Section 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. Utah Admin. Code R933-2-16
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-20, effective 9/23/2015