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Sign Permit — Coalville, Utah · Requirements sheet
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source: https://library.municode.com/ut/coalville/codes/development_code?nodeId=CH27SIRE
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Sign Permit in Coalville, Utah
Coalville City charges a distinct, flat Sign Permit fee of $75 per sign as a Community Development (Planning) Fee, per the Coalville City Fee Schedule (Resolution No. 2024-1, effective 01/08/24, carried forward unchanged into the Resolution No. 2025-1 update presented to the City Council on March 24, 2025). Re-chased 2026-07-20: the Development Code Chapter 27 (Sign Regulations), hosted on Municode Library (library.municode.com/ut/coalville), was successfully retrieved via a reader-proxy fetch with an extended JS-render wait (the platform is a slow-loading Angular SPA that a plain fetch could not render, but rendered fully once given roughly 20 seconds). Section 27-020 (Permit Requirements) lists the required application contents; Section 27-030 (Approval) states the City must approve, approve-with-conditions, or deny a sign permit within thirty (30) days of a complete submittal — Coalville's only city-published sign-permit review-timeline figure; Section 27-050 (Permitted Signs) sets detailed size/height/materials standards by sign type (freestanding, monument, wall, etc.).
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source
When you need this permit
- A Sign Permit is required from Coalville City's Community Development Department before erecting, constructing, altering, or relocating any sign other than exempt signs (Development Code Section 27-070); routine maintenance/repair that doesn't change dimensions, height, message, or copy is not an 'alteration' requiring a new permit, per Section 27-020
- Sign permit application must include: applicant/owner/occupant name, address, phone; location of the structure/parcel; the sign's position relative to nearby buildings, property lines, rights-of-way, sidewalks, and streets; plans/specs showing materials and construction method (including supports, illumination, wiring); a colored rendering of the sign face/colors/surfaces/copy to scale; the installer's name and contact info; written consent from the property owner; and, for temporary signs, the earliest installation date and required removal date — per Development Code Section 27-020
- The Community Development Director (or designated planning staff) must approve, approve with conditions, or deny a complete sign permit application within thirty (30) days of submittal, per Development Code Section 27-030
- Permit fee (per the City's Fee Schedule, $75/sign) is due prior to issuance, for each sign permitted, per Development Code Section 27-030(B)
- Freestanding signs: one per primary vehicular access, max 75 sq ft display area for a single use (100 sq ft for a multi-use parcel), max height 20 ft, min 3 ft setback from right-of-way, natural/wood materials (plastic/Lexan only for individual letters or internally-illuminated cabinets), indirect/internal illumination only — per Section 27-050(A)
- Monument signs: up to 2 per parcel (one per separate primary vehicular access), max 32 sq ft display area, max height 8 ft, stone/stone-veneer/textured-concrete/weather-resistant-wood base, min 3 ft setback — per Section 27-050(B)
- Building (wall) signs: primary wall sign capped at 1 sq ft per linear foot of building facade frontage up to 50 sq ft max (24 sq ft flat cap if no exterior street-facing exposure); secondary wall sign capped at half the primary wall sign's permitted size — per Section 27-050(C)
- Off-premises signs and certain electronic/changeable-copy signs are prohibited citywide except as specifically allowed (Highway Commercial Zone exceptions under Section 27-050(E)/(F)), per Development Code Section 27-060
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Fee schedule
Sign PermitCoalville City Fee Schedule, Community Development (Planning) Fees, item 16: 'Sign Permit: $75/sign.' Confirmed via a March 24, 2025 City Council staff report (Attachment A, 'track changes' fee schedule update to Resolution No. 2025-1); the Sign Permit line is shown in unmarked (non-redlined) text, meaning it was unchanged from the original Resolution No. 2024-1 fee schedule, effective 01/08/24. Development Code Section 27-030(B) confirms the fee is due for each sign permitted, prior to permit issuance.
$75 per sign
Review timeline
Plan reviewCoalville’s published plan-review target
30–30 business days
Inspection process
See the full Coalville inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- Coalville's $75/sign fee has been stable since at least Resolution No. 2024-1 (effective 01/08/24) — it appears unchanged (not redlined) in the City's March 2025 proposed update to Resolution No. 2025-1.
- The City must approve, approve with conditions, or deny a complete sign permit application within 30 days, per Development Code Section 27-030 — this is Coalville's only published sign-permit review-timeline figure.
- Sign-design standards vary significantly by sign type: freestanding signs cap out at 75 sq ft / 20 ft height, monument signs at 32 sq ft / 8 ft height, and primary wall signs at 50 sq ft (1 sq ft per linear foot of facade frontage) — confirm which category applies before designing a sign.
- Coalville's Development Code is hosted on Municode Library (library.municode.com), a slow-loading Angular single-page app — a plain fetch returns only the navigation shell, but the full section text does load given enough time (roughly 20 seconds) for the JS to render.
