Guidelines and Requirement Checklist
DISCLAIMER: The City is providing the following information as a service to those applying for conditional uses and building permits to
erect signs within Syracuse City. No one shall consider these guidelines as comprehensive. In the event of conflicts or discrepancies
between this document and City Ordinances or State or Building Codes, the more strict rules shall apply.
Monument and Freestanding Signs (Detached)
Site plan and elevations shall include:
The relationship of the sign(s) to buildings and property lines (including setbacks from public rights-of-way), intersections, easements,
driveways, existing site contours (1-foot intervals)
Scale drawings showing height, color, square-foot dimensions, landscaping, sign composition, materials, type of illumination, and
appearance from the street
Details of sign construction including electrical plan and foundation schemes
Building Mounted/Painted Signs (Attached)
Site plan and elevations shall include:
Scaled drawing of sign(s) showing composition, square footage (including dimensions of building elevation on which contractor shall
place sign), and type of illumination
Profile drawing of sign’s appearance on building from the street/parking area
Details of sign construction including electrical plan and foundation schemes
All Sign
Chapter 10.45 limits square footage of signage for each business to a percentage of a
building’s frontage as follows: 15 percent of the Primary side (with front door abutting
street) plus 5 percent of the Secondary side (any sides of building fronting a street) is
the maximum square footage allowed (this includes existing and proposed signage).
Businesses may apportion their total between attached and detached signs (e.g.
monument or multi-tenant pole signs). Calculating frontage is done by multiplying the
width of a building by height as shown in the illustration:
Town Center Zone Restrictions. (10.45.060)
The following types of signs or sign components are prohibited within the Town Center Zone:
Painted lettering
Façade-mounted signs that extend above the roofline
Sign manufacturers’ labels in visible location to the public
Un-edged or uncapped letters with no returns and uncapped
fastenings
Animated, flashing, or audible signs, or signs emitting smoke or
Exposed neon (except as approved by the Land Use Authority) other matter
Professional Office Zone Restrictions. (10.45.070)
The following types of signs or sign components are prohibited within the Professional Office Zone:
Flags, pennants, streamers, or other decorative material
used for commercial advertising purposes or to direct
attention to a place of business
Hot- or cold-air balloons, inflatables, or spotlights directed
into the night sky
Flashing, running, scintillating, or similar lights or lighting,
excessive light or glare or reflection from signs into pedestrian or
traffic ways, or permitted animation or motion
Portable signs or banners
Location and Approval. No advertising sign in an agricultural or residential zone shall be displayed within 660 feet from another
sign of any type. However, notwithstanding the foregoing distance criteria, a property owner may erect one sign on their parcel of land.
Applicant to read and initial each box to acknowledge understanding of all requirements:
Complete and sign this Application
Submit 2 set of scaled plans and design drawings of sign(s) as indicated above for each sign type, including:
Site Plan, indicating location and size of all signage
Elevations (Width and Height)
Details of Sign Construction, plans must show current applicable building codes and foundation schemes
Design
&
Materials, must show sign appearance on building
Must have signature of property owner on the Conditional Use Application
The proposed sign(s), if within the Town Center Overlay or Professional Office zones, do not incorporate any of
the restrictions listed above.
I understand that all physical signs require Building Permits after receiving an approved Conditional Use Permit;
and that plans for permanent signage, regardless of size, design, weight, or placement, must include engineered
design drawings with a currently licensed Utah Engineer’s wet-stamp (signature).
The building department will need a valuation of the entire project (sign and installation).
DISCLAIMER: The City is providing the following information as a service to those applying for conditional use approvals. No one shall consider these
guidelines as comprehensive. In the event of conflicts or discrepancies between this document and City Ordinances or State or Building Codes, the more
strict rules shall apply.
NOTE: Applicant shall furnish the information on this form for purposes of identification and expediting the request in full knowledge that it may become
public record pursuant to provisions of the Utah State Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA). Use of this information will be only for
necessary completion and execution of the requested transaction. If applicant so chooses not to supply any requested information, applicant accepts the
additional time in processing or inability to process the application at all. If applicant is an “at-risk government employee” as defined in Utah Code Ann. §
63-2-302.5, please inform a member of the Department staff upon submission of the application. Syracuse City does not currently share any private,
controlled, or protected information with any other person or government entity. See Title X for complete guidelines and requirements of Conditional Uses.
City staff will not process, or forward to Planning Commission, incomplete applications.