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Tooele council asks staff to draft front‑yard parking limits after code review finds only inoperable vehicles are barred
Summary
Staff told the council Tooele code currently defines inoperable vehicles and nuisance vehicle rules but does not prohibit operable vehicles from parking in front yards; council asked staff to draft enforceable options (paving standards, percent or count limits, grandfathering timeline) based on peer‑city models.
Tooele City Council on Nov. 5 asked staff to draft ordinance options to limit vehicle parking in front yards after a Community Development Department review found the city’s code addresses only inoperable vehicles and does not explicitly ban operable vehicle parking on front‑yard lawns.
Community Development Director Andrew Agard told the council he found the code defines an "inoperable motor vehicle" and authorizes enforcement for junked or inoperable vehicles (Tooele City Code 8‑4‑3) and that the parking standards chapter (Tooele City Code 7‑4‑4) sets required parking counts and drive approach requirements but does not prevent an operable car from…
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