That certain publication titled "Utah criminal and traffic code", prepared and published in book form by the Utah safety council and as updated from time to time by the Utah safety council, copies of which have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city recorder, is hereby approved as the criminal and traffic code of the city insofar as the city has jurisdictional authority to enforce them. (Ord. 2010-13)

Off highway vehicles, as hereinafter defined, and subject to the restrictions and requirements of this section, may be operated within the limits of the boundaries of the city of Santa Clara, as follows:

   A.   Definitions: For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

   ALL-TERRAIN TYPE I VEHICLE: Any motor vehicle fifty two inches (52") or less in width having an unladen dry weight of eight hundred (800) pounds or less, traveling on three (3) or more low pressure tires, having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator or designed for or capable of travel over unimproved roads.

   ALL-TERRAIN TYPE II VEHICLE: Any other motor vehicle not defined herein as an "all-terrain type I vehicle" designed for or capable of travel over unimproved terrain. This term does not include golf carts, any vehicle designed to carry a disabled person, any vehicle not specifically designed for recreational use, or farm tractors as defined under section 41-1a-102 of the Utah code.

   MOTORCYCLE: Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than two (2) tires.

   OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE: All all-terrain type I and type II vehicles, but shall not include snowmobiles and motorcycles.

   B.   Registration Of Vehicle: Unless exempted under section 41-22-9 of the Utah code, a person may not operate or transport and an owner may not give another person permission to operate and transport, any off highway vehicle on any public land, trail, street, or highway within the city of Santa Clara unless the off highway vehicle has been registered in accordance with the requirements of title 41, chapter 22 of the Utah code for the current year.

   C.   Equipment Requirements: All off highway vehicles, as defined herein, shall be equipped with:

      1.   Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle under normal operating conditions; and

      2.   Headlights and taillights when operated between sunset and sunrise; and

      3.   A noise control device.

   D.   Protective Headgear:

      1.   A person under the age of eighteen (18) may not operate or ride on an all-terrain type I vehicle or motorcycle on any public land, trail, street, or highway within the city of Santa Clara unless the person is wearing properly fitted and fastened, United States department of transportation safety rated protective headgear designed for motorized vehicle use.

      2.   The owner of an off highway vehicle or any other person may not give permission to a person who is under the age of eighteen (18) years to operate or ride on an off highway vehicle in violation of this subsection D.

   E.   Restrictions On Privately Owned Lands:

      1.   No person shall operate or accompany a person operating an off highway vehicle upon privately owned land of any other person, firm or corporation without permission from the owner or person in charge.

      2.   It shall be unlawful for any person operating or accompanying a person operating an off highway vehicle to refuse to immediately leave private land upon request of the owner or person in charge of such land.

      3.   Subsections E1 and E2 of this section shall not apply to prescriptive easements on privately owned land.

      4.   No person operating or accompanying a person operating an off highway vehicle shall obstruct any entrance or exit to private property without the owner's permission.

      5.   It shall be unlawful for any person to tear down, mutilate, or destroy any sign, signboards, or other notice which regulates trespassing for purposes of operating an off highway vehicle on privately owned land, or to tear down, deface, or destroy any fence or other enclosure or any gate or bars belonging to any such fence or enclosure.

   F.   Prohibited Uses: No person may operate an off highway vehicle in connection with acts of vandalism, harassment of wildlife or domestic animals, burglaries or other crimes, or damage to the environment which includes excessive pollution of air, water, or land, abuse of the watershed, impairment of plant or animal life, or excessive mechanical noise.

   G.   Supervision, Safety Certificate Or Driver's License Required: A person may not operate and an owner may not give that person permission to operate an off highway vehicle on any public land, trail, street, or highway within the city of Santa Clara unless the person:

      1.   Has in his possession a valid motor vehicle operator's license, and the operator is at least sixteen (16) years of age.

   H.   Designation Of Routes:

      1.   Within the city of Santa Clara, the following streets are designated as the only off highway vehicle routes within the city of Santa Clara for the specific purpose of allowing off highway vehicle operators to gain access to or from a private or public area open for off highway vehicle use:

The streets which may be used as an off highway vehicle route shall meet all of the following requirements:

         a.   Shall be used for purposes of gaining access to the South Hills.

         b.   Streets shall include streets with a speed limit of twenty five (25) miles per hour or less.

