17.110.110 Signs permitted by zone.
A. Neighborhood Identification Signs. In any zone, a sign, masonry wall, landscaping and other similar materials or features may be combined to form a display for neighborhood or tract identification. If said sign is to be a freestanding structure, it must be a low profile sign and must comply with the provisions set forth in WPCC 17.110.080. Any sign or display must be located so it is not in the clear view area.
B. Subdivision Development Signs. In any zone, the community development director or designee may allow a temporary sign in connection with the marketing of lots or structures in a subdivision, subject to the following conditions:
1. One subdivision development sign per frontage, not to exceed 32 square feet in area within residential, commercial and industrial zones. In commercial and industrial zones, if the property is being marketed by more than one entity, the sign may increase in square footage by 32 square feet for each additional entity to a maximum of 96 square feet. The sign must be approved by the community development director or authorized agent with a one-year limitation per approval. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but not to exceed two years.
2. Any subdivision development sign shall comply with all clear view requirements and be set back from all property lines a minimum of two feet. Subdivision development signs shall be located only on property which the sign is advertising.
C. Construction Signs. In any commercial or industrial zone, one unlighted sign per development not to exceed 96 square feet in area may be placed on the lot or attached to the outside of a building during its construction period. Construction signs shall be set back a minimum of two feet from property lines and out of all clear view areas. Said sign shall identify only the project, its developer, architects, engineers, designers, contractors or other persons or groups participating in the project.
D. Residential Real Estate Signs. Within any residential or agricultural zone, residential real estate signs are allowed. Real estate signs are not to exceed eight square feet in area and six feet in height. Said signs must be located entirely on the property to which they pertain and not in a public right-of-way.
E. Commercial Real Estate Signs. In any commercial zone, commercial real estate signs are allowed. Commercial real estate signs are not to exceed 32 square feet in area and 10 feet in overall height. Said signs must be located out of clear view areas, public rights-of-way and entirely on the property to which they pertain.
F. Campaign Signs. Campaign signs shall meet the following requirements:
1. Posting on Public Right-of-Way. It shall not be lawful for any person to post a campaign sign in the area between the sidewalk and curb and gutter of any public street. No campaign sign may be attached to any utility pole within a public right-of-way. No campaign sign may overhang the travel way or sidewalk in a public right-of-way.
2. Repealed.
3. Limitation of Size of Campaign Signs. In any residential zone, said campaign sign shall not exceed 24 square feet in aggregate on or in front of any parcel and, in any agricultural zone, said campaign sign and combination of signs shall not exceed 64 square feet in aggregate on or in front of any parcel with a minimum 150-foot frontage and two acres. If detached, said signs shall not exceed six feet in height in residential zones and 12 feet in height in agricultural zones. Said sign shall not be erected in such a manner as to constitute a roof sign. In commercial and industrial zones, campaign signs shall not exceed 150 square feet in aggregate on or in front of any parcel and 12 feet in height.
4. Removal of Illegal Campaign Signs. The director of community development or authorized agents are authorized to remove any campaign sign found posted within the corporate limits of the city when such sign is in violation of the provisions of this section. For the purpose of removing campaign signs, the director of community development or authorized agents are empowered to take all steps necessary to remove the unauthorized sign including but not limited to enlisting the aid or assistance of any other department of the city and to secure legal process to the end that all such signs shall be expeditiously removed from any property where posted.
5. Upon discovery, the director of community development or authorized agents shall immediately notify by telephone the candidate, committee or person responsible for the posting of any sign in violation of this section, indicating the location of the sign and that the sign must be removed within five working days. If the address or phone number of the person responsible for the violating sign is not known, the sign shall be removed under the provisions as set forth in subsection (F)(4) of this section.
6. If, after the five-day notice has been given under subsection (F)(5) of this section, any campaign sign has not been removed, the community development director or authorized agents shall remove said campaign sign and keep a record of the location from which the sign was removed. He/she shall store the sign in a safe location for at least 30 days. The community development director or authorized agents shall return any campaign sign upon the payment of the fee provided in subsection (F)(7) of this section.
7. The city shall be entitled to receive the sum of $10.00 for every campaign sign removed by the community development director or authorized agents to cover the expense of removal, notice and storage.
