23 of 1963 - Amending Chapter 4 of Title 41 of the Revised Ordinances, relating to signs and structures. ROLL 'CALL Salt Lake City, Utah, April 9 196 3
VOTING Aye Nay
I move that the Ordinance be passed.
Christensen . .
Harrison . .
Romney . . ✓
Smart . . .
Mr. Chairman . ,'` i AN ORDINANCE
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Chapter 4 of Title 41 of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to signs and structures.
Be it ordained by the Board,of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 4 of- Title:`41 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to signs and structures, be, and
the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 4.
SIGNS AND STRUCTURES.
"Sec. 41-4-1. Permission required. It shall be
unlawful for any person to erect or construct any sign,
sign post, sign board, wood or metal awning, permanent
advertisement arch or any other structure, excepting
nameplates, property signs and service signs, as defined
in Section 51-1-5, without first obtaining permission so
to do from the board of commissioners. Application for
such permission shall be in writing, and shall contain
the name of the person for whose benefit the same is made,
the place where such structure is to be erected or con-
structed, the dimensions thereof, the material of which
the same is to be composed, and the manner of construction;
which application shall be accompanied by a print or draw-
ing or tracing of such proposed sign or other structure,
and showing location of same by plot plan.
"Sec. 41-4-2. Standards of construction. All signs
hereafter erected in Salt Lake City shall comply with the
standards of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or other
qualified testing laboratories, and must be constructed
of either metal materials or approved combustible materials
of a combination of both within the limitations and require-
ments of the following tables:
(a) When supporting frame is of metal structure:
If all parts of the sign other than the letters and
decorations are made of metal the area of the display
surface or total face of any sign which may be occupied
or covered by letters and decorations made from or faced
with approved combustible materials shall not exceed a
total area calculated on the following basis:
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FLAT SIGNS AND WALL SIGNS
Area of Total Facing or Display Limitation of area which can be
Surface of Sign Occupied or Covered by
Approved Combustible Materials
100 sq. feet or less Not to exceed 100% of display
surface area
Over 100 sq. feet but not to Not to exceed 100 sq. feet plus
exceed 1500 sq. feet 50% of the difference between
100 sq. feet and the total area
of the display surface
Over 1500 sq. feet Not to exceed 850 sq. feet of the
total display surface area
ROOF SIGNS, PROJECTING SIGNS, AND MARQUEE SIGNS
Area of Total Facing or Display Limitation of area which can be
Surface of Sign Occupied or Covered by
Approved Combustible Materials
100 sq. feet or less Not to exceed 100% of the display
surface area
Over 100 sq. feet but not to Not to exceed 100 sq. feet plus
exceed 2000 sq. feet 25% of the difference between
100 sq. feet and the total area
of the display surface
Over 2000 sq. feet Not to exceed 500 sq. feet of the
total display surface area
(b) When outline frame is of metal structure:
The facings of flat signs, roof signs, wall signs, marquee
signs, and projecting signs for which a permit is required may
be constructed of approved combustible materials provided that
the structure and structural trim of the sign is made of metals
and provided that the total surface area of the face of each
sign is not in excess of 100 square feet. The letters and
decorations mounted upon the face may be made of approved com-
bustible materials.
(c) When outline frame is of combustible material:
If approved combustible materials are used in the structure
or structural trim, such materials shall be reinforced with metal
trim and the area of the display surface or facing which may be
occupied or covered by letters and decorations made from or faced
with approved combustible materials shall not exceed a total area
of the display surface or face of any sign calculated on the basis
established in the following table:
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FLAT SIGNS AND WALL SIGNS
Area of Total Facing or Display Limitation of area which can be
Surface of Sign Occupied or Covered by
Approved Combustible Materials
300 sq. feet but not to exceed Not to exceed 50% of display
2000 sq. feet surface area
Over 300 sq. feet but not to Not to exceed 100 sq. feet plus
exceed 2000 sq. feet 25% of the difference between
100 sq. feet and the total area
of the display surface
Over 2000 sq. feet Not to exceed 500 sq. feet of the
total display surface area
ROOF SIGNS, PROJECTING SIGNS, AND MARQUEE SIGNS
Area of Total Facing or Display Limitation of area which can be
Surface of Sign Occupied or Covered by
Approved Combustible Materials
1000 sq. feet or less Not to exceed 25% of display
surface area
Over 1000 sq. feet but not to Not to exceed 250 sq. feet plus
exceed 2000 sq. feet 10% of the difference between
1000 sq. feet and the total area
of the display surface
Over 2000 sq. feet Not to exceed 350 sq. feet of the
total display surface area
"Sec. 41-4-3. Definitions. The term "approved combustible
materials" as used herein shall be defined as those materials which,
when tested in accordance with the American Standards Association tests
for plastics or materials over 0.050 inches in thickness, burn no
faster than 2.5 inches per minute in sheets of 0.060 inches thickness.
