Utah Code § 41-6a-1401

Standing or parking vehicles -- Restrictions and exceptions
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(1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law, the
directions of a peace officer, or a traffic-control device, a person may not:
(a) stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(i) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(ii) on a sidewalk;
(iii) within an intersection;
(iv) on a crosswalk;
(v) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb
immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by
signs or markings;
(vi) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or
parking would obstruct traffic;
(vii) on any bridge or other elevated structure, on a highway, or within a highway tunnel;
(viii) on any railroad tracks;
(ix) on any controlled-access highway;
(x) in the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
(xi) any place where a traffic-control device prohibits stopping, standing, or parking; or
(xii) within a bicycle lane;
(b) stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge
a passenger or passengers:
(i) in front of a public or private driveway;
(ii) within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(iii) within 20 feet of a crosswalk;
(iv) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-
control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(v) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite
the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly signposted;
(vi) at any place where a traffic-control device prohibits standing; or

(vii) at capitol hill, as defined in Section 63O-1-101, in a parking space identified as reserved for
specific users, without:
(A) approval by the executive director of the State Capitol Preservation Board created in
Section 63O-2-201; and
(B) a properly displayed placard or other identifying marker approved by the executive
director of the State Capitol Preservation Board to indicate this approval; or
(c) park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while
actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
(i) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
(ii) at any place where traffic-control devices prohibit parking.
(2) A person may not move a vehicle that is not lawfully under the person's control into any
prohibited area or into an unlawful distance from the curb.
(3) This section does not apply to a tow truck motor carrier responding to a customer service call
if the tow truck motor carrier has already received authorization from the local law enforcement
agency in the jurisdiction where the vehicle to be towed is located.

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