Utah Title 41 — Motor Vehicles :: 41-6a-1402 — Stopping Or Parking On Roadways -- Angle Parking -- Traffic-control Devices Prohibiting Or Restricting.

41-6a-1402. Stopping or parking on roadways -- Angle parking -- Traffic-control devices prohibiting or restricting.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vehicle stopped or parked on a two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels:
(a) parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb; or
(b) as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
(2) Except when otherwise provided by local ordinance, a vehicle stopped or parked on a one-way roadway shall be stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its:
(a) right-hand wheels:
(i) within 12 inches of the right-hand curb; or
(ii) as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder; or
(b) left-hand wheels:
(i) within 12 inches of the left-hand curb; or
(ii) as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.
(3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), local highway authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway.
(b) Angle parking is not permitted on any federal-aid or state highway unless the Department of Transportation has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(4) (a) The Department of Transportation, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may place traffic-control devices prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on a highway where:
(i) the stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway; or
(ii) the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic.
(b) A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of the restriction indicated by the devices under Subsection (4)(a).

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session