"Sec. 41-4-4. Signs to be illuminated. All signs projecting
beyond the property line a distance of more than 2 feet shall be
electrically illuminated or shall be taken down.
"Sec. 41-4-5. Installation. Every sign hereafter erected shall
be placed not less than 10 feet above the surface of the part of the
public way which any such sign overhangs, and the portion of any such
sign nearest the building against which it is placed shall not be of
greater distance than 2 feet from such building and no sign hereafter
erected shall be permitted to project more than 10 feet beyond the
property line, and all additional provisions required by the Salt
Lake City Zoning Ordinances shall be complied with.
"Sec. 41-4-6. Fees. The owner of person having charge or
control of any sign, awning or shade, as described and authorized by
the ordinances of Salt Lake City, shall pay the City a fee for such
sign, awning or shade; the amount of such fee to be computed by the
following classification schedule:
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(a) Fee schedule. Applicant shall pay a permit fee of
$12.00 for each projection structure to be erected within 10 feet
of city property. For each such structure a fee shall be paid to
the city on the basis of 15e per each square foot of face area for
the first 50 square feet and 12e per square foot for each additional
square foot of surface. Each side of a projection sign or structure
shall be considered as a separate sign or structure in computing the
above fees.
(b) Metal awnings. The fee on all metal awnings as
described and defined herein shall be $12.00 each.
(c) Billboards. The construction permit fee for bill-
boards shall be $12.00 for the erection permit which shall be
obtained and paid for before construction work is commenced. Also
a fee shall be paid at the time of obtaining said permit on the
basis of 3e per square foot for the total face area of such bill-
board.
(d) Flat signs. Flat signs and projecting structures
less than 2 feet from the building shall require a permit fee to
erect in the amount of $12.00 each. A fee of 12e per square foot
of the total face area shall be paid to the city at the time of
erection.
(e) Minimum fees. No fee on any sign or projection
structure of any nature shall be less than $12.00 at the time
of erection.
"Sec. 41-4-7. Duty of sign inspectors. If any sign, pro-
jection structure or advertising display is found by the inspector
of signs to be unsafe or dangerous, or in violation of the Zoning
Ordinances of the city, the person having charge or control or
benefit of such sign, projection structure or advertising display
shall be notified immediately to forthwith repair or render safe
or make conforming such sign, projection structure or advertising
display, and if such sign, projection structure or advertising
display is not repaired or made safe or made conforming within five
(5) days after giving said notice, the sign inspector shall at once
abate and remove said sign, projection structure or advertising
display, and the person having charge, control or benefit of any such
sign, projection structure or advertising display shall pay to Salt
Lake City within five (5) days after written notice mailed to such
person the costs incurred in such removal.
"Sec. 41-4-8. Installations in fire zones 1 and 2. All
electric signs installed in fire zones 1 and 2 and in other zones,
as permitted by Zoning Ordinances, including fixtures designed for
illumination and operating in excess of 600 volts, open circuit
voltage, shall be classified as cold cathode, high voltage equip-
ment. All such signs and fixtures shall be installed so that
persons passing thereby cannot come in contact therewith. All
signs, fixtures and equipment operating at 1000 volts, or more
shall be labeled "CAUTION (add voltage here) VOLTS." Such label
shall be clearly and distinctly legible in letters of not less
than 1/4 of an inch high and visible when equipment is in operation.
Signs, fixtures and equipment operating in excess of 600 volts shall
be located not less than 8 feet vertical or 5 feet horizontal from
any grounded objects and under no conditions shall they be within
10 feet of passages or walkways which may be intended for or used by
other than electrical personnel.
