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Chapter 12.24 - STREET USE REGULATIONS#
12.24.010 - Permit to use street.#
It is unlawful for any person to occupy or use any portion of a public street for the remodeling, painting, cleaning, erection or repair of any building abutting thereon, without first making application to and receiving from the city council a permit for the occupation or use for building purposes, of such portion of streets, and for such periods of time and under such limitations and restrictions as may be required by ordinance or by the public convenience; provided, that no permit shall be granted to occupy more than ten feet from the curb line, without special permission, and any such permit may be revoked by the city council at any time, when the holder thereof fails to comply with any rule or regulation under which it is granted, or when, in the opinion of the city council, the public good requires such revocation. No such permit shall be granted until the applicant therefor shall have given a bond in a sum to be determined by the city council at the time the permit is granted. Such bond shall run to the city of South Salt Lake and to any person injured by reason of the failure of the principal therein to comply with the provisions of this chapter; and shall be conditioned for the payment of all damages that may be adjudged against such principal or surety and shall save the city harmless from any and all claims resulting therefrom and any damage to or destruction of property arising in any manner out of the operations being performed under the permit. No part of a street other than that so allotted shall be used for depositing materials for work to be done or for receiving rubbish arising from such work, and all such rubbish shall be carried away by the person to whom the permit is granted, and in case of the neglect or refusal of such persons so to remove such rubbish, it shall be removed, at his expense, by the street superintendent.
(Prior code § 12-2-1)
12.24.020 - Fence around street required for building purposes.#
It is unlawful for any person to occupy any portion of any street while erecting or repairing a building, or making an excavation, or for any other purpose, even with the permit provided for in Section 12.24.010, unless he shall first build around the portion of the street to be occupied a tight, clean, board fence, at least six feet high, surrounded by a good substantial board walk at least four feet in width. All openings in the fence must be provided with gates opening inward. When the time designated in the permit has expired, the fence shall be at once removed and the sidewalk restored to the use of pedestrians and the street to traffic, and any damages which may have been caused to the sidewalk or street shall be restored to its original condition by the person to whom the permit was issued.
(Prior code § 12-2-2)
12.24.030 - Obstructions and encroachments.#
Except as authorized by the provisions of this code or other applicable local, state, or federal law, it is unlawful for any person to place, erect, leave, or cause to be left any encroachment or obstruction of any kind in the city streets, alleys, sidewalks, parking strips or crosswalks, and such may be removed by the city at the expense of the person responsible therefor.
(Ord. 95-14 § 1: prior code § 12-2-3)
12.24.040 - Moving houses and heavy equipment—Permit—Bond.#
It is unlawful for any person to move any house, building, tractor, equipment or circus or carnival equipment, or any other structure or foundation of a street, upon, over, across or along any public street, alley or highway in the city of South Salt Lake without first obtaining a permit from the street department so to do, which permit must be displayed to any police officer or street department inspector upon demand. Such permit shall be issued only on approval of a written application therefor. Such application shall designate the nature and location of such structure or equipment, the place to which the applicant intends to move the same, the time it is desired to move such equipment, and the public streets, sidewalks, alleys or highways upon, over, across or along which such structure or equipment is to be moved. An indemnity bond, to cover any damages whatsoever resulting from such moving, in a sum to be determined by the appropriate public works personnel at the time the permit is approved, must be filed before such permit becomes valid.
(Editorially amended during 10/96 supplement; prior code § 12-2-4)
12.24.050 - Sale of drugs on streets prohibited.#
It is unlawful for any person to sell, barter or offer for sale or to dispose of by public outcry or otherwise, any drug, medicine or other substance for the cure of any disease or ailment on any of the streets, alleys or highways within the limits of the city of South Salt Lake.
(Prior code § 12-2-5)
12.24.060 - Doing business on streets unlawful unless licensed.#
It is unlawful for any person to engage in or carry on any business, profession, trade, vocation or avocation on any street or sidewalk or in or from any automobile, vehicle, stand or structure located in or upon the streets or sidewalks of the city of South Salt Lake unless such business or occupation is specifically licensed to operate upon the streets or sidewalks.
(Prior code § 12-2-6)
12.24.070 - Soliciting patronage on streets prohibited.#
It is unlawful for any person to solicit patronage for any hotel, lodging house, apartment house, restaurant or cafe, or to solicit patronage for any purpose whatever in front of any regularly established place of business or in or upon any public street or alley or other public place in the city of South Salt Lake; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit any person duly licensed from soliciting such patronage at terminals of public transportation carriers in the manner provided by law.
