(1)  A person may park a bicycle on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by a traffic-control device.

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1107

  • Bicycle: includes an electric assisted bicycle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • parking: means the standing of a vehicle, whether the vehicle is occupied or not. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Pedestrian: means a person traveling:
(a) on foot; or
(b) in a wheelchair. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Roadway: means that portion of highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Sidewalk: means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Traffic-control device: means a sign, signal, marking, or device not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by a highway authority for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • (2)  A bicycle parked on a sidewalk may not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic.

    (3)  A bicycle may be parked on the roadway at any location where parking is allowed:

    (a)  at any angle to the curb or edge of the roadway; and

    (b)  abreast of another bicycle or bicycles near the side of the roadway.

    (4)  A bicycle may not be parked on a roadway in a manner as to obstruct the movement of a legally parked motor vehicle.

    (5)  In all other respects, bicycles parked anywhere on a highway shall conform with the provisions of 14, regarding the parking of vehicles.

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session