8. In a campaign for elective office, the candidate for such office shall be deemed the person responsible for the posting of campaign signs, unless the candidate first notifies the city recorder and the director of community development of another person who is responsible. In such case, the candidate shall provide the name, address, telephone number, and signed consent of such other responsible person. In a campaign regarding a ballot measure, the president of the committee supporting or opposing such ballot measure shall be deemed responsible, unless said person first notifies the city recorder and director of community development of some other person responsible, in the manner described above. The candidate, or in the case of a ballot measure, the committee president or other responsible person if so designated, shall be liable to pay any fees or costs for the removal and storage of illegal signs as set out herein. Further, such candidate, committee president, or other designated person shall be subject to prosecution for any violation of this chapter.
9. Illegal Signs – Public Nuisance. Campaign signs in violation of this section are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and may be abated as such by the city. The collection of removal fees shall not preclude the city from prosecuting any person for violating this chapter.
G. Trespassing Signs. In any commercial or manufacturing zone, any number of signs not exceeding six square feet each and placed a minimum of 50 feet apart may be attached to a structure, fence, or may be freestanding. In no case shall a trespassing sign be placed at a height greater than eight feet above the finished grade immediately below the sign. No permit shall be required for this type of sign. In residential zones, any number of trespassing signs not exceeding three square feet each and placed a minimum of 50 feet apart may be attached to a structure, fence, or may be freestanding. In no case shall a trespassing sign be placed at a height greater than six feet above the finished grade immediately below the sign. No permit shall be required for these types of signs.
H. Home Occupation Signs. Within any zone, home occupation signs are allowed. Home occupation signs are not to exceed four square feet in area and must be attached to the home.
I. Civic, Institutional, or Philanthropic Signs. Within any agricultural or residential zone, civic, institutional or philanthropic signs are an administrative conditional use. They are an allowed use in all other zones. The review by the community development director or designee shall be based on compliance with the following standards:
1. When detached, said signs are not to exceed 16 feet in height and 60 square feet in sign area and have a minimum of a 10-foot setback from any public right-of-way.
2. Said signs shall be located on the property to which they pertain and upon which civic, institutional, or philanthropic use is ongoing.
3. Civic, institutional or philanthropic signs may be illuminated but the source of illumination shall not be visible; no flashing or intermittent illumination shall be employed.
4. Attached sign area shall be determined by one square foot of sign area for every one lineal foot of building frontage at the main entrance not to exceed 250 square feet.
5. Said signs may only be placed on a parcel of property that is a minimum of one acre and has a minimum lot frontage of 100 feet.
J. Low Profile Signs. Low profile signs are required in all commercial and industrial zones and shall be allowed in conformance with the following provisions:
1. Low profile on-premises or identification signs will be allowed in all commercial, professional and manufacturing zones; provided, that these signs:
a. Must have a minimum front setback of five feet.
b. Must have a minimum setback from any driveway or traffic access as required in WPCC 17.110.080.
c. Must be incorporated into a landscape design scheme or planter box with a minimum of a two-to-one ratio of landscaping to sign area. Shall be limited to a maximum of six feet in height. Sign height is to be measured from the average grade of the area around the base of the sign.
d. Must be separated from any other detached sign by a minimum of 150 feet unless all of the following criteria apply: a business or businesses do not have direct exposure on an arterial street, the minimum separation is 75 feet, the business or businesses shall have no other sign exposure on an arterial street, and all other provisions of this section are complied with.
2. Square footage shall be counted towards the maximum area allowed on the parcel as specified in subsection (K)(1)(c) of this section.
3. There shall be no changeable copy.
K. Detached Signs – Area and Location – Commercial and Industrial Zones. Within the N-C, C-C, R-C, and industrial zones, signs are permitted as follows:
1. Detached Signs – Area Requirements.
a. One detached on-site sign for each developed parcel not exceeding one square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage within the first 10 feet of setback not to exceed 200 square feet of total sign area.
b. Where a developed parcel has an excess of 300 lineal feet of street frontage on an arterial street and contains at least five acres, one additional freestanding sign may be allowed.
c. Maximum Detached Sign Area. There shall not be more than 200 square feet of detached sign area per parcel.
d. Where a developed parcel is permitted to have more than one detached on-site sign under these regulations, the distance between said detached signs on the parcel shall be not less than 200 lineal feet.
e. Where a parcel does not have frontage on a public street, one detached sign may be allowed on site as approved by the community development director, or one detached sign may be located on an adjacent parcel with frontage on a street, upon approval by the community development director after receiving proof of acceptability by the adjacent parcel owner. The allowable square footage of the sign shall be determined by the width of the parcel at the front setback line of the building applying for the sign. One square foot of sign area is allowed for each lineal foot of parcel width up to a maximum of 200 square feet for a single business and up to 400 square feet in aggregate for more than one business.