(Prior code § 12-2-7)
12.24.080 - Licensed businesses prohibited from doing business in streets.#
It is unlawful for any licensed business to do business upon the streets of South Salt Lake or to display any merchandise on the streets or sidewalks within South Salt Lake or to display any merchandise being offered for sale in front of the business building of the licensee, unless the particular business is of such a nature that, in the opinion of the city building department, it would not be detrimental to the appearance or the health or welfare of the residents of South Salt Lake to permit an outside display contrary to the terms of this section. In no event, however, shall the licensees be permitted to use the property being a part of the state, city or county highway or included in, attached to, or owned by the city, county or state, which is adjacent to the city, county or state highways. The city building department may, in its discretion, for special occasions, make an exception to the above rule where it would seem fitting and proper to do so, provided that portable or fixed newspaper stands or racks may be permitted to occupy space within a business district at positions to be designated by the city building department for the sale of newspapers only.
(Editorially amended during 10/96 supplement; prior code § 12-2-8)
12.24.090 - Public display of merchandise.#
The display of merchandise outside of a store building in which it is kept during the evening, is strictly discouraged, and insofar as such display shall annoy, injure or endanger the comfort, health, repose or safety of three or more persons, or in any manner offend public decency, the same shall be illegal, prohibited and subject to prosecution as a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 12-2-9)
12.24.100 - Littering of streets prohibited.#
It is unlawful for any person to throw, cast, put into, drop or permit to fall from a vehicle and remain in any street, gutter, sidewalk or public place any stones, gravel, sand, coal, dirt, manure, garbage, bottles, cans, leaves, lawn or hedge clippings or rubbish of any kind or any other substance which shall render such highway unsafe or unsightly or shall interfere with travel or drainage therefrom.
(Prior code § 12-2-10)
12.24.120 - Unnecessary noises prohibited—Sound trucks—Permit.#
It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any loud noise or unnecessary noises for the purpose of business, amusement or otherwise; nor shall they, without permission from the mayor, operate any device or give any performance tending to the collection of persons on the streets or sidewalks of the city of South Salt Lake; nor shall any sound truck or other vehicle equipped for sound broadcasting operate and broadcast on the city streets without permission or license from the mayor. The mayor shall grant such permission only after considering the nature, content, time, place and circumstances surrounding such sounds or broadcast.
(Editorially amended during 10/96 supplement; prior code § 12-2-12)
12.24.130 - Surface waters—Disposal.#
It shall be the duty of all persons using water for irrigation or other purposes to conduct the surplus or wastewater into a public water ditch, and it is unlawful for any person to permit such water to flood the streets, sidewalks or private property to the damage thereof, or to run to unnecessary waste.
(Prior code § 12-2-13)
Chapter 12.28 - EXCAVATIONS#
12.28.010 - Excavations.#
It is unlawful for any person not in the employ of the city of South Salt Lake to make any excavation in any street, lane or alley, or remove any pavement or other materials forming any improvement thereon without a permit from the city of South Salt Lake. It is unlawful for any employee of the city of South Salt Lake to make any such excavations unless duly authorized by the city engineering department.
(Editorially amended during 10/96 supplement; prior code § 12-1-4)
12.28.020 - Bonds and permit fees for excavations.#
A.
No permits for street excavations shall be issued until written application therefor has been made and signed by the party making the excavation or by the party at whose instance it is to be made; nor until the applicant has filed with the city a bond of indemnity signed by sureties acceptable to the public works supervisor or city engineering department and in an amount to be determined by said public works supervisor or city engineering department at the time such permit is issued; and conditioned that the person making the excavation will erect and maintain about said excavation, and until the street is restored to its normal condition, sufficient guards or signals or barricades and/or lights, to give warning to approaching traffic, and will immediately upon the completion of said work, restore said street to the same condition in which it existed prior to said excavation, with ninety-five (95) percent compaction, and will remove rocks, dirt and rubbish from the street, and will save the city harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, demands or damages for any and all injuries to person or property arising in any manner out of or by reason of any such excavation. The repair and inspection of such excavations shall be made under the direction of the public works supervisor or city engineering department or his authorized representative and shall meet the requirements and specifications set forth by him. If any of the provisions of this chapter are violated, the public works supervisor or city engineering department may fill any such excavation or do anything else necessary or proper to repair said street at the expense of the person making the same. No permit shall remain valid for a longer period than ten days, unless by permission of the public works supervisor or city engineering department.