Frequently asked questions
Coalville requires a sign permit for: A Sign Permit is required from Coalville City's Community Development Department before erecting, constructing, altering, or relocating any sign other than exempt signs (Development Code Section 27-070); routine maintenance/repair that doesn't change dimensions, height, message, or copy is not an 'alteration' requiring a new permit, per Section 27-020; Sign permit application must include: applicant/owner/occupant name, address, phone; location of the structure/parcel; the sign's position relative to nearby buildings, property lines, rights-of-way, sidewalks, and streets; plans/specs showing materials and construction method (including supports, illumination, wiring); a colored rendering of the sign face/colors/surfaces/copy to scale; the installer's name and contact info; written consent from the property owner; and, for temporary signs, the earliest installation date and required removal date — per Development Code Section 27-020; The Community Development Director (or designated planning staff) must approve, approve with conditions, or deny a complete sign permit application within thirty (30) days of submittal, per Development Code Section 27-030; Permit fee (per the City's Fee Schedule, $75/sign) is due prior to issuance, for each sign permitted, per Development Code Section 27-030(B); Freestanding signs: one per primary vehicular access, max 75 sq ft display area for a single use (100 sq ft for a multi-use parcel), max height 20 ft, min 3 ft setback from right-of-way, natural/wood materials (plastic/Lexan only for individual letters or internally-illuminated cabinets), indirect/internal illumination only — per Section 27-050(A); Monument signs: up to 2 per parcel (one per separate primary vehicular access), max 32 sq ft display area, max height 8 ft, stone/stone-veneer/textured-concrete/weather-resistant-wood base, min 3 ft setback — per Section 27-050(B); Building (wall) signs: primary wall sign capped at 1 sq ft per linear foot of building facade frontage up to 50 sq ft max (24 sq ft flat cap if no exterior street-facing exposure); secondary wall sign capped at half the primary wall sign's permitted size — per Section 27-050(C); Off-premises signs and certain electronic/changeable-copy signs are prohibited citywide except as specifically allowed (Highway Commercial Zone exceptions under Section 27-050(E)/(F)), per Development Code Section 27-060. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Coalville City Building Department at (435) 336-5981 before starting work.
Coalville City's Fee Schedule (Community Development / Planning Fees) lists a flat Sign Permit fee of $75 per sign, confirmed via a March 24, 2025 City Council staff report showing this line item unchanged from the prior Resolution No. 2024-1 (effective 01/08/24). Development Code Section 27-030(B) confirms the fee is due per sign, prior to permit issuance.
Per Development Code Section 27-030, the Community Development Director (or designated planning staff) must approve, approve with conditions, or deny a complete sign permit application within thirty (30) days of submittal.
You'll need: Sign Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.
Apply through Coalville City Building Department at 10 North Main Street, P.O. Box 188, Coalville, UT 84017. Phone: (435) 336-5981, email: cityhall@coalvillecity.org. Office hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Official information: https://www.coalvillecity.gov/building-department.
Coalville, Utah has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — current statewide-adopted edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a) (Utah Uniform Building Standard Act), effective 2026-07-01, superseded the 2021 edition (which was itself effective July 1, 2023). Coalville's Building Permit Fees resolution (Res. 2025-1) references the IBC directly for commercial structures and does not codify a separate local building-code chapter, consistent with the statewide adoption model.; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — current statewide-adopted edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b); unaffected by the 7/1/2026 statute revision, continues in force. Coalville's Fee Schedule (Res. 2025-1, Building Permit Fees section) references the IRC directly for residential structures.; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — current statewide-adopted edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d), effective 2026-07-01, superseded the 2021 edition. Coalville's Fee Schedule references the IPC for commercial plumbing permit fee calculation.; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — current statewide-adopted edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e), effective 2026-07-01, superseded the 2021 edition. Coalville's Fee Schedule references the IMC for commercial mechanical permit fee calculation.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — current statewide-adopted edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g); unaffected by the 7/1/2026 statute revision, continues in force. Coalville's Fee Schedule references the NEC for commercial electrical permit fee calculation.; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) with Utah amendments — current statewide-adopted edition per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h), effective 2026-07-01, superseded the 2021 edition.; NOTE: Effective July 1, 2026 (now in force), the 2024 editions of IBC, IPC, IMC, and IECC replaced the 2021 editions statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103 (version effective 7/1/2026, superseded 1/1/2027; text independently re-verified live at le.utah.gov 2026-07-16). The 2021 IRC and 2023 NEC were unaffected and remain in force. This file's codesAdopted list does not carry separate line items for the International Fuel Gas Code, International Existing Building Code, or International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (residential provisions) — all three are also statewide-adopted per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f)/(i)/(n) at the 2024 edition effective 2026-07-01, but no Coalville-specific citation for them was located this session; this is a pre-existing completeness gap in this file, not addressed further here.. Local amendments apply — see the Coalville overview page for the full list.
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