A. Permit Required: No billboard shall be erected, relocated, reconstructed or enlarged without obtaining a building permit. These signs shall be subject to the appropriate provisions of the Building Code.
B. Site Plan: All applications for sign permits shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to a scale showing the exact size, location and ownership of record for the site; the exact size of any existing signs and any proposed signs (including elevation drawings) and the proposed location of the new sign with relation to buildings and property lines.
C. Number Of Billboards: The number of billboards allowed in the City shall be limited to the number of billboards that have received a legal South Weber City permit as of the time of adoption of this chapter. The number of billboards in the City shall never increase. A new billboard shall only be permitted as replacements or relocations of an existing billboard as permitted by this title.
D. Permitted And Prohibited Locations: Billboards shall be permitted in the following areas:
1. I-84 Corridor: Billboards shall be permitted in any Nonresidential Zoning District along the I-84 corridor, within three hundred feet (300') of the I-84 centerline, measured to the nearest support column or pole.
2. Highway 89 Corridor: Billboards shall be permitted in any Nonresidential Zoning District along the Highway 89 corridor, within three hundred feet (300') of the highway centerline, measured to the billboard pole.
E. Removal Of Billboards; Demolition Permit Required: Prior to the removal of any billboard in South Weber City the following requirements must be met:
1. Permit Required: Billboards may be removed by the billboard owner only after obtaining a demolition permit from South Weber City. Owners that do not obtain the appropriate demolition permit shall forfeit the right to reconstruct, relocate, build or convert any billboard that is removed without a permit.
2. Application: Application shall be made by obtaining a demolition permit provided by the City building official.
F. Relocation Of Billboards; Building Permit Required:
1. The owner of a billboard may relocate a billboard from any conforming or nonconforming site to a conforming, approved location only after a permit is obtained as set forth in this title and must comply with other provisions of this chapter.
2. Billboards moved to an approved location shall conform with all sign requirements of the new location.
3. Billboards in nonconforming locations shall not be permitted to convert or enlarge the sign face.
4. Owners relocating billboards from a conforming or nonconforming location to a conforming location shall install the relocated billboard within twenty four (24) months of the issuance of a demolition permit, with not more than two (2) extensions of up to one year each granted by the building official. If the billboard is not installed within the maximum allowed time frame, then the ability to relocate said billboard is forfeited.
G. Maintenance Of Billboards:
1. Each billboard shall be maintained in a safe, presentable, and good condition; including the replacement of defective parts, painting, cleaning, removal of old or dilapidated advertisements and other acts required for the maintenance of said sign.
2. For any structural changes to an existing billboard, a building permit shall be required.
H. Height, Size, Spacing, And Setbacks: All billboards within South Weber City shall adhere to the following requirements for height, size, spacing and setbacks:
1. Billboard Height: Billboards shall not exceed a height of sixty five feet (65') above the highest point of the grade of the highway toward which the billboard is oriented at a point perpendicular to the billboard.
2. Billboard Size: Billboards are limited to six hundred seventy two (672) square feet for each face.
Billboards (digital and nondigital) are allowed up to two (2) faces that are on opposite sides of the billboard.
3. Billboard Spacing: Spacing of billboards shall follow current State code.
4. Billboard Setbacks:
a. No billboard shall be closer than five feet (5') to a front property line, or right-of-way line measured to the closest edge of the billboard.
I. Digital Billboards: In addition to the following requirements, digital billboards shall adhere to the same size, height, spacing, setbacks and locations as all other standard billboards:
1. Video animation shall be prohibited including text, image or graphic scrolling and animated advertisement transitions;
2. Digital billboard advertisements shall have a minimum dwell time of eight (8) seconds and a maximum rotation time of one- fourth (0.25) second;
3. Digital billboard advertisements shall not blink, flash, pulse, twinkle or similar, or be lit by any outside light source;
4. Digital billboards that are three hundred feet (300') or closer to any legally occupied dwelling may be required to adhere to a curfew as required below:
a. If a billboard is within three hundred feet (300') of a legally occupied dwelling and is within a one hundred twenty degree (120°) radius area measured from the center point of the digital billboard face then this billboard face shall adhere to the curfew; or
b. If a billboard is within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a legally occupied dwelling and is within a thirty degree (30°) radius area measured from the center point of the digital billboard face and beginning at the one hundred twenty degree (120°) line then this billboard face shall adhere to the curfew;
c. The curfew shall be lifted in the event of the need for emergency messages.
5. All digital billboards shall be equipped with an automatic dimmer control or other mechanism that automatically controls the sign's brightness and display period;
6. Digital billboards 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');
7. Digital billboards shall not be larger than six hundred seventy two (672) square feet;
8. After installation, the applicant shall certify that the billboard has been tested and complies with the motion, dwell time, brightness, rotation time, and all other requirements herein. The City may request certification of compliance at any time;
9. A building permit shall be required for the conversion of any billboard face. (Ord. 13-17, 11-12-2013)