Utah Admin. Code R933-2-16 - Official Signs
(1) Prerequisites
for erection and maintenance.
(a) Prior to
erection of an official sign the public agency shall submit to the Outdoor
Advertising Control Program, a completed permit application on an approved
departmental form (Outdoor Advertising Permit Application). The form shall be
completed in accordance with the instructions on the application.
(b) The sign shall be erected off the highway
right-of-way, owned and maintained by the political subdivision, and located
within the zoning jurisdiction of the political subdivision.
(2) Standards, Criteria and
Restrictions.
(a) Only information of general
interest to the traveling public may be placed on an official sign. Commercial
advertising of a particular service, product or facility is prohibited.
(b) The sign shall be within the
zoning jurisdiction of the city, town, or other public agency designated by the
sign.
(c) No city, town or other
political subdivision of the state may erect or maintain more than one sign at
each approach to the off-ramp, facing oncoming traffic at the nearest point of
turn off to a city, town or other political subdivision and in no event may
more than two official signs, one for each direction of travel upon the
controlled highway, be erected and maintained by or for the purpose of
designating a city or town or other subdivision.
(d) No official sign may be located within
2,000 feet of an interchange or intersection at grade along the interstate
highway system, measured from the nearest point of pavement widening at the
exit from the main traveled way.
(e) No official sign may be so illuminated as
to interfere with the effectiveness of, or obscure, an official traffic sign,
device, or signal.
(f) Signs that
are not effectively shielded so as to prevent light from being directed at any
portion of the traveled way of a controlled route, or that cause glare or
impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or that otherwise
interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle, are prohibited.
(g) Any official sign erected or
maintained under the Act and this rule may at any time be removed for cause and
without compensation after a Notice of Agency Action is issued, if required.
The owner of any official sign shall remove the sign at its own cost and
expense.
(h) Official signs shall
remain static and not be permitted or converted to digital display formats such
as CEVMS signs.
(i) An Outdoor
Advertising Permit for an Official Sign may not be transferred and may not
display off-premises advertising.
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