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Sign Permit in Richfield, Utah

Richfield City Code Chapter 17.17 (Signs) — live-read via the city's civiclinQ code-hosting platform on 2026-07-22 — establishes a 'Sign Application' as its own distinct land-use application, separate from a Building Permit. Per 17.17.070, the type of Sign Application required (Temporary (T), Seasonal (S), Permitted (P), or Conditional (C-1 or C-2)) depends on the associated use and is decided by the Zoning Administrator (T/S/P) or the Planning Commission/City Council (C-1/C-2), per 17.17.080. Separately, 17.17.040 (Building Permit Required) states that 'no sign shall be erected, moved, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered unless and until a valid Building Permit Application has been reviewed and approved by the City's Building Official' whenever the Building Code applies (e.g., wall-mounted, footed/foundationed, or electrically-connected signs) — so most substantive signs require BOTH a Sign Application (the zoning/use-approval track) and a Building Permit (the construction track), filed via the same 'Large/Small Building Permit' and CityInspect system documented elsewhere in this file.

Reviewed 2026-07-22 · Source

When you need this permit

  • A complete Sign Application of the correct type (Temporary (T), Seasonal (S), Permitted (P), or Conditional (C-1/C-2)) matching the underlying use, available from the Zoning Administrator per Richfield City Code 17.17.070
  • A valid Building Permit, reviewed and approved by the City's Building Official, for any sign that is erected, moved, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered and is subject to the Building Code (e.g., wall-mounted signs, signs with footings/foundations, or electrically-connected signs), per 17.17.040 — the same Large/Small Building Permit process documented in the residential-building-permit entry of this file
  • A valid business license covering the property/use, per Richfield City Code 17.17.050 (Valid Business License Required)
  • For a Temporary (T) Use sign: removal within forty-five (45) calendar days of Zoning Administrator approval, per 17.17.080; for a Seasonal (S) Use sign: removal within ninety (90) calendar days
  • No permit is required for holiday signs or signs for community-hosted events, provided they are removed within ten (10) days of the holiday/event, per 17.17.080
  • Table 20-2 (Table of Exempt Signs), cross-referenced at 17.17.260, exempts specific sign types outright from any Sign Application — including address numbers, real estate/open-house signs meeting size limits, political signs meeting size/timing limits, window signs, vehicle signs, and several others — provided the sign is not otherwise a prohibited sign under 17.17.190

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Fee schedule

Sign Application / Land Use Application feeRichfield City Code 17.09.140 (Fees), within the same Title 17 Zoning Ordinance, states: 'The Council shall establish a fee schedule for the processing and review of all Land Use Applications required by the City's Land Use Ordinances, and designed to recover the actual or anticipated costs for the review and processing of the Land Use Application. The fee schedule may be amended from time to time by the Council.' This confirms a fee schedule exists and is Council-controlled, but no dollar amount for a Sign Application specifically was found on richfieldut.gov, in the city's 'Land Use Application' intake form (which leaves 'Fees Due' blank for office staff to fill in), or in the DocHub-hosted fee documents (blocked from automated extraction, per the same gap already documented for the residential-building-permit entry in this file). A separate Building Permit fee would also apply when 17.17.040 is triggered, and that fee is likewise unpublished per the residential-building-permit entry. Re-chased 2026-07-23: DocHub's own download/export/pdf/pages API endpoints return only blocked document-metadata JSON regardless of path; a Wayback CDX sweep of all 71 distinct PDFs ever captured on richfieldut.gov turns up no Land Use / Zoning fee-schedule document; and a Utah Public Notice Website (utah.gov/pmn) search for a Richfield-specific Consolidated Fee Schedule notice returns none (only other municipalities' schedules, e.g. Clearfield, South Salt Lake, surface). No Council-adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule document is discoverable from any live primary source. Gap remains unrecoverable; confidence stays partial.
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Review timeline

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Inspection process

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    Building Inspection (when a Building Permit is triggered)

    Per Richfield City Code 17.17.040, the Building Official shall inspect or re-inspect any sign for which a Building Permit has been issued and for which an inspection is required, to ensure conformance with the Land Use Ordinances and the adopted Building Code. No separate inspection is described for signs that only require a Sign Application (i.e., signs not subject to the Building Code).

