No outdoor advertising structures, as that term is defined in Utah Code Annotated section 72-7-502 shall be permitted in Farr West City which were not permitted as of September 1, 2015. Relocation of outdoor advertising structure within Farr West City shall not be permitted, except when such relocation is permitted or required in accordance with Utah Code Annotated sections 72-7-510, 513 and 516. Every outdoor advertising structure shall be maintained in a safe, presentable and good condition, suitable for its intended use.
Existing outdoor advertising may be converted to digital outdoor advertising but may not exceed the height and square footage of the present structure. Video animation shall be prohibited including text, image or graphic scrolling and animated advertisement transitions. Any structural changes, including conversion of any sign faces, require a building permit.
Limitations:
A. Digital advertisements shall have a minimum dwell time of eight (8) seconds and a maximum rotation time of one-fourth (0.25) second.
B. Digital advertisements shall not blink, flash, pulse, twinkle or anything similar, or be lit by an outside light source.
C. Digital signs that are within three hundred feet (300') of any legally occupied dwelling and within a one hundred twenty degree (120°) radius area measured from the center point of the digital sign face or signs within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a legally occupied dwelling and within a thirty degree (30°) radius area measured from the point of the digital sign face and beginning at the one hundred twenty degree (120°) line, shall adhere to the curfew requirements between ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. daily.
D. Digital signs shall not increase the ambient lighting level more than three-tenths (0.3) foot-candle when measured by a foot- candle meter, perpendicular to the digital face at a distance of three hundred feet (300').
E. All digital signs shall be equipped with an automatic dimmer control or other mechanism that automatically controls the sign's brightness and display period.
F. Prior to the approval of any permit to operate digital outdoor advertising, the applicant shall certify that the sign has been tested and complies with the motion, dwell time, brightness, rotation time and all other requirements within this regulation.
Prior to the removal of an existing outdoor advertising structure, owners of the sign shall contact the Farr West building official. (Ord. 16-01)