2. The maximum height limit for detached signs shall be as follows:
a. In the N-C zone: 20 feet above average grade of the front property line.
b. In the C-C and R-C zones: 30 feet above average grade of front property line.
3. A detached sign may consist of more than one sign panel, provided all such sign panels are attached to one common integrated sign structure and any additional panels must meet minimum clearance as designated in subsection (K)(6) of this section. The total area of all such panels shall not exceed the maximum allowable sign area specified for a detached sign on said parcel. Where a sign message consists of separated or individual letters, modules, or symbols, each portion of said sign message shall not be considered as one sign panel. In such cases, a single continuous perimeter completely surrounding the sign message shall be utilized to determine its sign area.
4. On corner lots, a single sign is permitted. The total area for all detached signs shall not exceed 200 square feet. Said maximum allowances, however, are not transferable either in whole or in part from one street frontage to another. When a sign is erected at the street intersection corner of the parcel, or at the intersection of a building front, and is situated at an angle so as to be visible from both streets or both frontages, said sign shall not exceed the maximum area allowed for the longest front footage of building occupancy or street frontage. The area of such sign shall be deducted from the total area and number of signs permissible on said property.
5. No detached sign shall project over a public right-of-way. Detached signs shall have a two-foot setback from all property lines. The two-foot setback is determined from the leading edge of the detached sign. Where a detached sign has a two-foot or more base width from ground level to a height of 10 feet, the base of said sign shall be located a minimum of 10 feet from any front property line and shall not be located in any clear view area.
6. A detached sign shall have a minimum clearance of 10 feet between the ground surface and the bottom of the sign; provided, that the community development director may reduce this clearance if the sign is not illuminated with exposed neon tubing and is located in an area not accessible to pedestrian or vehicular traffic or if an acceptable site feature is constructed to protect said pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The minimum clearance shall not be reduced where a traffic hazard may be created. In no case shall this clearance be reduced to less than six feet.
7. Gas station canopies are considered a sign and shall be allowed in addition to the maximum allowed detached sign space explained above. Gas station canopy signs are permitted as follows:
a. Maximum Sign Area. Sign copy, corporate logos, etc., may be a maximum of 15 percent of one face of the canopy;
b. No More Than Three Sides. Up to three sides of the canopy may be used for a sign;
c. Maximum Height. The height of the top of the canopy may not exceed 20 feet from grade and no canopy fascia may exceed four feet in height;
d. Maximum Font Size. Individual letters, logos or symbols may not exceed four feet in height and may not project out from the surface of the canopy more than 18 inches, or project above or below the canopy;
e. Gas Prices. Gas prices are not allowed on, attached to, or hanging from the canopy;
f. The remaining canopy fascia may include corporate insignia, colors, stripes, or other decor so long as it does not include wording, letters, or symbols, and is not illuminated nor project from surface.
L. Attached Signs. Said attached signs shall be allowed as follows:
1. Attached signs are not to exceed a total area of three square feet of sign area for each front foot of building occupancy (see “front footage of building occupancy” definition). Said signs may be placed flat against a building, may be projecting or nonprojecting signs, and may be located on an architectural projection. In the P-O zone, there shall not be more than 50 square feet of sign space in total per tenant.
2. Signs placed flat against a building may extend no more than 18 inches from the wall of such buildings. Said signs may project over a public right-of-way a distance not exceeding said 18-inch depth. The minimum heights shall be 10 feet or more above the sidewalk.
3. Signs on Awnings or Canopies. Awnings or canopies including electric awning signs may be placed on buildings in any commercial or industrial zone. Awnings or canopies shall be mounted a minimum of eight feet above the ground surface. The area of any logo or insignia message shall be calculated and shall comply with the provisions outlined in this section.
4. Signs for Other Than Ground Floor Use. In any commercially zoned property where there are businesses above the ground floor of a building and such businesses are different from the ground floor uses, one additional sign per building placed flat against the building may be erected for all such uses. Said signs shall not exceed one square foot of sign area for each two lineal front feet of building frontage.
