CHAPTER 2
SPECIFIC REGULATIONS

Sections:

9-2-101    Speed Limits.

9-2-102    Traffic Control.

9-2-103    Stop and Yield Intersections.

9-2-104    Unlawful Parking.

9-2-105    Parking or Blocking Streets.

9-2-106    Handicapped Parking.

9-2-107    Truck Traffic and Parking.

9-2-108    Skateboards.

9-2-109    Skateboard Park.

9-2-110    Street-Legal All-Terrain Vehicles and Off-Highway Vehicles.

9-2-101 Speed Limits.

(1)    When appropriate traffic control or regulatory signs giving notice of speeds are posted, the prima facie maximum speed limits designated upon said signs shall apply to the appropriate streets or portions of streets so posted.

(2)    In the absence of any speed limit sign designating a speed limit applicable thereto, the prima facie speed limit shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour.

(Added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 9-2-1; Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-102 Traffic Control.

The traffic control and regulation of all public streets shall be as posted, regulated or controlled by appropriate traffic control devices, signs or other regulatory devices or controls installed and established as provided in Titles 3 and 4 of this Code.

(1979 Code 9-2-2; Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-103 Stop and Yield Intersections.

When appropriate traffic control or regulatory signs are posted at entrances to intersections, such entrances or intersections are hereby declared to be stop or yield entrances or intersections as designated by the sign.

(Added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 9-2-3; Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-104 Unlawful Parking.

(1)    No motor vehicle shall be parked with the left side of the vehicle next to the curb, except on one-way streets. It shall be unlawful to stand or park any motor vehicle in a street other than parallel with the curb and with the two (2) right wheels of the vehicle within twelve inches (12") of the regularly established curb line, except on those streets which have been marked for angle parking. On streets which have been marked for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks.

(2)    It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle from which merchandise is peddled on any business street.

(3)    When so posted, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a passenger vehicle to stand or park such vehicle for a period of time longer than is permitted by the posted sign; or to stand or park such vehicle in a zone marked for the loading or unloading of passengers for longer than the limit on the sign; or for the driver to stand or park any freight-carrying motor vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary to load, unload and deliver materials in any place designated as a loading zone and marked as such.

(4)    It shall be unlawful for any person, except physicians on emergency calls or designated emergency vehicles when properly posted, to park any motor vehicle or trailer on any street in violation of the posted restrictions.

(5)    No person shall park a motor vehicle or trailer within an alley or street in such manner or under such conditions as to leave less than ten feet (10') of the width of the roadway available for the free movement of vehicular traffic. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle or trailer within a street or an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

(6)    It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing on any public road, street or alley any motor vehicle or trailer for forty-eight (48) or more consecutive hours or for twenty-four (24) or more consecutive hours during the months of November, December, January, February, and March, and any vehicle or trailer so parked or left standing may be impounded or removed by the Chief of Police. For purposes of impoundment and removal, the Chief of Police may, after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner, impound and remove any motor vehicle or trailer which reasonably appears to have been unmoved for forty-eight (48) consecutive hours. The cost of impoundment and removal shall be charged to the owner or any person who claims the impounded vehicle.

(7)    It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing on any property owned by the City any motor vehicle or trailer in violation of parking restrictions which are posted for the area in which the vehicle or trailer is parked.

(8)    No person shall park a motor vehicle or a trailer on any street between the hours of 11:00 p.m. of any day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day during the months of November, December, January, February and March on specific City streets designated by the Public Works Director or designee. The Public Works Director or designee shall review the designated “No Overnight Parking” streets from time to time and add or remove streets as appropriate to respond to changing vehicle movements and needs of the community. Any vehicle or trailer parked in violation of this subsection may be impounded as provided in subsection (6) of this section.

(9)    It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any motor vehicle parked or unattended within the area of a fire lane designated and marked pursuant to Section 3-4-123. Any such vehicle is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be removed at the direction of any police officer or fire officer. The owner of any vehicle so removed shall pay all costs of removal and impoundment.

(Added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 9-2-4; amended by Ord. No. 4-86; Ord. No. 19-86; Ord. No. 14-87; Ord. No. 16-92; Ord. No. 19-00; Ord. No. 18-04; Ord. No. 23-05; Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-105 Parking or Blocking Streets.

In addition to the parking provisions contained in the Traffic Code which is adopted by Section 9-1-101, it shall be unlawful for any person to:

(1)    Remain standing, lying or sitting on any street or highway in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage of vehicular or pedestrian traffic thereon.

(2)    Willfully remain standing, lying or sitting on any street or highway in such a manner for more than one minute after being requested to move by any police officer.

(3)    Willfully remain on any such street or highway in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage of any person or vehicle into or out of any property abutting upon the street or highway or any property having access to such street or highway.

(Added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 9-2-5; Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-106 Handicapped Parking.

