Sign Permit in Unincorporated Kane County, Utah

When you need this permit

• All signs must comply with KCLUO Chapter 9-16 (Signs), which regulates location, size, height, number, lighting, and type; the chapter's primary intent is signs of a commercial nature visible from a vehicular right-of-way — KCLUO 9-16-1
• Several small/non-commercial sign types are exempt from Chapter 9-16 entirely: residential identification signs ≤4 sq ft, temporary window/wall sale signs, official traffic/government signs, noncommercial flags/pennants, temporary school/church event signs, signs permanently affixed to licensed vehicles, one nonilluminated real estate sign ≤6 sq ft (removed within 10 days of sale/rent/lease), election signs (removed within 7 days of the election), and yard/garage sale signs (removed within 1 week) — KCLUO 9-16-1(A)-(I)
• Permit applications for a sign are filed on the county's standard building permit form with the Building Official — there is no separate 'sign permit' application form; the sign permit fee IS the standard valuation-based Building Permit Fee — KCLUO 9-16-7(B)-(C)
• Off-premises signs (billboards) in Commercial (C) and Manufacturing (M) zones additionally require a Conditional Use Permit reviewed by the Kane County Planning Commission/Land Use Authority under KCLUO Chapter 15 before the building permit is issued — KCLUO 9-16-7(B); confirmed via an actual approved case: an 8'x16' (128 sq ft) off-premises billboard on a C-1 lot in the New Paria Subdivision, approved by staff recommendation August 23, 2023
• Sign-by-zone dimensional table (KCLUO 9-16-5): in the C (Commercial) zone — off-premises sign max 128 sq ft / 25 ft height / 1 per parcel / 15 ft setback; on-premises ground or projecting sign max 56 sq ft / 25 ft height / 15 ft setback / 1 per parcel; window sign max 12 sq ft per use; wall sign max 25% of wall face; monument sign max 56 sq ft / 10 ft height / 10 ft setback (only if no ground/projecting sign used); roof and balloon signs require conditional use review. Construction signs (all zones): max 96 sq ft / 12 ft height, removed within 6 months of final inspection/full occupancy. Bed-and-breakfast signs: max 6 sq ft, no lights in residential zones. Subdivision entrance signs: max 6 ft height, no lights in residential zones. Signs are NOT PERMITTED in the R (Residential) zone at all
• In the M (Manufacturing) zone, off-premises sign size scales with distance from the state right-of-way (20 sq ft at 0 ft up to 128 sq ft at 50+ ft, per a graduated table), with 500 ft minimum spacing between off-premises signs adjacent to an interstate — KCLUO 9-16-5
• No sign may exceed 25 feet in height except as otherwise detailed by sign type in the 9-16-5 table — KCLUO 9-16-5
• All signs must be constructed per the current federal/state/local/national electrical code adopted by Kane County; freestanding signs must be self-supporting (no swinging suspension); signs may not be installed closer than 36 inches horizontally or vertically from any overhead electrical conductor or guy-wire — KCLUO 9-16-6
• Prohibited outright: abandoned signs, A-frame signs, snipe signs, signs on parked vehicles/trailers used primarily to display the sign, and obscene/indecent signs — KCLUO 9-16-4(F)
• Kane County's own Building Department FAQ separately lists 'signs' among the project types requiring engineering (a licensed Utah PE stamp) outside prescriptive code paths
• Signs along U.S. 89, State Road 9, U.S. 89A, and State Road 14 additionally require a UDOT permit under the Utah Outdoor Advertising Act after all Kane County approvals are obtained — KCLUO 9-16-2; the approved 2023 billboard case required an online UDOT application after county approval