (Ord. 62-02 § 5, 2002)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.600 U-TURN

12.04.600: U-TURN: "U-turn" means turning a vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction of travel on the same street. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 57)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.610 VEHICLE

12.04.610: VEHICLE: "Vehicle" means every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. (Ord. 2-06 § 2, 2006: prior code title 46, art. 1 § 58)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.04.620 VIOLATOR

12.04.620: VIOLATOR: "Violator" means a person who violated or is alleged to have violated any ordinance or code of this city or motor vehicle law of the state of Utah. (Prior code title 46, art. 1 § 59)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52074Fetched: 11/1/2026

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