Washington County, UT Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

Washington County's freestanding sign height cap lives in § 10-19-3(B), the standards for commercial, industrial and manufacturing zones. Paragraph 3 sets the baseline at twenty-five feet, but carves out a specific exception for road frontage near highway interchanges: a freestanding sign within five hundred feet of a freeway exit can rise to fifty feet above grade, double the normal limit, so businesses at an interstate off-ramp can be seen from the highway. The same subsection layers on other freestanding-sign limits that apply regardless of height: each parcel gets one freestanding sign, with a second allowed only if the property has more than five hundred feet of frontage on a public street or fronts two different public streets (§ 10-19-3(B)(1)); no part of the sign structure may project over the property line (§ 10-19-3(B)(2)); there must be at least fifteen feet of clearance between the ground and any part of the sign (§ 10-19-3(B)(4)); and the sign face is capped at thirty-two square feet (§ 10-19-3(B)(5)).

Freestanding signs, including the taller freeway-adjacent ones, still cannot flash, show a message board, or animate under § 10-19-3(B)(7). The ground within ten feet of any ground sign's base, including a freeway-adjacent freestanding sign, must be kept clear of weeds, rubbish and flammable material under § 10-19-3(C)(4), with the building inspector responsible for inspecting and enforcing that upkeep. A sign permit from the building inspector is required before any freestanding sign, tall or short, goes up.