(1)    Any disabled person qualifying under the laws of the State of Utah for such parking privileges shall be allowed to park an appropriately marked motor vehicle for reasonable periods without charge in metered parking zones and restricted parking areas, other than those available for emergency use, in a manner which allows proper access to the automobile by the disabled person.

(2)    Only those vehicles carrying a distinctive handicapped license plate or transferable identification card for handicapped persons which has been issued by the Utah State Department of Public Safety may park in a parking space which is clearly identified as reserved for use by the handicapped. This subsection applies to and may be enforced on public property and on private property which is used or intended for use by the public.

(3)    The parking privileges granted by this Section shall also apply to vehicles displaying a distinctive handicapped license plate or transferable identification card which is used by another state, if displayed on a vehicle utilized by a handicapped person.

(1979 Code 9-2-7; adopted by Ordinance No. 12-87; renumbered and amended by Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-107 Truck Traffic and Parking.

(1)    For purposes of this Section, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely directory. Unless otherwise defined herein, words in this Section shall have the same meaning as those words are defined in the Utah Motor Vehicle Act.

(a)    “Deviating truck” is a truck which leaves and departs from a truck route while traveling in the City.

(b)    “Person” is any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

(c)    “Truck” is any vehicle, to include trailers, licensed or actually used for gross weight in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds and/or other trucks rated for one and one-half (1-1/2) tons or larger under standard practices of the State of Utah, vehicles designed for the transport of materials over eight (8) feet high, and for all explosive and corrosive carriers and flammable liquid carriers capable of carrying in excess of five hundred (500) gallons or licensed for a gross weight in excess of nine thousand (9,000) pounds.

(d)    “Truck route” is a way over certain streets, as designated herein, over and along which trucks coming into and going out of the City must operate.

(2)    All trucks within the City shall operate only over and along the truck routes herein established and on the other designated streets over which truck travel is permitted. This Section shall not, however, be construed to prohibit any of the following:

(a)    The operation of trucks upon any street where necessary to the conduct of business at a destination point, provided streets upon which such traffic is permitted shall be used until reaching the intersection nearest the destination point. For purposes of this subsection (2)(a), conduct of business at a destination point shall include the delivery of merchandise to or from local businesses, established truck terminals, or residences, or the operation of construction trucks delivering to or returning from construction sites where it is not possible to use a designated truck route.

(b)    The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street in the City.

(c)    The operation of trucks owned or operated by the City, public utilities, any contractors or material men, while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements, or public utilities within the City.

(d)    The operation of trucks upon any officially established detour in any case where such truck could lawfully be operated upon the street for which such detour is established.

(3)    All trucks entering the City for destination points outside the City shall operate only over the following designated routes which shall be known as truck routes:

(a)    Interstate Highway 15;

(b)    U.S. Highway 89;

(c)    Utah Highways 51, 75, 77 and 156;

(d)    1600 South Street from Utah Highway 51 to the west City limits.

(4)    In addition to those streets in the City constituting a part of a truck route as established herein, the following streets, and no others, shall be used for truck traffic:

(a)    All frontage roads of Interstate Highway 15;

(b)    Hobble Creek Canyon Drive [Canyon Road];

(c)    400 South Street;

(d)    All streets within the Business Park, Light Industrial Manufacturing, and Heavy Industrial Manufacturing zones.

(5)    (a) All trucks entering the City for a destination point in the City shall proceed only over streets designated in subsections (3) and (4) of this section and shall deviate therefrom only at the intersection with the street upon which such traffic is permitted by the shortest available route.

(b)    All trucks entering the City for multiple destination points shall proceed only over streets designated in subsections (3) and (4) of this section and shall deviate therefrom only at the intersection with the street upon which such traffic is permitted nearest to the destination point. Upon leaving the first destination point, a deviating truck shall proceed to other destination points by the shortest available route. Upon leaving the last destination point, a deviating truck shall return to a street upon which truck traffic is permitted by the shortest available route.

(c)    All trucks on a trip originating in the City and traveling in the City for a destination point outside the City shall proceed by the shortest direction over streets on which such traffic is permitted to a truck route as herein established.

(6)    Trucks shall not be operated upon any street other than a truck route or other street designated in subsections (3) and (4) of this section between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(7)    (a) No truck or trailer shall be allowed to be parked on the public streets in residential zones except while actually loading or unloading merchandise or household goods. In no event shall it remain parked for longer than eight (8) hours.

(b)    Except as in subsection (7)(a) of this section, no truck shall be parked on any public street closer than seventy-five (75) feet to the entrance or exit or intersection with any private driveway, private street, alley or public street.

(c)    Truck parking shall be prohibited along Main Street between 900 North and 600 South.

(d)    For purposes of this Section, a truck shall be deemed parked, even though the motor is running, if the vehicle is left standing for any period in excess of three (3) minutes when the same is not attended by a driver lawfully authorized to drive the said vehicle (except when unloading or loading as provided in subsection (7)(a) of this section).