B.
Fees and Charges.
1.
For excavating in any public sidewalk, street, alleyway, thoroughfare or avenue, the permit fee and asphalt cutting fee are to be set by the city engineering department.
2.
Resurfacing fees shall be set by the city engineering department.
(Editorially amended during 10/96 supplement; prior code § 12-1-5)
12.28.030 - Enclosure around excavation required.#
It is unlawful for any person by or for whom any excavation is made in a public street for any purpose, to fail to cause a barricade or other sufficient enclosure to be placed around such excavation, together with the dirt, gravel or other material thrown therefrom, and to maintain such enclosure during the whole time for which such excavation continues. Such barricade or enclosure shall have lighted lanterns or some other proper and sufficient lights attached thereto and kept burning from the beginning of twilight through the whole of every night during all the time such excavation exists. It is unlawful for any person maliciously or wantonly, and without legal cause, to extinguish, remove or diminish said lights or to tear down or remove any barricade or enclosure fixed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Prior code § 12-1-6)
12.28.040 - Failure to restore street to normal condition.#
It is unlawful for any person having made an excavation in any street, whether under a permit or otherwise, to fail, neglect or refuse for a period of five days after notice from the public works supervisor or city engineering department, to restore said street to its normal condition.
(Editorially amended during 10/96 supplement; prior code § 12-1-7)
Chapter 12.30 - TRANSPORTATION UTILITY#
12.30.010 - Policy and purpose.#
The City has determined and hereby declares that the use of the city's streets and related facilities benefits and services all property within the incorporated limits of the City of South Salt Lake and that the public necessity to provide maintenance, upkeep, improvement, and repair of the City's streets and related facilities within the rights-of-way protects the health, safety, and welfare of the city and its residents, businesses, and visitors by reducing hazards to life and property and by reducing undesirable street, right-of-way, or other easement conditions through regular maintenance.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025)
12.30.020 - Definitions.#
For purposes of this Chapter the following definitions apply:
"Base rate" means the standard transportation utility user's fee set forth in the consolidated fee schedule for the City of South Salt Lake.
"City" means the City of South Salt Lake.
"Council" means City of South Salt Lake Council.
"Customer" or "person" means any individual; public or private corporation and its officers; partnership; association; firm; trustee; executor of an estate; the state or its departments, institutions, bureaus, agencies; county; city; political subdivision; or any other governmental or legal entity recognized by law.
"Dwelling Unit" means a single unit that provides living space for one or more people. One Dwelling Unit is the standard measure of an Equivalent residential unit.
"Equivalent residential unit" or "ERU" for purposes of the Transportation utility fee means the standard trip ends for a dwelling unit adjusted for axel weight.
"Industrial" means use of a Parcel, Lot, or Building or a portion thereof for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair, or processing operations including manufacturing, processing, generation, or storage of hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
"Multi-family residential" means a residential building or buildings sharing a common Owner and containing more than one Dwelling Unit.
"Non-profit organization" means an entity that is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, scientific, literary, veterans, or social welfare that is recognized as tax exempt by the Internal Revenue Service, and that does not distribute income or profits to its members, directors, or officers. This definition specifically includes organizations qualified under sections 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code.
"Office" means a Building, or portion thereof containing housing firms or organizations and offices and facilities for professional services to individuals and businesses and where a majority of client contact occurs at the office including, but not limited to, advertising, accounting, architecture, law, insurance, real estate, investment, engineering, medical, dental, or psychiatric services, and computer services.
"Owner" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Title 4 of this Code, or successor provision.
"Place of worship" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Title 17 of this Code, or successor provision.
"Residential user" means an owner or resident of a residential dwelling unit.
"Retail/Commercial" means the sale of goods or services directly to the consumer, that generates point-of-sale sales tax revenues for South Salt Lake City.
"Single-family residential" means any one parcel of land containing no more than one single-family dwelling unit.
"Street" or "Streets" means any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley, or other way for the movement of vehicular traffic, or a street or way shown upon a plat, heretofore approved, pursuant to law or approved by official action; and includes the land between street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement shoulders, gutters, parking areas, and other areas within the rights-of-way.
