10-9-3: EXEMPT SIGNS:

The signs identified in table 10-9-1, "Exempt Signs", of this section are exempt from these requirements, provided such signs are not a prohibited sign, as provided by section 10-9-4 of this chapter.

   TABLE 10-9-1

   EXEMPT SIGNS

Sign Type	Sign Requirement
Access location signs	Signs such as "Enter" and "Exit" provided:
	A.	There shall be no more than 2 access location signs per driveway entrance to a lot or parcel.
	B.	No access location sign shall be greater than 6 square feet in area and have a height greater than 3 feet above grade.
Community events posters and announcements	Posters and fliers announcing community events provided such posters or fliers do not advertise products or services not associated with the community event.
Directional sign	A sign not exceeding a total area of 64 square feet established at a location different from an activity, business, or service located in Millard County, and intended to provide direction to the activity, business, or service and meeting all requirements of section 10-9-17, table 10-9-2, of this chapter, as applicable, including not being located in any clear view area.
Flags	Any flag of any nation, state, county, city, civic, or religious organization.
Historic plaques	Plaques erected for the purposes of identifying a historic site, building, or structure.
Official notices	Official government notices and notices posted by government officers or employees in the performance of their duties.
On premises temporary sign	A sign not exceeding a total area of 64 square feet and allowed for a period not to exceed 12 months at the location of the activity, business, or service connected with the message of the sign and meeting all requirements of section 10-9-17, table 10-9-2, of this chapter, as applicable, including not being located in any clear view area.
Political signs	Political signs used to identify and for the support of candidates for national, state, county, city, school board, service district, or other public office provided such signs meet the following requirements:
	A.	Are stationary and unlighted.
	B.	Are not erected earlier than 60 days prior to the specified voting day.
	C.	Are removed within 7 days after the specified voting day.
	D.	Is not located within any clear view area.
	E.	Signs placed on private property are permitted only with the permission of the property owner.
Public necessity signs	Signs required for safety or instructional purposes, installed, and maintained by Millard County, or other federal or state agency.
Public notice signs	Signs posted by a property owner and designed to advise the public of "No Trespassing", "No Fishing", and/or "No Hunting" is permitted by the owner.
Real estate signs	A "small on premises sign" and meeting all requirements for such signs and advertising real property for sale, lease or rent within Millard County and meeting the following requirements:
	A.	A maximum of 1 real estate sign per street frontage.
	B.	Is placed on the property that is for sale, lease, or rent, or adjacent thereto.
	C.	Such signs are stationary.
	D.	Signs must be professionally prepared, neat in appearance, and well maintained.
	E.	Are removed within 30 days from the date of sale, lease, or rental.
	F.	Is not located within any clear view area or placed where it creates a safety hazard.
Religious symbols	Any religious symbol attached to a place of religious worship.
Residential nameplates, street address or combination	1 nameplate sign showing the name of the occupant of a dwelling, the address of the dwelling or the name and nature of the home occupation conducted within the dwelling. The sign shall not exceed 2 square feet in area.
Restaurant menu boxes	Restaurant menu boxes of up to 30 square feet for displaying menus.
Road and street address numbers	Street address numbers no higher than 12 inches.
Seasonal decorations	Decorations or displays, when such are clearly incidental to, and are customarily or commonly associated with, any national, local or religious celebration provided that such decorations or displays are maintained in an attractive condition and do not constitute a fire hazard.
Signs authorized by law	Signs required or specifically authorized for a public purpose by any law, statute, or ordinance, including traffic control signs.
Site and building features	Pieces of art, monuments, statuary, sculpture, water features, fountains, and other similar features, not containing any corporate advertising, logo, insignia, or other symbol, and used to identify or distinguish a site or building.
Site development and subdivision identification signs	A "small on premises sign" and meeting all requirements for such signs and identifying a site development or a subdivision and typically located at the entrance of such site or subdivision project and provided such signs and meeting the following requirements:
	A.	Not more than 1 sign for each entrance to the site or subdivision, indicating only the name, symbol, logo, or other graphic identification of the site or subdivision.
	B.	Such signs are stationary and unlighted.
	C.	Signs must be professionally prepared, neat in appearance, and well maintained.
	D.	Are removed when the project is completed or all lots or units are sold.
Small on premises sign	A sign not exceeding a total area of 64 square feet established at the location of the activity, business, or service connected with the message of the sign and meeting all requirements of section 10-9-17, table 10-9-2, of this chapter, as applicable, including not being located in any clear view area.
Time and date signs	Electronic message signs that change copy electronically identifying the "time, date, and temperature" only provided no electronic message sign shall exceed 40 percent of the maximum sign face area.
Vehicle signs	Signs displayed on motor vehicles or trailers being operated in the normal course of business, such signs indicating the name of the owner or business if the primary purpose of such vehicles is not for the display of signs.
Warning signs	Temporary or permanent signs erected by a government agency, utility companies, or a construction company to warn of danger, or hazardous conditions.
Window signs	A sign affixed or attached to a window and visible from outside of the building. All window signs shall be no larger than the window with which the sign is associated. No window sign shall project beyond the exterior surface of the window. All window sign lighting sources shall be fully shielded and no lighting source shall be exposed or visible from any road, street, or adjacent property.

 

(Ord. 12-12-04, 12-4-2012)