      2.   Except for off highway implements of husbandry used in accordance with section 41-22-5.5 of Utah Code Annotated, a person may not operate an off highway vehicle on any street within the city of Santa Clara for any purpose other than to gain direct access to or from a private or public area open for off highway vehicles.

   I.   Speed Regulations: Any person operating an off highway vehicle is subject to the provisions of title 41, chapter 6 of the Utah code and shall not exceed the ATV speed of fifteen (15) miles per hour. (Ord. 2009-15)

   A.   Authorization of Golf Carts: Subject to the restrictions and regulations of this chapter, golf carts may be operated by persons on public streets, roadways, and highways under the jurisdiction of the city of Santa Clara.

   B.   Restrictions on Operations:

      1.   Only persons sixteen (16) years of age or older may operate a golf cart on any public street, roadway, or highway within the city.

      2.   Golf carts shall not be operated on any public trail or path, or within a city-designated park.

      3.   Golf carts shall not be operated at a speed of more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour.

      4.   A golf cart shall not be operated after civil twilight at sunset or before civil twilight at sunrise on any public street, roadway, trail, public, or quasi-public area unless it is equipped with headlights, taillights, and safety reflectors on the sides and rear of the golf cart.

      5.   Golf carts shall not carry any more than the number of individuals for which the golf cart was originally manufactured, with only one (1) person per seat. Allowing more passengers to ride than there are seats on the golf cart is prohibited.

   C.   Restrictions on Areas of Use: Golf carts shall not be operated on any public street or highway where the posted speed limit is greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, unless expressly authorized by the city through a written agreement. Golf carts may cross a street or highway with a speed limit greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour when the operator comes to a complete stop before crossing, proceeding only after yielding the right of way to oncoming traffic, and crosses at a right angle. A golf cart may, when it is safe to do so, be operated on a street with a speed limit above twenty-five (25) miles per hour, for a distance of no more than five hundred feet (500') from the nearest crossing, for the purpose of accessing a property on that roadway.

   D.   Traffic Regulations:

      1.   Golf carts are subject to alcohol, driving under the influence, and open container laws of Utah, Code Annotated section 41-6a-526.

      2.   Golf carts shall not be operated on a roadway two or more abreast with other golf carts.

      3.   Except as otherwise provided in this section, golf carts shall comply with the same requirements as a bicycle for traffic rules pursuant to Utah, Code Annotated section 41-6a-1105, Traffic Code.

   E.   Violation by Persons Under the Age of Sixteen (16): A person under the age of sixteen (16) who violates this chapter shall not be cited for such violation. However, in the event of such a violation by a person under the age of sixteen (16), a parent or guardian of that person, or any adult individual who allows that person to operate a golf cart, shall be considered to have violated this chapter.

   F.   Penalty for Violation: It is unlawful for a person to violate this chapter and a person violating this chapter may be cited in writing. The first offense shall be an infraction, and any subsequent cited offense within twenty-four (24) months shall be a class B misdemeanor. An officer shall use discretion when issuing verbal warnings. (Ord. 2025-03, 2-26-2025)

For the purpose of this chapter, "public property" means any publicly owned property except the traveled portion of public streets, and includes any park, sidewalk, curb or any part of any public right of way devoted to any planting or park like use. (Ord. 98-08 § 2: prior code § 13-30-4-01)

On any public property it is unlawful for any person to:

   A.   Wilfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, displace or remove any building, railing, bench, paving, paving material, water line or any facilities or property and equipment of any public utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards, whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary markers, wall or rock border, or other structures or equipment, facilities or public property or appurtenances whatever, either real or personal;

   B.   Soil or litter public restrooms and washrooms;

   C.   Dig and remove any sand, soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs, or plants, down timber or other wood or materials, or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means or agency, unless permission is obtained;

   D.   Construct or erect any building or structure of whatever kind, whether permanent or temporary in character, any tent, fly or windbreak, or run or string any rope, cord or wire into, upon or across any public property, except with special permit;

   E.   Urinate or defecate, except in the public restroom in receptacles placed there for such purpose;

   F.   Damage, cut, carve, burn, transplant or remove any tree or plant or injure the bark or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant. No person shall attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant. No person shall dig in or otherwise disturb, or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any park area, this subsection shall not apply to any person authorized to perform the act proscribed;

