Sandy, UT Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Single window cap
- 50 percent coverage
- Window group cap
- 33 percent coverage
- Window + wall sign cap
- 20 percent of exterior wall
- Eligible floors
- Ground floor tenants only
- Governing section
- Sandy City Code § 21-26-8
Summary
Sandy City limits window signs to ground-floor tenants, capping coverage at 50 percent of any single window and 33 percent of a grouped set of windows, with window and wall signs combined never exceeding 20 percent of the exterior wall, under Sandy City Code Section 21-26-8.
Window Signs. Window signs are allowed for ground floor tenants only, except as otherwise allowed herein. They shall not be located as to block clear view of exits or entrances or to create a safety hazard. Any window sign shall not disrupt the visibility from employee stations to the parking area or of law enforcement personnel into the business. The following shall also apply: They shall not cover more than 50 percent of any single window, nor more than 33 percent of the entire surface area of a group of windows on each building face. A single window is any window, or section of windows, that is separated from another window by 12 inches or more. Any door with windows is always considered a separate window. Window signs and permanent wall signs combined shall not exceed 20 percent of the exterior wall area of the tenant. Properties subject to sale, lease, rent or auction in structures that are three stories or larger, may be allowed to have window signs up to 100 square feet.
Full Breakdown
Section 21-26-8, Temporary Signs, includes a Window Signs standard among the categories of signage allowed without a permit in nonresidential zones. Window signs are restricted to ground floor tenants only, with limited exceptions elsewhere in the chapter, and cannot be placed so they block a clear view of exits or entrances, create a safety hazard, or cut off employee or law enforcement sightlines from inside the business into the parking area. The coverage math is specific: a window sign cannot cover more than 50 percent of any single window, and signs on a group of windows on one building face cannot exceed 33 percent of that group's combined surface area.
The code defines a single window narrowly, as any window or window section separated from another by 12 inches or more, and treats any door containing windows as its own separate window for this calculation. A second, wall-wide cap layers on top: window signs and permanent wall signs combined cannot exceed 20 percent of the tenant's total exterior wall area, preventing a business from maxing out window coverage and then adding wall signage on top of it. One carve-out exists for larger buildings: properties subject to sale, lease, rent, or auction in structures of three stories or more may install window signs up to 100 square feet per street frontage, and those signs are not required to face the street.
Violations & Fines
Signs installed without meeting these coverage and placement limits are subject to removal and to the sign permit process under Section 21-26-9. Because window signs fall outside the without-permit thresholds once installed noncompliantly, enforcement runs through Sandy's default code penalty in Sections 1-2-2 and 1-2-3: a Class B misdemeanor carrying fines up to $1,000 for an individual or $5,000 for a corporation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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