See the full Richfield inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Richfield's Sign chapter (17.17) is unusually detailed for a city this size: it defines a full set of approval tracks (Temporary, Seasonal, Permitted, Conditional) mirroring the same T/S/P/C-1/C-2 use-category framework the Zoning Ordinance uses for land uses generally, rather than treating signs as a single undifferentiated permit.
  • Table 20-2 (Table of Exempt Signs), per 17.17.260, exempts many everyday sign types outright — address numbers, one unlighted 'Hours of Operation' sign per entrance (max 1 sq ft), residential nameplates (max 2 sq ft), real estate/open-house signs (max 6 sq ft / 4 ft height, removed within 30 days of sale/lease), political signs (max 12 sq ft / 4 ft height, posted no earlier than 45 days before and removed within 10 days after an election), and window signs no larger than the window itself (not allowed in residential zones) — confirm against this table before assuming a Sign Application is required at all.
  • A sign that will be wall-mounted, have footings/a foundation, or have electrical connections still needs a Building Permit under 17.17.040 even if it also qualifies for a Temporary/Seasonal/Permitted Sign Application — the two tracks are not mutually exclusive.
  • No dedicated Sign Application fee amount could be independently verified: the city's fee-bearing documents are hosted on DocHub, whose client-rendered viewer blocks unauthenticated automated PDF extraction — the same pre-existing gap documented for the residential-building-permit, ev-charger-permit, and solar-pv-permit entries in this file. Call the Zoning Administrator (435-896-6439) to confirm the current fee before applying.
  • Richfield's full Title 17 Zoning Ordinance text (including Chapter 17.17) is hosted on hosting.civiclinq.com/richfield, a client-side-rendered single-page application; a static/automated fetch returns only an empty HTML shell (confirmed 2026-07-22, consistent with the same gap already documented in this file's localAmendments for Title 16). The chapter text cited in this entry was obtained by live-rendering the site in an interactive browser session and reading the rendered DOM directly, not via automated fetch.

Frequently asked questions

Richfield requires a sign permit for: A complete Sign Application of the correct type (Temporary (T), Seasonal (S), Permitted (P), or Conditional (C-1/C-2)) matching the underlying use, available from the Zoning Administrator per Richfield City Code 17.17.070; A valid Building Permit, reviewed and approved by the City's Building Official, for any sign that is erected, moved, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered and is subject to the Building Code (e.g., wall-mounted signs, signs with footings/foundations, or electrically-connected signs), per 17.17.040 — the same Large/Small Building Permit process documented in the residential-building-permit entry of this file; A valid business license covering the property/use, per Richfield City Code 17.17.050 (Valid Business License Required); For a Temporary (T) Use sign: removal within forty-five (45) calendar days of Zoning Administrator approval, per 17.17.080; for a Seasonal (S) Use sign: removal within ninety (90) calendar days; No permit is required for holiday signs or signs for community-hosted events, provided they are removed within ten (10) days of the holiday/event, per 17.17.080; Table 20-2 (Table of Exempt Signs), cross-referenced at 17.17.260, exempts specific sign types outright from any Sign Application — including address numbers, real estate/open-house signs meeting size limits, political signs meeting size/timing limits, window signs, vehicle signs, and several others — provided the sign is not otherwise a prohibited sign under 17.17.190. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at (435) 896-6439 before starting work.

No specific dollar figure is published. Richfield City Code 17.09.140 confirms the City Council sets a fee schedule for all Land Use Applications, including Sign Applications, but the actual amount is not posted on richfieldut.gov or independently extractable from the city's DocHub-hosted fee documents. Contact the Zoning Administrator at 435-896-6439 for the current fee.

Richfield does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at (435) 896-6439 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Sign Application (Temporary/Seasonal/Permitted/Conditional). Depending on your project, Richfield may also ask for: Large/Small Building Permit Application (CityInspect / DocHub). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Richfield requires 1 inspection(s) for a sign permit, in order: Building Inspection (when a Building Permit is triggered). Schedule each through Richfield City Building and Zoning Department ((435) 896-6439).

Apply through Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at 75 East Center Street (basement level), Richfield, UT 84701. Phone: (435) 896-6439. Office hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Official information: https://richfieldut.gov/forms-applications/.

Both can apply. Richfield City Code 17.17.070 requires a 'Sign Application' (Temporary, Seasonal, Permitted, or Conditional, matching the underlying use) for most non-exempt signs, decided by the Zoning Administrator or, for Conditional-Use signs, the Planning Commission/City Council. Separately, 17.17.040 requires a Building Permit for any sign subject to the Building Code — for example, a wall-mounted sign, a sign with footings or a foundation, or an electrically-connected sign. A sign can need one or both.

Yes. Richfield City Code Table 20-2 (Table of Exempt Signs), referenced at 17.17.260, lists specific exempt sign types including address numbers, one small unlighted 'Hours of Operation' sign, residential nameplates, real estate/open-house signs meeting size and removal-timing limits, political signs meeting size and timing limits, and window signs (not allowed in residential zones), among others — provided the sign is not otherwise a prohibited sign.

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