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Council adopts red‑line changes to traffic and parking code; overnight camping on public rights-of‑way restricted
Summary
The council approved a red‑line version of 2025 motor vehicle and traffic code revisions, removing references to a "blue" parking designation, adopting staff language to match state traffic terms and changing time limits for long‑term street parking enforcement.
The Toquerville City Council on Feb. 5 approved red‑line revisions to the city's 2025 motor vehicle and traffic code, adopting staff edits to align local definitions with state traffic code, removing references to a "blue" parking designation and changing the time limit for prolonged street parking enforcement.
Council members and staff debated definitions, enforcement mechanics and overnight camping in vehicles on public rights‑of‑way. Staff advised that enforcement of long‑term parking relies on a complaint‑based process and sheriff's office tagging of vehicles; the ordinance language approved narrows ambiguities by using terms already defined in the traffic code.
Among the changes the council approved: language that ties prohibited vehicle categories to definitions in the traffic code rather than using standalone local terms;…
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