10-16-3 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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The official Fruit Heights code is at https://www.fruitheights.gov/201/Municipal-Code.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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The following provisions apply to all signs located in the city. No sign shall be erected, replaced, reconstructed, maintained, enlarged, or moved to a new location unless it complies with the requirements set forth in this section:
A. Permit Required: No sign shall be erected in the city without first having obtained a permit from the building inspector. All applications for a sign permit shall be reviewed and approved by the zoning administrator. Applications for sign permits shall be accompanied by a plot plan drawn to scale showing the size and location of the sign on the premises.
B. Lighted Signs: No lighted or animated sign shall be installed or located to permit the direct rays of light to project beyond the property on which the sign is located so as to constitute a nuisance or hazard to the adjacent property owners.
C. Projection Of Signs: No part of any sign shall be attached to any building or other structure or otherwise be located in such a way as to project across any property lines.
D. Clearance: There shall be a minimum clearance of ten feet (1O') between a pedestrian walkway or vehicular accessway and any part of a projecting or freestanding sign.
E. Signs On Public Property: No sign or pole shall be erected on publicly owned land or inside street rights of way. No sign, handbill, poster, advertisement or notice of any kind, whether political or otherwise, shall be fastened, placed, posted, painted or attached in any way in or upon any curbstone, lamppost, telephone pole, power pole, electric line, hydrant, tree, rock, sidewalk or street; except that signs owned and erected by a public agency or its authorized representative that are required by law or which are for the direction and/or safety of the public may be erected on publicly owned land.
F. Animated And Flashing Signs: No sign shall be erected within the city which is so designed and/or operated to have moving mechanical parts or to be flashing, nor shall signs be located in such a manner that they will materially or practically tend to create a traffic hazard.
G. Sound: No signs shall be permitted which has been designed for the purpose of emitting sounds.
H. Maintenance: Every sign shall be kept in good and sightly condition. The zoning administrator may require dilapidated and/or unsafe signs to be put in good condition, and upon failure of the owner to do so within thirty (30) days of receiving written
notice, the city may order such sign to be removed or demolished at the expense of
the owner.
I. Exemptions: Signs for a temporary, personal, or nonbusiness event shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Such signs include notices for garage sales, open house signs, lost and found notices, etc. (Ord. 2004-03, 7-20-2004)