A. Adjustment Criteria: If the view and readability of an off-premise sign, including a nonconforming sign as defined in Section 72-7-510 Utah Code Annotated, is obstructed due to a noise abatement or safety measure, grade change, construction, aesthetic improvement made by an agency of the state, directional sign, or widening along an interstate, federal aid primary highway existing as of June 1, 1991, or national highway systems highway, the owner of the sign may:
1. Adjust the height and angle of a sign on a case by case basis to make it clearly visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or highway provided necessary structural modifications are made to comply with the International Building Code; and/or
2. Relocate the sign to a point within five thousand two-hundred and eighty (5,280) feet of its prior location, and no closer than five hundred (500) feet from an off-premise sign along the same side of a street, highway or interstate if the sign complies with spacing requirements under section 72-7-507 Utah Code Annotated and is in a C-D, C-N, G-O, M-G, M-U, B-P or P-O zone.
B. Height Adjustment Not Substantial Change: A height adjusted sign under this section does not constitute substantial change to the sign.
C. Visibility: The height adjusted sign may be erected to a height and angle to make it clearly visible to traffic on the main traveled way of the highway as defined above in subsection 17.48.270(A) of this chapter and shall be the same size as the previous sign.
D. Height:
1. "Interstate Height" means a height that is the higher of:
a. Sixty five feet (65') above the ground; and
b. Twenty five feet (25') above the grade of the interstate.
2. The highest point of any off-premise sign, excluding temporary embellishments, shall be:
a. For a non-interstate oriented off-premise sign:
i. if the height of the previous use or structure is 45 feet or higher, the height of the previous use or structure; or
ii. if the height of the previous use or structure is less than 45 feet, the height of the previous use or structure or the height to make the entire advertising content of the off-premise sign visible, whichever is higher, but no higher than 45 feet;
b. For an interstate oriented off-premise sign:
i. if the height of the previous use or structure is at or above Interstate Height, the height of the previous use or structure; or
ii. if the height of the previous use or structure is less than Interstate Height, the height of the previous use or structure or the height to make the entire advertising content of the off-premise sign clearly visible, whichever is higher, but no higher than the Interstate Height.
(Ord. 19-42 § 2: Ord. 19-14)