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(a) Materials used in the construction of high voltage
cold cathode signs, fixtures and equipment shall conform to the
ordinances of Salt Lake City and meet the standards of a qualified
testing laboratory. If approved combustible materials are used
the same must be identified by the manufacturer's name or with the
accepted name of the approved combustible materials.
(b) No sign, fixture or device involving electrical
wiring or connections shall be erected or installed in Salt Lake
City except by a licensed and bonded sign person. Firms making
such installations will comply with Title 10 of Salt Lake City
ordinances before making installation or erection of equipment
described in this section.
"Sec. 41-4-9. Penalty. Any person who shall fail to comply
with any of the provisions of this chapter or pay the permit fee
or fees as herein provided for at the time said permit fee or fees
is to be paid shall upon conviction thereof be punished,by a fine
of not less than $25.00 nor more than $299.00 for each offense
and in default of the payment thereof by imprisonment in the city
jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than six (6) months."
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah, this Ninth day of April, ;1963. f,
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BILL NO. 23 of 1963
Published April 16, 1963
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF UTAH,
as.
County of Salt Lake
D M Ockey
Being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is legal advertising
clerk of the DESERET NEWS AND SALT LAKE TELE-
GRAM, a daily (except Sunday) newspaper printed in the Eng-
lish language with general circulation in Utah, and published in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, in the State of Utah.
That the legal notice of which a copy is attached hereto
Salt Lake City Bill No. 23 of 1963.
An Ordinance relating to signs and
structures.
was published in said newspaper on April 16, 1963.
legal Advertising Cler
Subscribed and sworn to before ins this 18th day of
April A.D. 19 63
Notary Public
My Commission Expires
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""""`iAN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Chapter 4 of Title 41 0the Revised
Ordinances Of'GAIW lake Clay,Utah,1955,relating to sons d structures.
1 Be It dAltted 0yy``the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,Utah:
SECTIACN�lhie.Th6r,Chapter 4 of Title 41 of the Revised Ordlnantea of
Salt Lake'City :Utme 1955a.relating to signs and structures,be,and the
same hereby its,amended Ce read as follows:
"CHAPTER 4 (el Nee scneouie A till ant shall pay a permitfee of a12;00
.4 SIGNS AND STRUCTURES. for each protection structure to be erected within 10 feet of city
"Sec. 41-4.1. Permission required. It shall he unlawful for a properly.rly.For such structure a fee shall be paid to the cilv on
to erect or conitruct any sign,sign post,sign board,wood or theper tbasis of 15 cents etch square foot of fare area for the first
person
permanent advertisement arch orany other structure, 50 square feet and 12 cells per square foot for each additional
000eptltwnia ebialea, r prone signs and service Signs, defined in square < n
foot of sar,a .Each side of a rOlecllon slo structure
Sects 51.1-5, without first obtaining permission so to d0 from the shall be considered as a separate sign Or structure in computing
hoard or Commissioners.Application for rsu1D such permission had be n the above lees.
Writing.and shall contain then a of the person for whose shad
the lb)Metal awnings.The fee all metal awnings as described
0e,the place where asi;h structure is to be erected or cam and defined herein shall be S12.00 each.
same is
the dimensions thereof,the material of which Ilse same is tel Billboards.The construction permit fee for billboards hall
I o be composed,and the m of construction; which application he 512.00 for the erection permit which hall be obtained d peld for
shall he accompanied by a print or r drawing or tracing of such Pro. before c n tructson awork scommenced.Also a fee shell be paid at
Posed sign or otherstructure,and showing location of same by plot Ilse time of obtaining said permit On the basis of 3 cents per square
' plan, foot for the total face area
of such billboard.
"Sec.41-4-2.Standards O construction.All igns hereafter erected (d) Flat signs.Flat signs and projecting structures less than
Sall Lake City shall comply with the standards of Underwriters' 2 feet from the building shall require a permit fee to erect In the
Laboratories, Inc.,or other us lified testing laboratories, and must mount of$12.00 each.A foe of 12 cents per square loot of the total
be constructed of ether metalor
materials approved combustible face a shall be paid to te city at the time of erection.
materials or combination 0f both within the limitations and require- (e)Minimum lees.No fee y sign orprotection structure
menu f the following tables: of any n turn hall be less than S12.00 the time of erection.
