A. Sign Design:
1. Landscaping: The base of all permanent ground signs, including without limitation monument, pedestal and pylon signs, shall be landscaped and maintained at all times. The landscaped area in which any sign is placed shall be kept free from weeds, garbage, and debris. Removal of required landscaping to facilitate sign placement must be in compliance with commercial landscape standards within this Code.
B. Standards Of Construction:
1. Sign Construction: All signs shall comply with the most recently adopted provisions of the National Electric Code, International Building Code, and/or applicable codes as adopted by the City.
2. Licensed Contractor Required: No sign requiring a permit shall be erected, installed, or modified in the City except by a licensed and bonded sign contractor. Electrical wiring or connections for such sign, fixture, or device must be installed or connected by a licensed and bonded electrical contractor.
3. Engineering Required: All building permit applications for signs shall be engineered to demonstrate compliance with the applicable Electrical or Building Code and, where required by the building official, shall be accompanied by an original drawing stamped by a licensed engineer attesting to the adequacy of the proposed construction of the sign and its supports.
4. Power Source: Permanent power sources for signs must be concealed underground away from public view or within the structure of the sign or building to which the sign is attached. All electrical connections must comply with all provisions of the National Electric Code.
5. Foundations: All ground signs must be mounted on foundations and footings which conform to the applicable Building Code.
C. Sign Placement:
1. General Location: No part of any sign shall interfere with the use of any fire escape, exit, required stairway, door ventilator, or window.
2. Clear Sight Triangle: No sign shall be placed within the clear sight triangle as defined within the City Code (see figure 1 of this subsection C2).
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3. Traffic Safety: No sign shall be designed or placed in any manner that may be confused with any official traffic sign or signal. No sign or other advertising structure shall be designed, constructed, or installed that by reason of its size, location, shape, coloring, or manner of illumination may be confused as a traffic control device. All traffic signs shall comply with the Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
4. Public Rights-Of-Way: No sign shall be located on publicly owned land or inside street rights-of-way except signs owned and erected by permission of an authorized public agency or specifically authorized herein.
5. Vertical Setback: In addition to the height restrictions contained herein, no sign shall be erected or maintained which has less horizontal or vertical clearance from communication lines and energized electrical power lines than that prescribed by the laws of the State of Utah, its agencies, or appropriate utility company.
6. Side Setbacks: All permanent and temporary ground signs shall be located at least their height in distance from side property in order to prevent damage to adjacent land in case a sign is toppled by accident or an act of nature.
7. Front Setbacks: All permanent and temporary ground signs shall be set back at least two feet (2') from all driveways and the back of sidewalk or public right-of-way, whichever is greater.
8. Additional Setbacks: All permanent and temporary ground signs must be located at least two feet (2') from a required parking stall or parking area.
D. Sign Illumination:
1. All sign lighting shall comply with the limitations set within this Sign Code.
2. Signs shall be carefully oriented so that light emitted from a sign or group of signs is not a traffic hazard, obtrusive, or a nuisance to adjacent properties, particularly residential.
3. Signs with exterior illumination must have luminary devices shielded and screened from public view and directed to avoid light spill from the affected sign(s).
4. Persons installing or manufacturing an electronic message center (EMC) sign which has an LED, LCD, or flipper matrix must demonstrate that the brightness of such sign will not exceed 0.3 foot-candles over ambient lighting conditions along the property line as measured six feet (6') above curb grade. Such signs must also be equipped with a dimmer switch to change the intensity of light emitted from the sign to meet the 0.3 foot-candle brightness if needed after installation.
E. Sign And Building Maintenance:
1. All signs shall be maintained in good condition.
2. Maintenance shall also include the replacement of defective parts, cleaning, painting, oiling, changing of light bulbs, or other acts required for the maintenance of said sign.
3. When a building sign is removed, the face of the building beneath the sign shall be restored to its original pre-sign condition.
4. Signs meeting the definition of abandoned sign within this Sign Code shall be removed.
F. Measurement Of Regulated Sign Area:
1. Single Plane/Panel Signs: The regulated area shall be according to the following standards:
a. Sign copy mounted as individual letters and/or graphics against a wall, window, fascia of a building or other structure that has been painted, textured, or otherwise altered to provide a distinctive background for the sign copy, the area shall be defined as the area enclosed by the smallest 8-sided polygon that will enclose all sign area (see figure 2 of this subsection F1a).
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b. Sign copy mounted or painted on a background panel or area distinctly textured or constructed as a background for the sign copy shall be measured as that area contained within the outside dimensions of the background panel or surface.
c. Sign copy as an illuminated architectural element of a building shall be calculated as that portion of the illuminated surface or illuminated element which contains sign copy.
d. The regulated area of a monument sign shall include all parts of the sign or structure that contain identification (words or symbols) and information (see figure 3 of this subsection F1d).
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e. The regulated area of a pedestal sign shall include all parts of the sign or structure that contain identification (words or symbols) and information (see figure 4 of this subsection F1e).
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f. The regulated area of a pylon sign shall include all parts of the sign or structure that contain identification (words or symbols) and information (see figure 5 of this subsection F1f).
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2. Multiple Face Signs (Including But Not Limited To Monument, Pedestal Or Pylon Signs):
a. Double Panel: If the interior angle between two (2) faces is forty five degrees (45°) or less, the sign area to be measured is a single face. If the angle is greater than forty five degrees (45°), the sign area to be measured will be the area sum of the areas of the two (2) faces (see figure 6 of this subsection F2a).
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b. Three Or More Faces: The sign area shall be the sum of the areas of the three (3) or more faces. (Ord. 19-14)