For each place of business or occupancy, the following types of signs shall be permitted in conformance with the standards set forth.
(A) Nonresidential zones.
(1) Attached freestanding signs five feet or less in height shall meet the following requirements: There may be one such sign for each frontage of the property, plus one additional sign for each 100-foot increment of said frontage in excess of 100 feet. Said signs shall be placed not closer than 50 feet apart. In the case of a parcel of property having multiple occupations with a common frontage, the FRONTAGE shall be deemed to be that of the entire commonly used parcel of property and not the frontage of the individual business or occupations.
(2) Attached freestanding signs over five feet in height shall comply with the following provisions.
(a) There may be one such sign on each street frontage and one additional sign for any portion of each such frontage in excess of 200 feet. The size of any such additional sign shall be determined by counting as frontage that portion of each frontage which is in excess of 200 feet.
(b) No such sign shall exceed 25 feet in height.
(c) No such sign shall project over a property line, nor more than five feet into any required front yard.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, every wall sign and painted wall sign in a commercial zone shall comply with the following requirements.
(a) There may be two such signs for each building face. No building shall be deemed to have more than four building faces.
(b) No part of any such sign shall extend above the top level of the wall upon, or in front of, which it is situated.
(c) No such sign, including any light box or structural part, shall project more than 12 inches from the face of the part of the building to which it is attached. No copy is permitted on the sides of any such sign.
(4) Projecting signs shall comply with the following requirements.
(a) No projecting signs shall exceed 50 square feet in area.
(b) There may be not more than one projecting sign for the front of each business establishment.
(c) No projecting sign shall project more than five feet from the front line of the building, nor any closer than two feet to the curb and gutter.
(5) Roof signs shall comply with the following requirements.
(a) There shall be not more than one such sign for the roof of each business establishment.
(b) No part of any such sign shall extend more than five feet above the highest point of the roof.
(c) No part of any such sign shall project beyond the front line of the building.
(d) No roof sign shall be erected in such a manner that there is any visual support.
(e) No part of any such sign shall have any animation.
(6) Regarding off-premises signs and billboards:
(a) 1. Billboards shall be permitted in any nonresidential zoning districts adjacent to Interstate 70 and U.S. Routes 89 and 50. Signs located along or adjacent to highways shall also comply with UDOT standards; and
2. Billboards along highways must be located within 200 feet of the highway centerline, measured to the billboard pole. Billboards within the county must be in compliance with this subchapter and the State Outdoor Advertising Act as found in U.C.A. § 72-7-501 et seq.
(b) The maximum height of an off-premises sign shall be 35 feet;
(c) Shall not exceed 300 square feet in size; and
(d) Billboards must be located at least 1,000 linear feet from any other billboard located on the same side of the street, and at least 500 linear feet from an interstate exchange, as measured from any part of the billboard to the nearest portion of any other off-premises sign or off-premises electronic display sign, or to the nearest right-of-way line of the interchange.
(B) Residential zones. The following signs shall be permitted in residential zones throughout the county:
(1) A single-property identification sign containing only the address of the property and a personal name.
(a) The sign may not exceed four feet in height or six feet in width; and
(b) The sign may not advertise a business or commercial activity other than home occupations.
(2) Nameplates or signs indicating the existence of a home occupation:
(a) Within any zone, home occupation signs are allowed. Home occupation signs must be attached to the home; and
(b) Signs shall not exceed eight square feet.
(3) Temporary signs; and
(4) Residential development entrance signs. A sign may be placed at the entrance of a residential subdivision, planned residential urban development or manufactured home park advertising the name of the development or subdivision.
(a) The sign must be within the boundary of the development that is named on the sign.
(b) A maximum of two entrances may have signs placed at them.
(c) Signs must be set back ten feet from any property line or public right-of-way.
(d) Signs proposed to exceed five feet in height and ten feet in width shall require approval by the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 2020-9-1, passed 9-14-2020) Penalty, see § 10.99