(a)When supporting frame is t metal structure- "Sec.dl-d 7.Duly of seen inspectors.If a v sign,p o octl0n struc-
ture If all Parts of the sign a Other than theletters and decorations ture oradvortising display is found Cu the Inspector of signs to be
i are adC i metal the area not the display surface or total face of sot o'dangerous,0 ill violation of the Zoning Ordinances of the
sign which may he accunled or covered Co tette's and decorations city.the person or
or caner,or benellt I such sign,pre-<Y
any
from or feted writ e h Ofo following
isaterlals shah not Inchon forthwith
repai or render ate si, ail be notified m di sign,
exceed a totl a c I diedSee NO I L bl NSis: a leoloon s repair reeler sae pl make conforming sprit protection area
FLATr SIGNS AND WALL SIGNS role Iran structure ert ort advertisingispla display,and trade
s orle Cade
Area of Total Fa<ina or Display Limitation of area which can ed confor i or advertising display lad is net repaired or nodrs,then made
SUNoee 01 Sign Cambusti le Covered by Approved 000tor t l at o five at dads after g sad protection
uc In.
Combustible Materials oreacu Shan al once a bad:and removesaidt5 p,o cantro structure
t 100 sp,fl.or less N'cf0 exceed lOC".o of display silt. oradvertising such
display.rot the person c re o charges control or atoll
fi of any s h sign,prithin five
r01 structure oradvertising once ailed
Over 100 5 feet but not to exceed Not to exceedfarea
difference Inc on.feet plus SOY. pas to Salt Lake ei 1Y within rye(it such rem alitten notice mailed
1500 sq.it. of the
and ither total oresbetween the d s' to such
Sec person the costs ti incurred t such removal.
1.
area o -re zones
In fire nz i 1 and s Alls permit signs
play sexcee. Zoning
fire z0 es l dad 2 and cones
leer s, permitted hied by
Over 1500 sp.refit Not to exceed utf sq. rear of the zoning Ordinances,H 000d oil rper cicuita volt voltage,
as
jou illumination and
total 140 E S ling t of 6vo dons,o voltage shall be classified
Yea excesscircuit
ROOF SIGNS,PROJECTING SIGNS,tioQ MARQUEE SIGNSichshell lettalle,high voltage tare< pmenl.All such cannot
and fixtures
on-
A a of Totalo Facing or DIsDIdY Limitation of area which can be shall be installed so hat person d o chant operating c tt01 come i s-
5UYlaee f Slan Combusti re ateria by APprOyetl t l tore w0h.AI'a- s,fixAUTION equip meta peref 1000 VOLTS.'
Such
Combustible Materials Cr m shoe c.labeled'CAUTION eq b donate ers o Vtt less
Shan
100 sq,feet or lass N01 to exceed ICO o of the display label o00, be .eariv a he legible in Ir In of not less than
Of a nun hlgn and tvisit,e y equipment i. Callon.Signs,
Over 1sq sq.feet hilt rot to exceed Not to surface
teed I s feet plus 25q. fixtures andequipment operating in excess of 600 volts oshall be located
2000 sq.feet I}hexdifference hIot sq.
of 1e0 V. 1 not loss:hailna r n vcondil or 5 ale1 horizontal from and grounded
Peel and the IOfal area of the tlia• ' 000no and w under n conditions s snarl they for
or used
10 other of U of
Play surface gas Or walkways which may be intended foY of used by other than
Over 2000 on.feet Not totexceed Soo sq. feet or the electrical personnel.
toms al trY surface area (e) Materials used in e the construction shall 00 or high voltage cold
When outline frame t of metal lsignstructure. cathode signs,City
d and I l equipment shall of a qu to the testing The
tab-
facings of flat ins,too signs,wall signs, ercons sicced of Salt Lake a pru and meal the m standardsl o urn Iflh testing must
and oproyeprotesting.signs for which a Permit required may be cstructure
and den If approved ed combustible materials a used the same
of Apure 1 co or lid 5 materials f provided th of the sded the a be identified the manufacturer's ors name or with the accepted name
total ur area
of ri sign Is made i metals end excess
of that are of the approved combustible umaterials.