(8)    (a) The City Recorder shall keep and maintain accurate maps setting out truck routes and streets upon which truck traffic is permitted. The maps shall be kept on file in the office of the City Recorder and shall be available for inspection by the public.

(b)    The Public Works Director shall cause all truck routes and those streets upon which truck traffic is permitted to be clearly sign-posted to give notice that this Section is in effect. No person shall be charged with violating the provisions of this Section by reason of operating a truck upon a street on which truck travel is prohibited unless appropriate signs are posted. The preceding sentence shall not apply to any charge of violating a parking restriction contained in this Section.

(c)    The Chief of Police shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any commercial vehicle not proceeding on a truck route or street on which truck traffic is permitted to proceed to any public or private scale available for the purposes of weighing and determining whether this Section has been complied with.

(9)    No person shall engage engine compression brakes, Jake Brakes or other braking mechanisms which cause excessive noise within the limits of Springville City.

(1979 Code 9-2-8; adopted by Ordinance No. 11-88; amended by Ordinance No. 8-90, Ordinance No. 1-02, and Ordinance No 24-06; renumbered and amended by Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-108 Skateboards.

(1)    For purposes of this Section, “skateboard” shall mean a single platform mounted on wheels which is propelled by human power and which has no mechanism or other device with which to steer or control the direction of the platform.

(2)    Operation of a skateboard is prohibited on any roadway:

(a)    Having a grade of six percent (6%) or greater; or

(b)    Where in the judgment of the Chief of Police the volume or speed of traffic or the width of the roadway renders the roadway unsafe or unsuitable for skateboarding; or

(c)    On any State highway.

(3)    Skateboard operators shall be considered as pedestrians when operating on roadways and shall be subject to all of the duties and be granted all of the rights applicable to non-skateboard pedestrians. Notwithstanding their status as pedestrians, however, skateboard operators on sidewalks shall yield the right-of-way to all other pedestrians on sidewalks.

(4)    No person shall operate a skateboard on any sidewalk within the CC-1, Central Commercial Zone. Skateboarding shall be permitted on all other sidewalks.

(5)    No more than one (1) person shall operate or ride on a skateboard at one (1) time.

(6)    The Street Department in cooperation with the Chief of Police is authorized to erect signs or other official traffic control devices at those locations where skateboarding is prohibited.

(1979 Code 9-2-9; adopted by Ordinance No. 14-90; renumbered and amended by Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-109 Skateboard Park.

(1)    For purposes of this Section and any rules and regulations, “skateboard” shall mean a single platform mounted on wheels which is propelled by human power and which has no mechanism or other device with which to steer or control the direction of the platform, and “inline skates” shall mean boots with four (4) wheels attached in a line, designed to be propelled by human power.

(2)    Operation or use of motorized vehicles or other means of transportation not expressly permitted by the rules and regulations within the Skateboard Park is prohibited.

(3)    Use of the Skateboard Park outside of posted hours is prohibited.

(4)    The Parks and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Chief of Police, is authorized to establish rules and regulations and erect signs within the Skateboard Park. Violation of any posted rules or regulations is prohibited.

(Adopted by Ordinance No. 16-02; renumbered and amended by Ord. No. 04-2009, 03/17/2009)

9-2-110 Street-Legal All-Terrain Vehicles and Off-Highway Vehicles.

(1)    Definitions. The definitions of street-legal all-terrain vehicle, off-highway vehicle, all-terrain Type I vehicle, all-terrain Type II vehicle and utility-type vehicle as found in Sections 41-6a-102 and 41-22-2, Utah Code Annotated, are incorporated herein.

(2)    Street-Legal All-Terrain Vehicles.

(a)    Street-legal utility-type vehicles are authorized to be used on all City streets in accordance with this Section and with Utah law as set forth in Section 41-22-10.5, Utah Code Annotated. Street-legal all-terrain vehicles are not to be driven upon any Federal highways, State highways, or City streets which have more than one (1) lane in the same direction. These include, but are not limited to, Interstate 15, State Roads 51, 75, 77, and 89 (Main Street) and 1750 West.

(b)    In order to be street legal utility-type vehicles must meet all of the criteria as set forth in Section 41-6a-1509, Utah Code Annotated.

(c)    Except for street legal utility-type vehicles, all other street legal all-terrain vehicles and off-highway vehicles are not permitted to be used on City streets.

(3)    Driver’s License. All operators of street-legal all-terrain vehicles or off-highway vehicles must have in their possession a valid driver’s license, with appropriate endorsements.

(4)    Traffic Rules and Regulations. All traffic rules and regulations shall be followed by any operator of a street-legal all-terrain vehicle or an off-highway vehicle.

(5)    Snow Removal Exception. All-terrain Type I and Type II vehicles are permitted on City streets when such vehicles are being used for snow removal within twenty-four (24) hours of snow falling.

(Ord. No. 01-2010, 01/05/2010)