H.B. 400 Enrolled

HIGHWAY SIGN OBSTRUCTION
2000 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: John E. Swallow
AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION; AMENDING CERTAIN OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN SIGNS EFFECTED BY NOISE ABATEMENT
OR SAFETY MEASURES, GRADE CHANGES, CONSTRUCTION, OR WIDENING.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
72-7-510.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 72-7-510.5 is enacted to read:
72-7-510.5. Height adjustments for nonconforming signs.
(1) If the view and readability of a nonconforming sign as defined in Section 72-7-510 is
obstructed due to a noise abatement or safety measure, grade change, construction, or widening
along an interstate, federal aid primary highway existing as of June 1, 1991, or national highway
systems highway, the owner may adjust the height of the sign.
(2) A height adjusted sign under this section does not constitute a substantial change to the
sign.
(3) The county or municipality in which the nonconforming sign is located shall, if
necessary, provide for the height adjustment by ordinance for a special exception to its zoning
ordinance.
(4) (a) The height adjusted sign may be erected to a height and angle to make it clearly
visible to traffic on the main-traveled way of the highway and shall be the same size as the previous
sign.
(b) The height adjusted sign under this section may not exceed the height permitted under
this part.