14-19-120 MEASUREMENT OF REGULATED SIGN AREA
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The official Bountiful code is at https://www.bountiful.gov/197/Land-Use-Code.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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A. Flat or Wall Signs
1.
Sign copy mounted or painted on a
background panel or area distinctively
painted, textured, or constructed as
background for the sign copy shall be
measured as that area contained within the
outside dimensions of the background
panel or surface.
2.
Sign area for copy mounted as individual
letters and/or graphics against a wall or
fascia of a building or other structure that
has not been painted, textured, or other-
wise altered to provide a distinctive
background for the sign copy shall be
measured as the area enclosed by the
smallest single rectangle that will enclose
all sign copy.
3.
For sign copy mounted or painted on an
illuminated sign or architectural element of
a building, the entire illuminated surface or
illuminated architectural element which
contains sign copy shall be counted as sign
area.
B. Monument Signs.
1.
The regulated area of a monument sign
shall include all parts of the sign or structure
that contains identification (words of
symbols) and information.
2.
The height of a ground sign shall be the
distance from the highest point of the sign to
the height of the street or sidewalk.
C. Multiple Face Signs. (including but not limited to freestanding or monument signs):
1.
Single Panel. Measure the area of the
single face only.
2.
Double Panel. If the interior angle between
the top two (2) faces is thirty (30) degrees or
less, the area to be measured will be the
area of one face only. If the angle between
the two sign faces is greater than thirty (30)
degrees, the sign area to be measured will
be the sum of the areas of the two (2) faces.
D.
The regulated area of freestanding signs
shall include all parts of the sign or structure
that contains identification (words or
symbols) and information.
1.
The height of a freestanding sign shall be
the vertical distance measured from the
highest point of the sign to the grade of the
adjacent street, curb, or sidewalk, or the
crown of the street when there is no curb or
sidewalk.
2.
For spherical, freeform, sculptural, or other
non-planer signs, the sign area shall be the
sum of the areas of the four vertical sides of
the smallest polyhedron that will encompass
the sign structure.
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