Weber County, UT Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Land Use Code § 110-2-8
- Billboards
- Prohibited under Utah Code 17-79-102
- School reader boards
- 6 ft x 10 ft max, one per school
- Business changeable copy
- 1 sq ft per linear ft of frontage, § 110-2-10
- Image change limit
- No faster than once per 6 seconds, daytime
- Nighttime rule
- No image change 9pm-7am
Summary
Weber County bans billboards outright, defining them by reference to Utah Code 17-79-102, except to the extent state law allows them. The only electronic message sign carve-out is a narrow one for changeable reader boards at public, private, and charter schools.
All signs not specifically listed as allowed are prohibited, including: ... Billboards. A billboard, as defined in Utah Code 17-79-102, except to the extent allowed by state law. ... Pole signs. Except one pole sign per public, private, and charter school, consisting of not more than a six-foot tall by ten-foot wide changeable reader board sign, located not less than ten feet and not more than 15 feet above the sidewalk, may be permitted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: ?).
Full Breakdown
Section 110-2-8, Prohibited Signs And Sign Devices, opens with the blanket rule that 'all signs not specifically listed as allowed are prohibited,' then names billboards specifically: a billboard, as defined in Utah Code 17-79-102, is prohibited except to the extent allowed by state law. ' The only electronic reader-board allowance in the sign chapter is narrow and use-specific: Section 110-2-8 permits one pole sign per public, private, or charter school consisting of not more than a six-foot tall by ten-foot wide changeable reader board sign, mounted no less than ten feet and no more than 15 feet above the sidewalk.
with no more than 30 percent of the area illuminated, and the sign must go dark whenever the business is closed. Nothing in the chapter authorizes an off-premises digital billboard advertising businesses not located on the sign's site; Section 110-2-8 separately prohibits off-site advertising signs outside narrow exceptions.
Violations & Fines
Erecting a prohibited billboard or an unauthorized digital sign under Section 110-2-8 triggers the county's general code enforcement process in Section 102-4-4: a written notice of violation with 14 days to remove or correct the sign, followed by escalating administrative citations of $100, $200, and $400 per violation per day for repeat offenses, and court-ordered abatement, at the property owner's cost, if the sign is not removed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are digital billboards legal in unincorporated Weber County?
Can a business have an electronic message sign at all?
What about electronic signs at schools?
Sources & Official References
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