How Sandy Handles Parking Rules: A Practical Guide

Sandy maintains 131 local ordinances across all categories, and 9 of those deal specifically with parking rules. Here is a breakdown of what the city actually requires, what is prohibited, and where Sandy falls on the strict-to-permissive spectrum compared to other cities.

Overnight Parking

Sandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-3 bars parking any vehicle on a city street or alley for more than a consecutive 24-hour period, a year-round limit separate from the seasonal winter overnight ban in the same section. Police can order a violating vehicle towed.

Key details: Governing Section: 14-7-3. Limit: 24 consecutive hours, year-round. Applies To: Any city street or alley. Enforcement: Officer-ordered tow. Owner Liability: Presumed under 14-7-7.

Leaving any vehicle parked on a Sandy street or alley for more than a consecutive 24-hour period violates Section 14-7-3 and is an infraction. Police may tow the vehicle on discovery, and Section 14-7-7 presumes the registered owner responsible for the violation.

Preferential Parking Districts

Sandy designates four residential areas, including Wallace Heights and Mount Jordan Meadows subdivisions, as Permit Parking Areas where only permit-displaying vehicles may park on the street between 5:30 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. daily. Sandy City Code § 14-7-12 limits each qualifying dwelling to two permits and requires a valid rental license for tenant applicants.

Key details: Restricted hours: 5:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. daily. Permits per dwelling: Maximum of 2 permits. Enforcement holidays exempt: Easter, Thanksgiving+3 days, Dec24-Jan1. Areas covered: Wallace Heights, Mount Jordan Meadows, 170 East, 8800/9000 South. Adopted: Ord. No. 19-30, November 19, 2019.

Parking an unauthorized vehicle on a designated street during the restricted hours, 5:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., is an infraction under § 14-7-12. Applying for a duplicate permit without actually having lost the original, or lending a displayed permit outside its own Permit Parking Area, is also a violation; only repair, service, emergency, and exempt-plate public vehicles are excused.

Compared to other cities, Sandy takes a harder line on preferential parking districts. The enforcement and penalty structure reflects that.

Street Parking Limits

Sandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-2 bars stopping, standing or parking a vehicle with its wheels on a stall line, or in front of, within five feet of, or directly across from any public or private driveway. Section 14-7-1 separately restricts angle parking to streets the City Traffic Engineer has signed for it.

Key details: Governing Sections: 14-7-1; 14-7-2. Driveway Buffer: Within 5 feet, front, or across. Angle Parking: Only where City has signed/marked it. Max Angle Extension: 1/3 of roadway width. Owner Liability: Presumed under 14-7-7.

Parking with wheels on a stall line, or within five feet of, in front of, or directly across from a public or private driveway, violates Section 14-7-2. Parking at an angle on a street the City has not signed for angle parking, or extending more than one-third of the roadway width from the curb where angle parking is allowed, violates Section 14-7-1. Section 14-7-7 makes the registered owner presumptively responsible for either violation.

Commercial & Oversized Vehicles

Sandy prohibits parking a commercial vehicle, defined as more than four wheels, over 19 feet long, a semi-tractor, or a unit with housekeeping facilities, on any public street without written permission from the Chief of Police or a City permit. Sandy City Code § 14-8-1 also bars parking near parks, schools, churches, dwellings, and intersections.

Key details: Length threshold: Over 19 feet total length. Intersection buffer: No parking within 30 feet. Enforcement: Impoundment or citation of owner. Permission needed: Chief of Police or City permit. Amended: Ord. No. 22-09, October 18, 2022.

Sandy treats an illegally parked commercial vehicle as a nuisance under § 14-8-1, which the City may abate summarily: impounding the vehicle, citing the registered owner, or both. There is no grace period built into the section, and proximity to a park, school, church, dwelling, or intersection triggers the ban even on streets where general parking is otherwise allowed.

This is not one of those rules that cities tend to ignore. Sandy actively enforces its commercial & oversized vehicles requirements.

Snow Removal Parking Rules

Sandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-3 bans parking on any street for more than one hour between midnight and 7:00 a.m. from November 1 through April 30, and bars parking during any snowstorm or within 24 hours after one ends. Police can have violating vehicles towed on the spot.

Key details: Governing Section: 14-7-3. Winter Window: Nov 1 to Apr 30. Overnight Limit: 1 hour, midnight to 7 a.m.. Storm Rule: No parking during storm + 24 hrs after. Enforcement: Officer-ordered tow, on the spot.

