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Sign Permit in Cedar Hills, Utah

Required in Cedar Hills for erecting, altering, or relocating a sign, under City Code § 10-5-26 (Signs), added by Ordinance No. 3-7-2006B. The ordinance text itself does not publish a specific dollar fee — it requires 'a new fee paid' upon permit renewal without stating the amount. Re-chased 2026-07-20: the dollar figure was located and confirmed by fetching the city's live Fee Schedule page (cedarhillsutah.gov/page/fee-schedule) through a reader-proxy (r.jina.ai), which surfaced a direct link to the city's official 'Current Fee Schedule' PDF (effective 07/01/2026). That PDF's Administration table lists 'Sign Permit — $1.00 — Per Sign, Per occurrence — Resolution 04-18-2006C.' The table cell text was column-jumbled on plain pdftotext extraction, so the row was confirmed by rendering page 2 of the PDF to a PNG image and reading it visually.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • All signs require a permit or approval from the City; it is unlawful to erect, alter, or relocate a sign without first obtaining a sign permit, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(d)
  • Application shall be made on a City-provided form and may include a site plan, sign layout, and elevation of existing and future buildings, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(a)
  • A permit expires and becomes void if work is not commenced, or is suspended/abandoned, within 60 days of the permit date; a new permit and a new fee are then required, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(b)
  • All signs must bear a City of Cedar Hills sign insignia furnished by the Zoning Administrator at permit issuance, installed in a visible, legible, and accessible location, per § 10-5-26(C)(4)
  • Written consent of the property owner is required before erecting a sign on their property, per § 10-5-26(C)(5)
  • Billboards, animated/flashing signs, marquee signs, movable/portable signs, roof signs, rotating signs, snipe signs, and most window signs are expressly prohibited, per § 10-5-26(C)(2)
  • Short-Term Signs and Campaign Signs do not require a permit, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(f)
  • Residential Zone signs: most allowed sign types capped at 8 sq ft area and 6 ft height; temporary signs allowed up to 3 months in any 6-month period; signs on undeveloped parcels capped at 24 sq ft and 10 ft height
  • Commercial Zone signs: most allowed sign types capped at 8 sq ft area and 6 ft height for temporary signs (2-month period); monument signs allowed only at locations approved during final development approval; project approval signs capped at 32 sq ft and 10 ft height

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Fee schedule

Sign Permit FeeCedar Hills official Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026), Administration table: 'Sign Permit — $1.00 — Per Sign, Per occurrence — Resolution 04-18-2006C.' Confirmed 2026-07-20 by rendering page 2 of the current fee-schedule PDF to a PNG image and reading it visually, since plain text extraction column-jumbled the table. The same fee also applies to a required renewal ('a new fee paid') when a permit expires per City Code § 10-5-26(C)(3)(b), since the ordinance does not carve out a separate renewal-fee amount.
$1.00 per sign, per occurrence

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    Tips

    • Cedar Hills' sign permit fee is a flat $1.00 per sign, per occurrence, per the city's official Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026) — a low, flat administrative fee rather than a valuation-based charge.
    • A sign permit is void if construction is not started, or is suspended/abandoned, within 60 days — a new permit and a new $1.00 fee are then required.
    • Billboards and several other sign types (animated/flashing, marquee, movable/portable, roof, rotating, snipe) are flatly prohibited citywide, not just restricted.
    • Short-term signs and campaign (political) signs do not need a permit at all.

