Section 20 Parking Regulations

PARKING REGULATIONS PURPOSE: TO REDUCE STREET CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS IN ELSINORE TOWN BY INCORPORATING ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE USE OF LAND IN THE TOWN. PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED AREAS: IT SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE FOR ANY PERSON TO STOP, STAND, OR PARK A VEHICLE, OR TO PERMIT ANOTHER PERSON TO DO THE SAME, IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: A. IN FRONT OF OR WITHIN FIVE FEET (5’) OF A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY OR ALLEY B. WITHIN THIRTY FEET (30’) OF AN INTERSECTION C. IN FRONT OF OR WITHIN FIFTEEN FEET (15’) OF A FIRE HYDRANT D. ON OR ACROSS A SIDEWALK OR BIKE TRAIL E. WITHIN TWENTY FEET (20’) OF THE ENTRANCE TO A FIRE STATION, OR ON THE STREET OPPOSITE OF THE ENTRANCE TO A FIRE STATION F. IN ANY LOCATION OR IN ANY MANNER THAT THE VEHICLE IS PARKED OPPOSITE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREET G. AT ANY PLACE MARKED WITH A RED CURB OR SIGN PARKING PROHIBITED WHEN: IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WHO OWNS OR HAS POSSESSION, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF ANY VEHICLE OR TRAILER TO PARK OR KNOWLINGLY ALLOW TO BE PARKED ANY VEHICLE OR TRAILER ON ANY STREET OR HIGHWAY: A. AFTER ANY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATION, UNTIL AFTER THE STREET OR HIGHWAY IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND/OR ICE B. FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN TWENTY-FOUR (24) CONSECUTIVE HOURS C. FOR ANY PERIOD LONGER THAN THAT ALLOWED BY APPROPRIATE SIGNS AND MARKINGS OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC: NO PERSON SHALL STAND, STOP, OR PARK ANY VEHICLE UPON A STREET OR HIGHWAY IN SUCH A MANNER OR UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AS TO LEAVE AVAILABLE LESS THAN TEN FEET (10’) OF THE WIDTH OF THE STREET OR HIGHWAY FOR FREE MOVEMENT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PARKING OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT ON TOWN STREETS: INOPERABLE VEHICLES: INOPERABLE VEHICLE SHALL BE DEFINED TO BE ANY VEHICLE WHICH: - IS NOT CURRENTLY LICENSED FOR OPERATION ON PUBLIC ROADS BY THE STATE OF UTAH OR ANY OTHER STATE - IS WRECKED, DAMAGED, OR OTHERWISE LACKING IN ESSENTIAL PARTS OR EQUIPMENT FOR SAFE AND LAWFUL TRAVEL ON PUBLIC ROADS IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PARK ANY INOPERABLE VEHICLE, INCLUDING TRUCKS, AUTOMOBILES, EQUIPMENT TRAILERS, TRAVEL TRAILERS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, CAMPERS, ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, BOATS, OR OTHER VEHICLES (HOWEVER DENOMINATED) ON ANY PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FORTY-EIGHT (48) CONSECUTIVE HOURS WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM ELSINORE TOWN. OPERABLE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES: OPERABLE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES SHALL BE DEFINED TO INCLUDE ANY VEHICLE WHICH: - IS CURRENTLY LICENSED FOR LAWFUL OPERATION ON PUBLIC ROADS BY THE STATE OF UTAH OR ANY OTHER LAWFUL AUTHORITY - HAS THE CAPACITY OF TWO (2) TONS OR MORE - IS UTILIZED FOR COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS PURPOSES - IS WHEELED OR TRACKED EQUIPMENT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, TRACTORS, BULLDOZERS, BACK HOES, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, DELIVERY VANS, TOW TRUCKS, UTILITY TRUCKS, OR SECTION 20, PARKING REGULATIONS, PAGE- 1 EQUIPMENT SUCH AS FLAT BED TRAILERS, BOX TRAILERS, OR EQUIPMENT TRAILERS USED TO CARRY OTHER EQUIPMENT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PARK ANY OPERABLE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ON ANY PUBLIC STREET OR STATE HIGHWAY, WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FOUR (4) CONSECUTIVE HOURS. OPERABLE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE EXCEPTIONS: SUCH VEHICLES MAY BE PARKED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FOUR (24) CONSECUTIVE HOURS WHERE NECESSARY FOR: - INDIVIDUAL DELIVERIES OR PICKUPS TO/FROM AN ADJACENT RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS - CONSTRUCTION RELATED ACTIVITES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF A VALID BUILDING PERMIT FROM BUILDING AUTHORITES - SERVICES PROVIDED TO AN ADJACENT RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS (I.E. REPAIR SERVICES, LANDSCAPING, OR THE LIKE) RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT: SHALL BE DEFINED TO INCLUDE ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, BOATS, CAMPERS, DIRT BIKES, TRAVEL TRAILERS, SNOWMOBILES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, OTHER RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, AND TRAILERS CARRYING THE SAME. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PARK ANY RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT ON ANY PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FORTY-EIGHT (48) CONSECUTIVE HOURS CURB MARKINGS: THE TOWN MUST PLACE AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS OR TRAFFIC MARKINGS TO INDICATE STANDING OR PARKING REGULATIONS BUSINESS AND OTHER OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED: AT THE TIME ANY BUSINESS, CHURCH, HOSPITAL IS ERECTED OR ENLARGED OR INCREASED IN CAPACITY OR ANY USE IS ESTABLISHED, IT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR AUTOMOBILES. THE AMOUNT AND SIZE OF THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED WILL BE DETERMINED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS BY THE TOWN COUNCIL AT THE TIME THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION IS MADE. DWELLING OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED: FOR EACH NEW DWELLING ERECTED IN ELSINORE TOWN, AT LEAST TWO (2) OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED. FOR EACH TWO-FAMILY DWELLING AT LEAST TWO (2) OFF STREET PARKING SPACES FOR EACH UNIT WILL BE PROVIDED. PROHIBITED: ABANDONED, INOPERATIVE OR OTHER DILAPIDATED OR UNSIGHTLY MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS, CAMPERS, BOATS, RV’S OR OTHER MOBILE EQUIPMENT THAT IS STORED SO AS TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC STREETS. EXCESS LOUD OR PROLONGED NOISE, STRONG OR DANGEROUS FUSES AND ODORS, AND HARMFUL FLUIDS OR POLLUTATES ARE PROHIBITED. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES: WHENEVER ANY VEHICLE SHALL HAVE BEEN PARKED IN VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF ANY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING OR RESIRTICTING PARKING, THE PERSON IN WHOSE NAME SUCH VEHICLE IS REGISTERED SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH VIOLATION AND SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY THEREOF. IN ADDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CITATION FOR ANY VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE POLICE DEPARMENT MAY REMOVE AND IMPOUND ANY VEHICLE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE OWNER OF ANY VEHICLE IMPOUNDED PURSUANT TO THIS ORDINANCE MAY RECOVER POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE UPON PAYMENT OF ALL APPLICABLE TOWING, STORAGE, AND IMPOUND FEES INCURRED OR ASSESSED IN CONNECTION WITH THAT VEHICLE. SECTION 20, PARKING REGULATIONS, PAGE- 2