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Salt Lake City Code tit. 12, ch. 12.08

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Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.010 TRAFFIC DIVISION; POWERS AND DUTIES

12.08.010: TRAFFIC DIVISION; POWERS AND DUTIES: It shall be the duty of the traffic division, with the aid of other members of the police department: A. To enforce the street traffic regulations of the city and all the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the city; B. To make arrests for traffic violations; C. To investigate accidents meeting parameters set by the chief of police; D. To cooperate with the city transportation engineer and other officers of the city in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions; and E. To carry out those duties specifically imposed upon the division by the ordinances of the city. (Ord. 5-95 § 1, 1995: prior code title 46, art. 2 § 60)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.020 TRAFFIC VIOLATION RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS

12.08.020: TRAFFIC VIOLATION RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS: A. The police department shall keep a record of all local violations of the traffic ordinances of the city, or of the state vehicle laws, of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offenses. Such record shall be maintained as to show all types of violations and the total of each. Said record shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period. B. All forms for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms. C. All records and reports shall be public records. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 61)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.030 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; INVESTIGATION

12.08.030: TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; INVESTIGATION: The police department may investigate traffic accidents and may arrest and assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with the violation of law causing or contributing to such accidents. (Ord. 4-95 § 1, 1995: prior code title 46, art. 2 § 62)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.040 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; LOCATION STUDIES

12.08.040: TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; LOCATION STUDIES: Whenever the accidents in any particular location become numerous, the traffic division shall cooperate with the city transportation engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 63)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.050 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; REPORT FILING; CONFIDENTIALITY

12.08.050: TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; REPORT FILING; CONFIDENTIALITY: A. The police department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the city transportation engineer. B. The police department shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to it under state law or under the ordinances of the city, but all such accident reports made by drivers shall be for the confidential use of the police department and the city transportation engineer, and no such reports shall be admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding, other than upon the request of the court having jurisdiction to prove compliance with the laws requiring the making of any such report. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 64)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.060 DRIVER'S FILES; CONTENTS; USE BY TRAFFIC DIVISION

12.08.060: DRIVER'S FILES; CONTENTS; USE BY TRAFFIC DIVISION: A. The police department shall maintain a suitable record of all local traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions and complaints reported for each driver, which shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned. B. The traffic division shall study the cases of all the drivers charged with frequent or serious violations of the traffic laws or involved in frequent traffic accidents or any serious accident, shall attempt to discover the reason therefor, and shall take whatever steps are lawful and reasonable to prevent the same or to have the licenses of such persons suspended or revoked. C. Such records shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on such records shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 65)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.070 CITY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER; OFFICE ESTABLISHED; AUTHORITY

12.08.070: CITY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER; OFFICE ESTABLISHED; AUTHORITY: The office of the city transportation engineer is established. The city transportation engineer shall be appointed by the mayor and shall exercise the powers and duties as provided by the ordinances of the city. The city transportation engineer shall be the city traffic engineer and shall exercise the powers and duties as prescribed by law. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 66)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.080 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; STANDARDS AND PLACEMENT

12.08.080: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; STANDARDS AND PLACEMENT: A. The "Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices" for streets and highways, 1988 edition, as amended, is adopted by Salt Lake City as the ordinance rules and regulations of the city, three (3) copies of which shall be for use and examination of the public in the office of the city recorder. Said code establishes the standards of design and application of traffic control devices. B. The city transportation engineer shall place and maintain any and all traffic control devices when and as needed, and shall implement the provisions of said manual in accordance with accepted highway engineering principles. (Ord. 3-95 § 1, 1995: prior code title 46, art. 2 § 67)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.090 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

12.08.090: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS; POWERS AND DUTIES: It is the general duty of the city transportation engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of the city and as directed by the mayor. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 69)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.100 TRAFFIC SPEED AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS

12.08.100: TRAFFIC SPEED AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS: The city transportation engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds somewhat below the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 71)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.110 SIGNS, MARKINGS AND TRAFFIC ISLANDS

12.08.110: SIGNS, MARKINGS AND TRAFFIC ISLANDS: The city transportation engineer is authorized to place islands, markers or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course shall be traveled irrespective of any other provisions of this title. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 72)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.120 CROSSWALKS, SAFETY ZONES, TRAFFIC LANE MARKINGS

12.08.120: CROSSWALKS, SAFETY ZONES, TRAFFIC LANE MARKINGS: The city transportation engineer is hereby authorized: A. To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where, in his or her opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he or she may deem necessary; B. To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he or she may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians; C. To mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he or she may deem advisable, consistent with the traffic ordinances of the city. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 70)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.130 HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES; TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS

12.08.130: HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES; TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS: The city transportation engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs, places not exceeding one hundred feet (100') in length in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 73)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.140 EMERGENCY AND EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS

12.08.140: EMERGENCY AND EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS: A. The chief of police, by and with the approval of the city transportation engineer, is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of the city, and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover the emergency or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulations shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days. B. The city transportation engineer may test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 68)

Salt Lake City Code § 12.08.150 TRAFFIC SCHOOL PERMITTED

12.08.150: TRAFFIC SCHOOL PERMITTED: Salt Lake City Corporation may develop a program to be known as "traffic school" to be used to educate the public as to the laws and safety practices associated with the movement of traffic, including motor vehicles, other self-propelled vehicles, bicycles, other human powered vehicles and pedestrian traffic within the state of Utah. Persons attending the school shall pay the fee per course, as shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule, to offset the costs of the program. (Ord. 24-11, 2011)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52207Fetched: 11/1/2026