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Parking Regulation Text Amendments

At a glance

  • What: Three Salt Lake City Code amendments adopted June 16, 2026 with the Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget package: parking and street-use rules, a parking service business license tax, and repeal of the SLC Green Vehicle Program.
  • Where it stands: All three adopted 7-0 as part of a single en bloc motion.
  • Status: Resolved.

Detail

  • Ordinance 35 of 2026 amends Chapter 12.56 (unauthorized use of streets) to regulate aspects of parking and parking enforcement and update penalties.
  • Ordinance 36 of 2026 amends Section 5.4.200 on the license tax on qualifying parking service businesses.
  • Ordinance 37 of 2026 amends Section 12.56.205 and Subsection 12.56.550.B to repeal the SLC Green Vehicle Program, which was found no longer necessary or practicable.

Each motion was moved by Carlsen and seconded by Petro; the minutes record items H-3 through H-8 and H-10 through H-16 as approved together as Motion 6. AYE on each: Young, Puy, Carlsen, Napier-Pearce, Wharton, Dugan, Petro. Passed 7-0. Related: Fiscal Year 2026-27 City Budget.

Sources

Log

2026-06-16 - LBA, CRA and Council Formal Meeting

Ordinances 35, 36 and 37 of 2026 adopted 7-0.

2026-06-02 - LBA, CRA and Council Formal Meeting

Public hearing on all three ordinances (parking fees, parking service business license tax, SLC Green Vehicle Program repeal) held with the budget items; closed and referred (Young/Wharton; 6-0).

2026-05-19 - LBA, CRA and Council Formal Meeting

Parking fees (Chapter 12.56), the parking service business license tax (Section 5.4.200) and repeal of the SLC Green Vehicle Program were heard in the combined budget hearing; closed 6-0 and a second hearing set for June 2, 2026.