Sandy, UT Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing Section
- 14-6-2
- School Zones
- Automatically authorized
- Other Areas
- Requires Police Chief safety finding
- Summons Response Window
- At least 14 days
- Non-compliance Penalty
- Infraction
Summary
Sandy City Code Section 14-6-2 authorizes photo-radar speed cameras in school zones citywide, and allows use elsewhere only after the Police Chief finds a demonstrable public safety need. Registered owners served a summons must identify the driver within at least 14 days or face a separate infraction.
This section shall apply to all informations and summons issued pursuant to the use of photo-radar in Sandy City. The use of photo-radar traffic enforcement is authorized in school zones and in all other areas of the City; provided, however, that prior to issuing citations, summons, or informations for violations in areas other than school zones, the Police Department shall determine that there exists a demonstrable public safety need for such enforcement. Such determinations shall be made at the sole discretion of the Police Chief.
Full Breakdown
" The section defines photo-radar as "a device used primarily for highway speed limit enforcement substantially consisting of a low power Doppler radar unit and a camera mounted in or on a vehicle," which prints the vehicle's speed, date, time and location on the photograph; it is a speed camera, not an intersection red-light camera, and Sandy's code text does not describe a separate red-light camera program. When probable cause exists, the City can mail or personally serve a summons on the registered owner. " Failing to return the completed form on time is itself a violation, and so is "intentionally or knowingly withholding" the required identifying information; Section 14-6-2 classifies any violation of those reporting duties as an infraction. A. 1953, Section 41-6a-608, the state photo-radar enforcement statute.
Violations & Fines
Failing to return a completed photo-radar summons within the time stated, which cannot be less than 14 days, or intentionally withholding the vehicle owner's, driver's, license-number or birth-date information the summons requires, is an infraction under Section 14-6-2. Outside school zones, the Sandy Police Chief must first find a demonstrable public safety need before citations can issue at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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