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6-2-1 - Traffic Code Adopted.#
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The provisions of Title 41 entitled, "Motor Vehicles", of the Utah Code, as amended or superseded from time to time, are hereby approved and adopted as the Traffic Code for Kaysville City.
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Whenever the context so indicates or requires, the name of Kaysville City or any of its agencies or offices shall be used in place of any State agencies or offices used in the said Utah Code to the extent necessary to implement the intent of adopting the Traffic Code as referred to herein.
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In addition to the provisions of Title 41 of the Utah Code expressly adopted, Kaysville City may from time to time adopt ordinances regulating traffic within the City, which shall become a part of the City's Traffic Code.
(Ord. 21-06-01, 6/3/2021)
6-2-2 - Citation to Code.#
Where a citation or complaint is issued, it shall be sufficient to use the number of the Utah Code followed by "The Ordinances of Kaysville City," to show the section of the Ordinance of the City which has been violated.
6-2-3 - Prima Facie Speed - Posted Streets.#
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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.
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In the absence of any speed limit sign in an urban district designating a speed limit applicable thereto, the prima facie speed limit shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
6-2-4 - 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. The City Engineer shall place and maintain all traffic control devices when and as required under the Ordinances of this City to make effective the provisions of said Ordinances, and may place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate, guide or warn traffic under the traffic ordinances of this City.
6-2-5 - Unlawful Parking. (Repealed)#
See KMC 6-2b.
6-2-7 - Negligently Colliding.#
It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle with such lack of due care and in such negligent manner as to cause the same to collide with any vehicle, person or object.
6-2-8 - Duty to Keep Proper Lookout.#
No person shall drive a vehicle on the streets of this City without keeping a reasonable and proper lookout for other traffic, people, objects, fixtures or property thereon or adjacent thereto.
6-2-9 - Stop and Yield Intersections.#
When appropriate, traffic control or regulatory signs are posted at intersections identifying them as stop or yield entrances and such streets are hereby declared to be stop entrances.
6-2-10 - Parking or Blocking Streets or Highways.#
In addition to the parking provisions contained in the Utah Traffic Code, as adopted by this municipality, 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.
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Willfully remain standing, lying or sitting on any street or highway in such manner for more than one (1) minute after being requested to move by any police officer.
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Willfully remain on such street or highway in such manner as to obstruct the free passage of any person or vehicle into or out of any property having access to such street or highway.
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Obstruct, in any manner, roads that would provide access to properties for Police, Fire or other emergency response personnel, and/or their equipment or materials.
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This includes unapproved parking or storage that violates minimum widths and clearances (as defined by City Code or the IFC), as well as the installation of gates, barriers or other items which might obstruct access.
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If upon further assessment any obstructions approved prior to this ordinance are deemed a hazard by the Police Chief or Fire Chief, the hazards shall be sufficiently mitigated at the sole expense of the owner, up to and including removal of the obstruction.
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Failure of an owner to mitigate the identified hazards shall result in a notice from the Police Chief or Fire Chief informing the affected properties of diminished, and potentially suspended, response capabilities until the hazard mitigated.
(Ord. 24-02-01, 2/1/2024)
6-2-11 - Use of Dynamic Braking Devices Prohibited.#
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A Dynamic Braking Device (commonly referred to as a Jacobs brake, engine brake, or compression brake), means a device used primarily on trucks for the conversion of the engine from an internal combustion engine to an air compressor for the purpose of braking without the use of wheel brakes.
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It is unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle with a Dynamic Braking Device engaged, except for the aversion of imminent danger, within the Kaysville City limits. Fire trucks and other emergency vehicles shall be exempt from the prohibitions of this Section.
6-2-12 - Pedestrian Travel Prohibited on West Davis Corridor During Construction.#
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It shall be unlawful for a person, other than those authorized by UDOT, to walk or operate a human-powered vehicle on property intended to be used as the West Davis Corridor or any improvements associated therewith.
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Unless subsequently extended by appropriate action, the terms of this code section shall sunset and expire when UDOT opens the Kaysville section of the West Davis Corridor to public vehicular traffic.
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A violation of this Section shall be an infraction.
(Ord. 23-06-01, 6/15/2023)