S.B. 106

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PARKING RESTRICTIONS
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: David L. Buhler
5 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING CERTAIN PARKING
6 RESTRICTIONS; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 AMENDS:
9 41-6-103, as enacted by Chapter 33, Laws of Utah 1978
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 41-6-103 is amended to read:
12 41-6-103. Standing or parking vehicles -- Restrictions and exceptions.
13 (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law
14 [or], the directions of a police officer, or an official traffic-control device, [no] a person [shall] may
15 not:
16 [(1)] (a) stop, stand or park a vehicle:
17 [(a)] (i) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a
18 street;
19 [(b)] (ii) on a sidewalk;
20 [(c)] (iii) within an intersection;
21 [(d)] (iv) on a crosswalk;
22 [(e)] (v) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb
23 immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or
24 markings;
25 [(f)] (vi) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
26 standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
27 [(g)] (vii) upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or within a

1 highway tunnel;
2 [(h)] (viii) on any railroad tracks;
3 [(i)] (ix) on any controlled-access highway;
4 [(j)] (x) in the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers; or
5 [(k)] (xi) any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit stopping[.], standing, or
6 parking; or
7 [(2)] (b) stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up
8 or discharge a passenger or passengers:
9 [(a)] (i) in front of a public or private driveway;
10 [(b)] (ii) within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
11 [(c)] (iii) within 20 feet of a crosswalk [at an intersection];
12 [(d)] (iv) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or
13 traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
14 [(e)] (v) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a
15 street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of [said] the entrance when properly
16 signposted; or
17 [(f)] (vi) at any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit standing[.]; or
18 [(3)] (c) park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and
19 while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
20 [(a)] (i) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
21 [(b)] (ii) at any place where official traffic-control devices prohibit parking.
22 [(4) No] (2) A person [shall] may not move a vehicle that is not lawfully under [such] the
23 person's control into any prohibited area or into an unlawful distance from the curb.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-7-98 3:40 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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