5. Attached Signs in Agricultural Zones. Attached signs in agricultural zones shall be a permitted use and shall have the additional following requirements:
a. Size shall be determined by one square foot of sign area for every one lineal foot of building frontage at the main entrance not to exceed 200 square feet.
b. Said sign shall not be illuminated.
M. Permanent and Temporary Window Signs. Except in the residential and agricultural zones, for each ground floor occupancy of a building not more than two permanent signs may be painted on or otherwise displayed from the inside surface of any window, showcase or other similar facility. Said signs shall be in addition to those signs permitted under the other provisions of this chapter. The total area of such signs, in combination with temporary window signs, shall not exceed 30 percent of the total window area.
N. Electronic Message Sign.
1. Electronic message signs shall be allowed in C-C and R-C zones as permitted signs. Said signs may be attached, detached, or low profile signs. The square footage of these signs shall be counted into the maximum sign area.
2. Electronic message signs may be allowed by conditional use permit in the N-C zone. Said signs may be detached or attached. The square footage of these signs shall be counted into the maximum sign area.
3. Electronic message signs shall not be allowed in the P-O zone.
4. Said signs shall not cause glare or rapid blinking, nor be intensely lighted that may create a nuisance or hazard to vehicular traffic, pedestrians or adjacent properties. These signs shall have a minimum of three-second intervals between screen changes. Any time an electronic message sign is operating between sunset and sunrise, said signs shall be set at not more than 40 percent of the maximum capable light output.
O. Sign Clearance and Illumination. The following regulations shall apply to sign clearance and sign illumination:
1. In all other zones, illuminated signs may be of direct or indirect illumination. All exterior sign lighting shall be shielded and downward directed.
2. No permit for any sign shall be issued and no sign shall be constructed or maintained which has less horizontal or vertical clearance from communications lines and energized electrical power lines than that prescribed by the laws of the state of Utah or rules and regulations duly promulgated by agencies thereof.
P. Moving Signs. No sign or any portion thereof shall be permitted which rotates more than eight complete revolutions every 60 seconds.
Q. Temporary Directional Signs. In any zone, a sign giving direction to a specific location for any public or private event may be placed under the following conditions:
1. No more than two of said signs may be placed on a parcel of property.
2. No such signs shall be placed on public property of any kind.
3. Said signs must have a setback of one foot from any sidewalk or street right-of-way line, whichever is greater.
4. Permission must be granted by the landowner as indicated in WPCC 17.90.050.
5. Said signs may be displayed five days before and after the event, not to exceed 45 days.
6. Said signs shall not exceed three feet in height or, when placed into a clear view area, two feet in height.
7. Said signs shall not exceed six square feet in sign area measured on one sign face individually, or 18 square feet collectively.
R. Temporary Signs. A business may advertise with temporary signs a special service or product. A permit shall be obtained from the community development department and is valid for a time period specified below. All wind or forced air signs are considered to be temporary and are subject to all regulations.
S. Temporary Noncommercial Signs in Residential and Agricultural Zones. Residents within residential and agricultural areas may have noncommercial signs aside from home occupation signs for special or holiday events. Banners shall not exceed 24 square feet. Other such temporary noncommercial signs shall include tree lights, holiday displays, decorative lighting, and community and ecclesiastical messages without limitation in size. Said signs shall not be displayed for more than 90 days per any 12-month period.
T. Flags/Banners Requiring Approval. In addition to the above-mentioned requirements, businesses that are considered to have permanent outdoor retail space may, with a special one-time permit issued by the community development director or designee, use flags or banners on any number of parking area light poles or on a single pole in conjunction with governmental flags. The community development director shall use the following criteria for approval/revocation of additional flags and/or banners:
1. The applicant shall present to the community development director drawings, representations or other types of visual aids to ensure that what is approved will comply.
2. The applicant shall provide sizes and numbers of all flags or banners.
3. The proposal must be of a similar look with neighboring development in terms of size, color and volume.
4. The community development director has the right to revoke this permit if the applicant has misrepresented any aspect of the proposal or the flags/banners become tattered, discolored or the applicant has violated any provisions of this code. [Ord. 08-17-2021B § 2 (Exh. A)].