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Magna adopts parking and snow ordinance updates, adds crosswalk/beacon set-backs
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 2025-O-15 to clarify driveway setback (5 feet), reinstate 20-foot crosswalk and 30-foot flashing-beacon no-parking rules, add civil penalties for handicapped parking violations, and retain a pavement-edge snow-removal parking prohibition.
Magna City Council voted Oct. 14 to adopt ordinance 2025-O-15, amending chapter 11.24 (parking penalties, parties and procedure on arrest) to clarify driveway setback definitions, add crosswalk and flashing-beacon setbacks, add civil enforcement for disabled parking violations and maintain language requiring vehicles be removed until snow is cleared from "pavement edge to pavement edge."
City staff (filling in for Dan Torres) explained that the definition of a driveway edge is tied to line-of-sight safety and recommended a uniform five-foot setback from the driveway apron "because there's multiple different drive designs." Staff also noted prior code language that provided a 30-foot prohibition near certain traffic-control devices had been omitted in an earlier draft and that the latest posted copy restores a 30-foot rule for flashing beacons and a 20-foot rule around crosswalks.
The staff presentation added subsection language to make handicapped/disabled parking violations enforceable through the civil adjudication process rather than a criminal citation. The public-safety rationale emphasized line-of-sight at intersections and consistency for enforcement; staff recommended outreach (newsletter, website and postcards) ahead of enforcement to reduce surprise for residents.
Council moved the ordinance as it appears in the package, including the 30-foot flashing beacon language and the snow-parking language; the motion passed by voice vote.
City staff later said they will use warnings initially when new enforcement begins during the winter rollout and provide residents with outreach materials.
