110-2-5 Allowable Signs By Zoning District

1. Valley Commercial CV-1, CV-2 and the Manufacturing MV-1 Zoning Districts. 1. Wall signs. Each freestanding building or complex of buildings is allowed one wall sign per street frontage which shall not exceed five percent of the square footage of the front of the building (linear footage of the front of the building, multiplied by the height of the building; multiplied by five percent) not including false fronts. If multiple units, each unit to be allowed five percent of width of the unit multiplied by the height. 2. Ground/monument sign. Each freestanding building or complex having primary or secondary entry from a street, shall be allowed one ground sign per frontage, not to exceed eight feet in height and 12 feet in width. The sign may be placed on a landscaped, mounded berm up to two feet from grade. Each individual building within the project area may have a ground monument sign and shall meet the requirements of this chapter, with the signs being approved as part of the master signage plan. 3. Entrance ground sign. One entrance ground sign on a multiple building/tenant project may have a maximum sign height of 14 feet and a maximum width of 12 feet. This sign replaces the ground monument sign that is allowed for one of the buildings in a multiple building/tenant project. The entrance ground sign shall be approved as part of the master signage plan. 4. Conditional use. As a conditional use, commercial or manufacturing developments of multiple lots that are developed on an interior section of ground with lots having no frontage along major roads (collector or arterial) will be allowed an entrance ground sign meeting the requirements of this chapter, at the location where the local roads intersect the major road, which lead directly to the development. The entrance ground sign will announce the businesses within the development. Hotels/motels will be allowed "Vacancy/No Vacancy" on this sign. 2. Commercial Valley Resort Recreation Zone (CVR-1), Agricultural Valley (AV-3), Forest Valley (FV-3), FR-1, FR 3, F-5, F-10, and F-40. 1. Nonresidential uses. 1. Wall signs. Each freestanding building or complex of buildings is allowed one wall sign per street frontage which shall not exceed five percent of the square footage of the front of the building (linear footage of the front of the building, multiplied by the height of the building; multiplied by five percent) not including false fronts. If multiple units, each unit to be allowed five percent of width of the unit multiplied by the height. 2. Ground/monument sign. Each freestanding building or complex having primary or secondary entry from a street, shall be allowed one ground sign per frontage, not to exceed eight feet in height and 12 feet in width. The sign may be placed on a landscaped, mounded berm up to two feet from grade. 3. Entrance ground sign. One entrance ground sign on a multiple building project may have a maximum sign height of 14 feet and a maximum width of 12 feet. This sign replaces the ground monument sign that is allowed for one of the buildings in a multiple building/tenant project. The entrance ground sign shall be approved as part of the master signage plan. 2. Residential uses. 1. Single-family and residential units of less than eight units. One wall sign identifying the name of the owner and/or property, not to exceed six square feet is permitted. 2. Multifamily residential uses of eight units or more. One wall sign not to exceed 20 square feet in area is permitted. 3. Subdivision entry signs (monument sign). Each subdivision may be allowed one monument sign, not to exceed six feet in height and ten feet in width. The sign may be placed on a landscaped, mounded berm up to two feet from grade. 3. Destination and recreation resort zone. 1. Nonresidential uses. 1. Wall signs. Each freestanding building or complex of buildings is allowed one wall sign per street frontage which shall not exceed five percent of the square footage of the front of the building (linear footage of the front of the building, multiplied by the height of the building; multiplied by five percent) not including false fronts. If multiple units, each unit to be allowed five percent of width of the unit multiplied by the height. 2. Ground/monument sign. Each freestanding building or complex having primary or secondary entry from a street, shall be allowed one ground sign per frontage, not to exceed six feet in height and ten feet in width. The sign may be placed on a landscaped, mounded berm up to two feet from finished grade. The planning commission may approve up to two ground/monument signs at each main resort entrance/portal when presented as part of a master signage plan as described in section 110-2-3. 3. Portable signs. A-frame or sandwich signs not exceeding nine square feet may be placed outside of a particular subdivision, project or event site; however, the sign must remain within the resort boundary. 4. Banners not to exceed 21 square feet each. Each sign shall be safely secured to a permanent fixture and extend no closer than eight feet to the ground. 5. Changeable copy signs. Manual signs only meeting the requirements as listed in section 110-2-10(b) (Special purpose signs—destination and recreation resort manual changeable copy signs). 2. Residential uses. 1. Single-family and residential units of less than eight units. One wall sign identifying the name of the owner and/or property, not to exceed six square feet is permitted. 2. Multifamily residential uses of eight units or more. One wall sign not to exceed 20 square feet in area is permitted. 3. Subdivision entry signs (monument sign). Each subdivision may be allowed one monument sign, not to exceed six feet in height and ten feet in width. The sign may be placed on a landscaped, mounded berm up to two feet from grade. 3. Sign plan. Within any Ogden Valley recreation and resort zone, at elevations of at least 6,200 feet above sea level, where a master plan has been approved by the planning commission, the planning commission may modify any provision of this chapter by approving a sign plan created by the developer (as defined in the applicable zoning development agreement) if the planning commission determines that the plan is consistent with the approved master plan.