"Transportation utility" means the utility created by this chapter which operates, maintains, regulates, and improves streets and related facilities within the city.
"Transportation utility fund" means the fund created by this ordinance to receive Transportation utility user fees and operate, maintain, repair, and improve the city's streets, rights-of-way and related facilities.
"Transportation utility user fee" means the fee(s) calculated pursuant to this chapter and codified in the City of South Salt Lake Consolidated Fee Schedule, Title 3, Chapter 11.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025; Ord. No. 2026-01, § 1(Exh. A), 1-14-2026; Ord. No. 2026-11, § 1(Exh. A), 5-27-2026)
12.30.030 - Transportation utility.#
A.
Creation. There is hereby created and established a Transportation utility operated by the City and funded by a service fee rate structure.
B.
Enterprise Fund. There is hereby established a Transportation utility enterprise fund ("Transportation utility fund") to record all revenue, expenses, asset, and liability information as well as other financial transactions related to the Transportation utility. All fees and other revenue collected in accordance with this ordinance shall be recorded into the Transportation utility fund accounts and shall be used exclusively for the Transportation utility. All revenue and expenses and other financial information shall be reported as prescribed by the State of Utah's Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities, or its successor provisions.
C.
Administration. The Public Works Director of the City shall administer and enforce this Transportation utility ordinance and all regulations and procedures adopted relating to the design, construction, maintenance, operation, and alteration of the streets and associated facilities unless otherwise designated by the Mayor.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025)
12.30.040 - Transportation utility user fee.#
A.
Fee Imposed. All users of City utilities not expressly exempted by this Chapter shall pay the Transportation utility fee as established herein.
B.
Base Rate. The council, by ordinance or resolution, shall establish, and periodically adjust, the base rate for the Transportation utility to ensure adequate revenues to fund the costs of street maintenance and management. The base rate shall be set forth in the City of South Salt Lake Consolidated Fee Schedule, available at Title 3, Chapter 11.
C.
Amount of Charge. The Transportation utility user fee rate imposed shall be established based on the intensity of use as shown by a study commissioned by the City and overseen by the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director shall present the findings of the study to the Council who will then establish the rate by ordinance in the City of South Salt Lake Consolidated Fee Schedule, Title 3, Chapter 11.
D.
Property Owners Responsible for Charges. The property owner of record is responsible for the Transportation utility user fee and retains all obligations for payment of those fees.
E.
Exemptions. Transportation utility fees shall not be assessed by the City against the following:
1.
Places of Worship; or
2.
Non-profit organizations.
F.
Policies. The city may adopt policies and rules to assist in applying, administering, and interpreting any other provisions related to the Transportation utility.
G.
Appeals. Any person or property owner who is aggrieved by the provisions of this chapter, or the application and calculation of the service charge to their property may appeal to the City pursuant to Section 13.74.090 and Title 2.22 of the South Salt Lake City Code.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025; Ord. No. 2026-01, § 1(Exh. A), 1-14-2026; Ord. No. 2026-11, § 1(Exh. A), 5-27-2026)
12.30.050 - Billing and collection.#
A.
The City shall bill users of City utilities for the Transportation utility user fee via a separate line item on existing utility bills or a separate invoice, consistent with the procedures set forth in Section 13.74.04 of the South Salt Lake City Code. Charges and fees shall be considered delinquent if not paid as determined by rules, policies, and procedures established by the City. Such delinquent fees shall be subject to recovery, with any assessed delinquent charges and fees, by civil action or otherwise pursuant to Section 13.74.040(H).
B.
Alternative Billing Arrangement. Owners may assign the payment of the Transportation utility user fee to non-owners by signing an "alternate billing agreement" with the City.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025)
12.30.060 - Annual report.#
The City's Public Works Director shall develop an annual report on the Transportation utility, to be made available to the Council and Transportation utility Customers each year by the first Council meeting in October. This report shall summarize the financial activities of the utility and the major areas of expenditure, activities, accomplishments, and the upcoming year's priorities.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025)
12.30.070 - Severability.#
If any section of this chapter is determined to be illegal, invalid, or superseded by other lawful authority, including any federal or state legislative, regulatory, or administrative action, such section shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such determination shall have no effect on the validity of any other section.
(Ord. No. 2025-33, § 1(Exh. A), 7-23-2025)