   G.   Climb any tree or walk, stand or sit on monuments, fountains, railings, fences, planted areas or upon any other property not designed or customarily used for such purposes or to intentionally stand, sit or lie in or upon any street, sidewalk, stairway or crosswalk so as to prevent free passage of persons or vehicles passing over, along or across any street, sidewalk, stairway or crosswalk;

   H.   Drop, throw, place, discard, dump, leave or otherwise deposit any bottles, broken glass, garbage, ashes, paper boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, refuse or other trash on any public property except in waste containers provided therefor. No such refuse or trash shall be place in any waters contiguous to any park or planted area or left anywhere on the grounds thereof;

   I.   Sleep on seats, benches, sidewalks, curbs, planters, wall or other areas;

   J.   Expose or offer for sale any article or thing or station or place any stand, cart or vehicle for the transportation, sale or display of any such article or thing, without first obtaining a license, except that the city council may exempt designated areas from this subsection by resolution on such terms and conditions as it may prescribe;

   K.   To beg or to go from door to door of private homes or commercial and business establishments or place himself or herself in or upon any public way or public place to beg or to receive money other things of value. (Ord. 98-08 § 2: prior code § 13-30-4-02)

It is a class C misdemeanor for any person to threaten physical force against another person or to challenge, invite or engage in a fight. (Prior code § 13-30-3-02)

It is unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued in excess, unnecessary or unusual loud noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the city. (Ord. 99-12 § 1: prior code § 13-30-3-03)

The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noises in violation of this section.

   A.   The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonable loud or harsh sound; the sounding of any such device for an unnecessary or unreasonable period of time, the use of any horn, whistle or other device operated by engine exhaust.

   B.   The using, operating, or permitting to be played, used or operated in residential areas of any television, radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are volunteer listeners thereto shall not exceed sixty decibels. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device before 7:00 AM or after 11:00 PM in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of thirty feet (30') from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection. At other times, the operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet (50') from the building, structure, or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection.

   C.   The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio receiving set, musical instruments, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting attention of the public to any building or structure shall not exceed sixty decibels. without or in violation of a permit issued pursuant to section 9.12.023 of this chapter.

   D.   Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly before 7:00 AM or after 11:00 PM or at any time or place as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity.

   E.   The keeping of any dog which by causing frequent or long continued noise disturbs the comfort or repose of any persons in the vicinity.

   F.   The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motorboat, or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.

   G.   The use of any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle which due to a lack of repair or improper loading creates loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.

   H.   The creation of loud and excessive noise in connection with loading and unloading any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates, and other containers.

   I.   The erection, (including excavation), demolition, alteration, or repair of any building before 6:00 AM or after 9:00 PM except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety, and then only with a permit from the city manager as authorized under section 9.12.023 of this chapter.

   J.   The creation of any excessive noise adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church, or court while the same is in use; or adjacent to any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital; or in any park, which unreasonably disturbs the users thereof.

   K.   The operation before 6:00 AM or after 9:00 PM of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist or other appliances, the use of which is usually attended by loud or unusual noise.

   L.   The operation of garbage pickup, in any area zoned residential before 6:00 AM or after 9:00 PM.

   M.   The operation of any power mower, cultivator, or the like or related device in areas zoned residential before 6:00 AM or after 9:00 PM.

   N.   The use of a drive-up or drive-thru pickup window service before 5:30 AM or after 12:00 AM daily for commercial businesses within one hundred feet (100') of residential property which may also include a menu board and speaker system.

   O.   The use of a drive-up or drive-thru speaker system shall emit no more than sixty decibels when measured at four feet directly in front of the speaker and shall not be audible above daytime ambient noise levels beyond the property boundaries.

   P.   The use of a food truck/trailer with or without a generator within seventy-five feet (75') of residential property. Use of a food truck/trailer with or without a generator within this distance is prohibited. The noise levels associated with such use beyond this distance shall emit no more than sixty decibels as measured at the property boundary. (Ord. 2024-05: Ord. 2001-11 § 1: Ord. 99-12 § 1)

   A.   Noises of safety signals, warning devices, and emergency pressure relief valves.

   B.   Noises resulting from any authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency.

   C.   Noises resulting from emergency work.

   D.   Any other noise resulting from activities of a temporary duration permitted by law and for which a license or permit therefor has been granted by the city.