    Frequently asked questions

    Cedar Hills requires a sign permit for: All signs require a permit or approval from the City; it is unlawful to erect, alter, or relocate a sign without first obtaining a sign permit, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(d); Application shall be made on a City-provided form and may include a site plan, sign layout, and elevation of existing and future buildings, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(a); A permit expires and becomes void if work is not commenced, or is suspended/abandoned, within 60 days of the permit date; a new permit and a new fee are then required, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(b); All signs must bear a City of Cedar Hills sign insignia furnished by the Zoning Administrator at permit issuance, installed in a visible, legible, and accessible location, per § 10-5-26(C)(4); Written consent of the property owner is required before erecting a sign on their property, per § 10-5-26(C)(5); Billboards, animated/flashing signs, marquee signs, movable/portable signs, roof signs, rotating signs, snipe signs, and most window signs are expressly prohibited, per § 10-5-26(C)(2); Short-Term Signs and Campaign Signs do not require a permit, per § 10-5-26(C)(3)(f); Residential Zone signs: most allowed sign types capped at 8 sq ft area and 6 ft height; temporary signs allowed up to 3 months in any 6-month period; signs on undeveloped parcels capped at 24 sq ft and 10 ft height; Commercial Zone signs: most allowed sign types capped at 8 sq ft area and 6 ft height for temporary signs (2-month period); monument signs allowed only at locations approved during final development approval; project approval signs capped at 32 sq ft and 10 ft height. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Cedar Hills Building Department (staffed under Public Works; permit administration is independent of Utah County) at (801) 785-9668 x204 before starting work.

    $1.00 per sign, per occurrence, per Cedar Hills' official Fee Schedule (effective 07/01/2026), enacted under Resolution 04-18-2006C. The City Code ordinance itself (§ 10-5-26) does not print the dollar figure — it is set separately on the fee schedule.

    A permit becomes null and void if work on the sign is not commenced, or is suspended or abandoned, within 60 days of the permit date, per City Code § 10-5-26(C)(3)(b). A new permit and a new $1.00 fee are required after that.

    You'll need: Sign Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through City of Cedar Hills Building Department (staffed under Public Works; permit administration is independent of Utah County) at 10246 N Canyon Road, Cedar Hills, UT 84062. Phone: (801) 785-9668 x204, email: ssampson@cedarhillsutah.gov. Official information: https://www.cedarhills.org/page/building-department.

    Cedar Hills, Utah has adopted: 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — REMAINS CURRENT, Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment; per Cedar Hills' official Building Permit Requirements form (revised 06/12/2025, live re-checked 2026-07-16): 'Current codes are 2021 IRC, 2021 IBC, 2021 IMC, 2021 IPC, 2020 NEC, 2018 IECC Commercial, 2018 IECC Residential, and 2021 IFGC and Utah State Amendments Title 15A.'; 2024 International Building Code (IBC), including Appendices C and J — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g), unchanged by the 7/1/2026 amendment — Cedar Hills' own Building Permit Requirements form lists '2020 NEC,' which was ALREADY STALE before this code-cycle transition (the statewide-governing NEC edition has been 2023 since an earlier version of the statute). This is a pre-existing discrepancy in the city's own form, independent of the 7/1/2026 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC bump; reported as-published rather than corrected, per grounded-data policy.; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); supersedes BOTH split editions ('2018 IECC Commercial, 2018 IECC Residential') Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16 — those 2018 figures were already stale before the 7/1/2026 transition (the prior statewide edition was 2021), compounding with the new 2024 bump.; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — CURRENT statewide as of 7/1/2026 per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); supersedes the 2021 edition Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form still listed as of live re-check 2026-07-16.; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) and residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i)/(n); not itemized on Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form at all, added here per statute since the City's own form omits them.; Utah State Amendments, Utah Code Title 15A — per the same official Building Permit Requirements form.; NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 version effective 7/1/2026 (superseded 1/1/2027) took effect 15 days before this re-verification. IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC/residential ISPSC are now 2024 statewide; IRC (2021) and NEC (2023) did NOT change. Cedar Hills' Building Permit Requirements form (5il.co/26de1, redirecting to a Cedar Hills-hosted PDF) was live re-fetched 2026-07-16 and remains marked 'Revised 6/12/2025' with NO update: it still lists 2021 IBC/IMC/IPC/IFGC, 2020 NEC, and split 2018 IECC. The NEC (2020, should be 2023) and IECC (2018, should now be a single 2024 edition) entries were already stale under the PRE-7/1/2026 version of the statute — this form has not tracked Utah's construction-code cycle for multiple revisions. No newer Cedar Hills-specific code-adoption publication was found. The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 citation has been added to the sources array below, pointing to the current in-force version link.. Local amendments apply — see the Cedar Hills overview page for the full list.

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