Utah Code 41-6a-1402. Stopping or parking on roadways — Angle parking — Traffic-control devices prohibiting or restricting
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vehicle stopped or parked on a two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels:
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1402
- Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- parking: means the standing of a vehicle, whether the vehicle is occupied or not. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Roadway: means that portion of highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- standing: means the temporary halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section
41-6a-1120 , or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
(1)(a) parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb; or
(1)(b) as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
(2) Except when otherwise provided by local ordinance, a vehicle stopped or parked on a one-way roadway shall be stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its:
(2)(a) right-hand wheels:
(2)(a)(i) within 12 inches of the right-hand curb; or
(2)(a)(ii) as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder; or
(2)(b) left-hand wheels:
(2)(b)(i) within 12 inches of the left-hand curb; or
(2)(b)(ii) as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.
(3)
(3)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), local highway authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway.
(3)(b) Angle parking is not permitted on any federal-aid or state highway unless the Department of Transportation has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(4)
(4)(a) The Department of Transportation, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may place traffic-control devices prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on a highway where:
(4)(a)(i) the stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway; or
(4)(a)(ii) the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic.
(4)(b) A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of the restriction indicated by the devices under Subsection (4)(a).
(5) A violation of this section is an infraction.