Parking on a Sandy street longer than one hour between midnight and 7:00 a.m. from November 1 through April 30, or parking during a snowstorm or within 24 hours after one ends at any time of year, violates Section 14-7-3 and is an infraction. Police officers can have the vehicle towed on the spot without a separate warning.

Abandoned Vehicles

Sandy City Code § 19-1-8 caps outdoor junk-vehicle storage at one per lot, and only if the vehicle sits on a hard-paved surface, is covered with a fitted vehicle cover instead of a tarp, and is owned by the resident; anything more or noncompliant is subject to code enforcement and removal.

Key details: Vehicles allowed: One junk vehicle per lot outside a structure. Surface required: Hard-paved surface (concrete, asphalt, or brick). Corner lot screen: Six-foot opaque fence if street-facing. Cover rule: Vehicle-specific cover required; tarps banned. Ownership: Must be owned by the resident occupant.

Section 19-1-6 makes any violation of Title 19, including exceeding the one-junk-vehicle limit or ignoring a removal notice, a Class B misdemeanor punished under state statute. Sandy's default fine schedule in §§ 1-2-2 through 1-2-4 caps that at $1,000 for an individual, $5,000 for a business, and up to six months in jail, on top of the City's authority to abate and remove the vehicle itself.

Driveway Rules

Sandy City requires every area used to park a vehicle at a home, front, side, or rear yard, to be paved with concrete, asphalt, brick, or another water-impenetrable surface, and caps hard surface at 20 percent of the front yard, under Sandy City Code Section 21-24-4.

Key details: Front yard hard-surface cap: 20 percent (excludes driveway). Rear yard hard-surface cap: 35 percent. Side yard allowed: One of two side yards. Enforcing agencies: Police Dept. & Community Development. Governing section: Sandy City Code § 21-24-4.

Section 21-24-4 names the enforcement authority directly: the Sandy City Police Department and the Community Development Department. A resident parking on unpaved landscaping, exceeding the hard-surface percentage caps, or keeping more than one uncovered junk vehicle is subject to Sandy's default code penalty in Sections 1-2-2 and 1-2-3, a Class B misdemeanor with fines up to $1,000 for an individual.

Loading Zones

Sandy City requires commercial and industrial buildings of 10,000 square feet or more to provide at least one off-street loading space, kept off the street, screened from view, and set back 30 feet from any residential district, under Sandy City Code Section 21-24-6.

Key details: Minimum space size: 12 ft x 25 ft, 14 ft high if covered. Size trigger: 10,000 sq ft gross floor area. Residential setback: 30 feet from dock edge. Street use: Streets cannot be used for loading. Governing section: Sandy City Code § 21-24-6.

A site that lacks the required loading space for its square footage, or that loads directly from the street, is out of compliance with Section 21-24-6 and its approved site plan under Section 21-23-13's maintenance duty. Because loading-area standards carry no dedicated penalty, violations fall under Sandy's default in Sections 1-2-2 and 1-2-3: a Class B misdemeanor with fines up to $1,000 for an individual or $5,000 for a corporation.

RV & Boat Parking

Sandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-5 makes it unlawful to park, store or leave any recreational vehicle, camper, boat, boat trailer, utility trailer or automobile hulk on a public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way at any time. The ban covers jet skis, snowmobiles and four-wheelers as recreational vehicles.

Key details: Governing Section: 14-7-5. Covered: RVs, campers, boats, trailers, jet skis. Prohibited Locations: Streets, alleys, sidewalks, rights-of-way. Time Limit: None; banned at any time. Amended: Ord. 26-40, effective 4/21/2026.

Leaving an RV, camper, boat, boat trailer, utility trailer, camp trailer, jet ski, snowmobile, four-wheeler or automobile hulk parked, placed or stored on a Sandy public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way at any time violates Section 14-7-5 and is an infraction under Section 14-3-1's general penalty clause.

Compared to other cities, Sandy takes a harder line on rv & boat parking. The enforcement and penalty structure reflects that.

The Bottom Line

Sandy is tougher than many cities when it comes to parking rules. Out of the 9 rules covered here, 3 are rated strict. If you are a homeowner, renter, or business owner in Sandy, take the time to understand these requirements before they become a problem. Most violations come with fines, and some repeat violations can escalate.

These rules come from Sandy's publicly available municipal code. For complete penalty schedules, exemption details, and answers to common questions, see the individual ordinance pages throughout this guide.