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Chapter 12.44 - PROHIBITED CONDUCT IN PARKS*

Part of the Code of Ordinances of South Salt Lake, UT.

Local law · Updated May 27, 2026 · 1,732 sections

The text

12.44.030 - Littering.#

No person shall throw or deposit any bottles, tin or tin cans, broken glass, nails, tacks, crockery, wire, paper, clothes, scrap or sheet iron, boxes, boards, lumber or stone or any rubbish or garbage.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.040 - Vehicles prohibited.#

No person shall ride, drive or propel any vehicle, cycle (including bicycles) or automobile within said park except bicycles may be ridden on paths or trails specifically designated for use by bicycles.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.050 - Fires.#

No person shall make, kindle or maintain a fire for any purpose.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.060 - Camping.#

No person shall camp, lodge or pitch a tent, fly, lean-to, tarpaulin or any other type of camping equipment in any park or playground except in conjunction with a city-sponsored camp or except in cases of local emergency as declared by the mayor of South Salt Lake City.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

(Ord. No. 2009-08, 9-2-2009)

12.44.090 - Firearms and explosives.#

No person shall carry, possess or discharge any firearms, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, powder or any other fireworks or explosive.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.100 - Defacing property.#

No person shall cut, break, injure, deface or disturb any trees, shrub, plant, rock, building, cage, pen, monument, fence, bench or other structure, apparatus or property; or pluck, pull up, cut, take or remove any shrub, bush, plant, flower or mark, or write upon any building, monument, fence, bench or other structure.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.110 - Removal or destruction of property.#

No person shall cut, remove, injure or destroy any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.120 - Pollution of waters.#

No person shall, in any manner whatsoever, pollute or contaminate the waters of any fountain, pond, lake or stream.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.130 - Animals.#

Dogs on a leash are permitted within Fitts Park; otherwise, no person shall bring, lead, keep, possess or let loose any animal of any kind where prohibited by posted sign.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.140 - Interference with animals or fowl.#

No person shall annoy, injure, release from confinement or in any manner interfere with swan, duck, goose, bird or animal.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.150 - Hunting.#

No person shall hunt at any park or public grounds.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.160 - Sale of merchandise.#

No person shall sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article or thing whatsoever, without the written consent of the mayor within any park or playground or within a distance of sixty (60) feet of any boundary line of any public park or playground.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.170 - Distribution of advertising material.#

No person shall distribute any handbills or circulars or post, place or erect any bills, notice, paper or advertising device or matter of any kind.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.180 - Business activities.#

No person shall practice, carry on or conduct or solicit any trade, occupation, business or profession, without written permission of the mayor.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.200 - Boisterous conduct.#

No person shall engage in fighting or indulge in riotous, boisterous, threatening or indecent conduct which constitutes a breach of the peace or any obscene and/or fighting words.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.210 - Disobeying signs.#

No person shall within the park facilities violate the provisions and instructions on any sign or rule of the park.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))

12.44.220 - Penalty.#

Violation of any provision of any part of this chapter is a class C misdemeanor.

(Ord. 2004-17 (part))