feel.surface ere of the taco 01 each sign Is oil see of 100 square cti No Si I ee ore device dninl ding elect l cal wiring f
feel.The lettersc005u and ibe aons mounted upon the aface smay be made connections she;ob erectedg 0installed In Sallmob Lake Con st at by
of approved en outline
materials. llicensed and bonded sign a Firms making such hell,a aklra
ap)When 001bue frame of co are u ea af s nsl os 00 wish Title 10 of Sall Lake est etli In tti ouli making
If approved uc lbtateri materials am used In the structure Installation c.41- r erection of eau not o shalt dt In this ply .
the area
trim,such ay SUrto shall be reinforced s man Pal trimoccupied
and 'Sec.vision. Ot this Any person who shall fail t0 or
ply h a
ny
the re a of the display ecorati or lacing from
o may be occupied o of the nroforeo of this achapter or pay the orrtyp fee of fees as herein sall
covered by letters a d shall not
made from or faced with approved provides for at the time said permit fee fine
feof is to l be paid shall
su1005 r toof materials sign not red a total Is of the in the nor conviction tlon Is f be punished fe boo a fine of nor less than went
combustible
face d table:
of and sign calculated on the basis Ceslablished in the nor mo than.iso n e for each offense and in less
of'hanmays
following fable: foetal`by imprisonment in the city rah for not lass than ten fI01y dads
FLAT SIGNS AND WALL SIGNS hoex Bo6.ard
month..
Area of Total Facing or Display Limitation of red which can be o record than the 05.months.
Commissioners of Sall Lake City, Utah,ihif
Surface of Sign COOcupiedbo Materials by Approved ninth day of April, i963.
J.BRACKEN LEE
300
sq f fe
el but not to exceed Nor to exceed 50999 Of display surface Mayor
000
HERMAN J.HOGENSEN
Over 30D sq.lest but not to exceed Nolreo exceed 100 so.feel plus 25°h City Pdcorder
2000 sq.Ieet of the difference between 100 sq. (SPAL)
f dal and toe total area of the 0is. BILL NO 13 of 1963
play surface Published April 16,1963 (A'46)
Over 2000 us.feet Not i stolaY suo
00 000 aq.feet of the total
ROOF SIGNS,PROJECTING SIGNS,AND MARQUEE SIGNS
Area of Total Facing or Display Ltmileflens of area which can he
Surface of Sign Combustible M cereals by APPros•ed
1000 sq.feet or less Not to exceed 25%of display surface
area
Over 1000 sq.feel but not to exceed Not to exceed 250 sq.feet plus 109e
2000 sq.feel of the difference between 1000 sq.
feet and the total area on the oils.
Over 2000 no.feet NoOlaf,
alto Surface exceed350 sq.feel of the total
d,puro esurface bustlete materials'
'Sec.tosln.halo ins de ned form ed
as used herein shall merle as those materials wont is for
towed
in materials
with the American s ind t is Association tests ter fan
2.5 or sper over n.050 inches. chinches,burn ns. faster roan
2.5"Sec. per mimic sheets of 0nato Inches i p thickness.ding beyond
"Sec.41-1.4.in Signs to be s`.Ivmegated. All signs
the properly line a be take I more than 2 feet shalLlbe electrically
Illuminated h hall to taken a Ever
"Sec. 4ess. Installation.lot Every sign hereafter the erected shall be
way Which
not less than 10 feel above the surface of the Part of the public
which Y such s and the portion of v such seen
nearest the but feet against nuccl lah1ld is placed shell not be of greater
shall be than 2 feet from such build ina and o sign hereafter erected
line, e permitted to protest more than b feel all La the pr corrtY
ona
line,and allt additional complied
sire fired by the Sall Lake CNY 2oninq
Drdi"Sece4 tan hee c Pred wowner
or p an havino charge er, enrol of
"Sec. I.d.d.Fees.The ow or n s
a acing '+ado, nardezcrihted antl uth0nized bv<Ihe ordl-
on;
g„1 de; he a CoVn,Of sJ Ile Iry zmputedt by pm followingIng o ode;chi, 1 of ch fee to be co
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