   E.   Any aircraft or railroad equipment operated in conformity with, or pursuant to, state statute, federal law, or federal regulations. (Ord. 99-12 § 1)

Applications for a permit for relief from the noise level designated in this chapter on the basis of undue hardship may be made to the city manager or his or her duly authorized representative. Any permit granted by the city manager under this section shall contain all conditions upon which said permit has been granted and shall specify a reasonable time that the permit shall be effective. The city manager may grant the relief as applied for if it is found that:

   A.   Additionally time is necessary for the applicant to alter or modify the activity or operation to comply with this section; or

   B.   The activity, operation or noise source will be of temporary duration, and cannot be done in a manner that would comply with this section; and

   C.   That no other reasonable recourse or alternative is available to the applicant. The city manager in granting such a special permit, may prescribe any conditions or requirements that are deemed necessary to minimize adverse effects upon the community or the surrounding neighborhood. (Ord. 99-12 § 1)

Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 9.12.020 through 9.12.023 of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as determined by the justice court, but shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00). Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as a separate offense. (Ord. 99-12 § 1)

As an additional remedy, the operation or maintenance of any device, instrument, vehicle or machinery in violation of this section, or which causes discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitiveness or which endangers the comfort, repose, health or peace or residents in the area shall be deemed, and is declared to be a public nuisance and may be subject to abatement as prescribed in chapter 8.04 of this code. (Ord. 99-12 § 1)

Every person who wilfully or carelessly throws any stone, stick, snowball or other missile whereby any person is hit or any window broken or other property injured or destroyed, in such manner as to render travel upon the public streets and places dangerous, or in such manner as to frighten or annoy any traveler, is guilty of an infraction. (Prior code § 13-30-3-04)

   A.   It shall be a class B misdemeanor for any person over five (5) years of age to indecently expose his or her body in public.

   B.   For the purpose of this section:

      1.   Indecent exposure means:

         a.   The exposed male genital or the covered male genital shown in a discernible turgid state;

         b.   The exposed female genital or female breasts which are not covered with an opaque covering below a point immediately above the top of the nipple (or the breast with only the nipple covered).

      2.   "Public" means any place open to or frequented by the public or which may be seen from any place open to or frequented by the public and includes private clubs, associations or other places where the public frequents. (Prior code § 13-30-3-06)

It is unlawful for any person to hold, conduct or carry on, or to cause or permit to be held, conducted or caused any motion pictures, exhibition or entertainment of any sort which is of an obscene nature. (Ord. 98-08 § 2: prior code § 13-30-3-07)

It shall be a class C misdemeanor for any person to look, peer, or peep into or be found loitering around or within view of any window within a building occupied as residence of another with the intent of watching or looking through the window to observe any person undressed, or in the act of dressing or undressing. (Prior code § 13-30-3-09)

It shall be a class C misdemeanor for any person to act as a guard or lookout for any building, premises, or establishment used for gambling, for illegal sale or purchase of intoxicating liquors, or for any person soliciting, offering or engaging in prostitution, gambling or any other form of vice, or illegal act, or any prostitute, on any street or sidewalk. Nor shall any person give any signal intended to, or calculated to warn, or give warning of the approach of any peace officer to any person in or about such building or premises or place mentioned herein. (Prior code § 13-30-3-10)

No person over the age of five (5) years shall use the restroom and washrooms designated for the opposite sex. (Prior code § 13-30-3-11)

   A.   Prohibited Conduct: It is unlawful for any person on or adjacent to a city street or road to operate a sound amplifier or speaker which emits sound that can be heard more than two hundred feet (200') from the sound amplifier or speaker.

   B.   Exemptions: This section does not apply to: 1) the operation of sound amplifiers or speakers used by law enforcement or emergency personnel in the performance of their official duties; 2) the operation of horns or other warning devices used by emergency vehicles or by public agencies in an official capacity; or 3) public and special events approved by the city.

   C.   Penalty: A violation of this section is an infraction. (Ord. 98-23 §2)

   A.   Curfew Hours For Minors Under Sixteen: It is unlawful for any person under the age of sixteen (16) years to be or remain upon any sidewalk, street, or public place in the city between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and five o'clock (5:00) A.M. of the day immediately following.

   B.   Curfew Hours For Minors Under Eighteen: It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to be or remain upon any sidewalk, street or public place in the city between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight and five o'clock (5:00) A.M. of the day immediately following.

   C.   Parent Or Guardian's Responsibility: It is unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having legal care and custody of any minor dealt with respectively in subsections A and B of this section to allow or permit any such minor to be or remain upon any sidewalk, street, or public place in the city within the times provided in subsections A and B, respectively, of this section, except as provided in subsection D of this section.

   D.   Exceptions: The provisions of subsections A, B and C of this section shall not apply where the minors dealt with respectively in subsections A and B of this section are:

      1.   Married;

      2.   Accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of such minor;

      3.   Returning home from going to or being in attendance at any religious or school function, organized dance, theater, sports event or other such associational activity; provided, however, that going to or from such activity shall be by a direct route and within a reasonable time of the commencement or termination of such event;

      4.   Engaged in legitimate employment and can produce evidence of such employment;

      5.   In a motor vehicle engaged in normal travel while traveling to, from or through the city on an interstate trip; or

      6.   Within the immediate vicinity of the minor's residence.

   E.   Penalty: The effect of this section shall apply to youth driving or passengers in a motor vehicle of any type as well as on foot, and a law enforcement officer may require any companion claiming to be a guardian to so demonstrate by legal document, if felt to be reasonably necessary. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be dealt with in the manner provided elsewhere or may be referred to the state juvenile system for further handling at the option of the city marshal and the city attorney. (Ord. 98-28 § 2: prior code §§ 13-30-1-02, 13-30-1-03)

   A.   Purpose: This section authorizes the local fire official for this municipality to limit or prohibit fireworks when hazardous environmental conditions necessitate controlling the use thereof.

   B.   Definitions:

   FIREWORKS: Shall have the same meaning as found in title 53, chapter 7 of the Utah code.

   HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Extreme dryness or lack of moisture, windy conditions, the presence of dry weeds and other vegetation and any combination thereof.

   ZONE 1: Shall represent all areas within the city limits that are developed (e.g., paved streets and neighborhoods with multiple homes).

   ZONE 2: Shall represent all areas in the city that do not fall within zone 1 (e.g., gullies, ravines, washes, the south hills and all other undeveloped areas).

   C.   Authority Of Local Fire Official To Issue Orders: The local fire official is hereby authorized to issue orders limiting or prohibiting fireworks in any area of the municipality when the local fire official determines that hazardous environmental conditions necessitate controlling or prohibiting the use thereof.

   D.   Zones Affected: The local fire official shall determine what zone is subject to limitation and/or prohibition and the extent thereof and shall identify the same in a written order. The order may also include a map outlining affected areas.

   E.   Public Notice: The municipality shall immediately post copies of the written order of the local fire official in at least three (3) public places within the city; post a copy of the order on the official municipal website; inform all local news media outlets of the order and provide a copy of the order thereto.

   F.   Penalty: Any person who intentionally or knowing violates an order of the fire chief issued pursuant to this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

   G.   Enforcement: Every officer charged with enforcement of state and municipal laws within the jurisdiction of Santa Clara City, including the fire chief is hereby charged with the responsibility to enforce this section. (Ord. 2012-15)

   A.   Definitions: For purposes of this chapter, these terms shall be defined as follows:

 

 

   B.   Discharge Of Firearms Prohibited; Exceptions: It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm within, from, or into Santa Clara City limits, except under the following circumstances:

      1.   In the use of force in defense of self, others, habitation, or property which is justified under any provision of Utah Code Title 76, Chapter 2, Part 4;

      2.   In any case of any law enforcement officer in the discharge of his/her duty;

      3.   When discharged at a city approved shooting range or gallery;

      4.   When discharged for the purpose of nuisance wildlife control;

      5.   When used for the slaughter of an animal lawfully trapped under subsection C. below; or

      6.   When used for the slaughter of domestic livestock.

   C.   Trapping Prohibited; Exceptions: It is unlawful for any person to trap, set a trap, or engage in trapping in Santa Clara City, except for the following:

      1.   Any trapping deemed necessary and performed by either the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources or the Santa Clara City public safety department;

      2.   When using live box or cage traps;

      3.   When performed by a licensed trapper in accordance with Utah law; provided, that no lethal conibear type traps are used; or

      4.   When performed on private property in accordance with Utah law by a person having legal ownership of or right to use the property.

   D.   Penalty: Violations of this chapter may be enforced either criminally as a class C misdemeanor or civilly by imposing a monetary penalty under section 1.16.010, "General Penalty," of this code. (Ord. 2022-01, 1-12-2022)