Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 7 > Part 5 - Utah Outdoor Advertising Act

• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Clearly visible: means capable of being read without obstruction by an occupant of a vehicle traveling on the main traveled way of a street or highway within the visibility area. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Commercial or industrial activities: means those activities generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this state, except that none of the following are commercial or industrial activities:
       (2)(a) agricultural, forestry, grazing, farming, and related activities, including wayside fresh produce stands;
       (2)(b) transient or temporary activities;
       (2)(c) activities not visible from the main-traveled way;
       (2)(d) activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence; and
       (2)(e) railroad tracks and minor sidings. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Commercial or industrial zone: means only:
            (3)(a)(i) those areas within the boundaries of cities or towns that are used or reserved for business, commerce, or trade, or zoned as a highway service zone, under enabling state legislation or comprehensive local zoning ordinances or regulations;
            (3)(a)(ii) those areas within the boundaries of urbanized counties that are used or reserved for business, commerce, or trade, or zoned as a highway service zone, under enabling state legislation or comprehensive local zoning ordinances or regulations;
            (3)(a)(iii) those areas outside the boundaries of urbanized counties and outside the boundaries of cities and towns that:

                 (3)(a)(iii)(A) are used or reserved for business, commerce, or trade, or zoned as a highway service zone, under comprehensive local zoning ordinances or regulations or enabling state legislation; and

                 (3)(a)(iii)(B) are within 8420 feet of an interstate highway exit, off-ramp, or turnoff as measured from the nearest point of the beginning or ending of the pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way; or
            (3)(a)(iv) those areas outside the boundaries of urbanized counties and outside the boundaries of cities and towns and not within 8420 feet of an interstate highway exit, off-ramp, or turnoff as measured from the nearest point of the beginning or ending of the pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way that are reserved for business, commerce, or trade under enabling state legislation or comprehensive local zoning ordinances or regulations, and are actually used for commercial or industrial purposes. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Comprehensive local zoning ordinances or regulations: means a municipality's comprehensive plan required by Section 10-9a-401, the municipal zoning plan authorized by Section 10-9a-501, and the county master plan authorized by Sections 17-27a-401 and 17-27a-501. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Contiguous: means that a portion of one parcel of land is situated immediately adjacent to, and shares a common boundary with, a portion of another parcel of land. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Controlled route: means any route where outdoor advertising control is mandated by state or federal law, including under this part and under the Utah-Federal Agreements described in Section 72-7-501. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County executive: means :
       (7)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; or
       (7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Directional signs: means signs containing information about public places owned or operated by federal, state, or local governments or their agencies, publicly or privately owned natural phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific, educational, or religious sites, and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, that the department considers to be in the interest of the traveling public. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Erect: means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal aid primary highway: means that portion of connected main highways located within this state officially designated by the department and approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation under Title 23, Highways, U. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Highway service zone: means a highway service area where the primary use of the land is used or reserved for commercial and roadside services other than outdoor advertising to serve the traveling public. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Interchange or intersection: means those areas and their approaches where traffic is channeled off or onto an interstate route, excluding the deceleration lanes, acceleration lanes, or feeder systems, from or to another federal, state, county, city, or other route. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Main-traveled way: means the through traffic lanes, including auxiliary lanes, acceleration lanes, deceleration lanes, and feeder systems, exclusive of frontage roads and ramps. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Maintain: means to allow to exist, subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Maintenance: means to repair, refurbish, repaint, or otherwise keep an existing sign structure safe and in a state suitable for use, including signs destroyed by vandalism or an act of God. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• National highway systems highways: means that portion of connected main highways located within this state officially designated by the department and approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation under Title 23, Highways, U. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Off-premise sign: means a sign located in an area zoned industrial, commercial, or H-1 and in an area determined by the department to be unzoned industrial or commercial that advertises an activity, service, event, person, or product located on premises other than the premises on which the sign is located. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Official signs and notices: means signs and notices erected and maintained by public agencies within their territorial or zoning jurisdictions for the purpose of carrying out official duties or responsibilities in accordance with direction or authorization contained in federal, state, or local law. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• On-premise sign: means a sign used to advertise the sale or lease of, or activities conducted on, the property on which the sign is located. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Outdoor advertising: means any outdoor advertising structure or outdoor structure used in combination with an outdoor advertising sign or outdoor sign within the outdoor advertising corridor which is visible from a place on the main-traveled way of a controlled route. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Outdoor advertising corridor: means a strip of land 660 feet wide, measured perpendicular from the edge of a controlled highway right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• outdoor structure: means any sign structure, including any necessary devices, supports, appurtenances, and lighting that is part of or supports an outdoor sign. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Point of widening: means the point of the gore or the point where the intersecting lane begins to parallel the other lanes of traffic, but the point of widening may never be greater than 2,640 feet from the center line of the intersecting highway of the interchange or intersection at grade. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public assembly facility: means a convention facility as defined under Section 59-12-602 that:
       (23)(a) includes all contiguous interests in land, improvements, and utilities acquired, constructed, and used in connection with the operation of the public assembly facility, whether the interests are owned or held in fee title or a lease or easement for a term of at least 40 years, and regardless of whether the interests are owned or operated by separate governmental authorities or districts;
       (23)(b) is wholly or partially funded by public money;
       (23)(c) requires a person attending an event at the public assembly facility to purchase a ticket or that otherwise charges for the use of the public assembly facility as part of its regular operation; and
       (23)(d) has a minimum and permanent seating capacity of at least 10,000 people. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Relocation: includes the removal of a sign from one situs together with the erection of a new sign upon another situs in a commercial or industrial zoned area as a substitute. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Remodel: means the upgrading, changing, alteration, refurbishment, modification, or complete substitution of a new outdoor advertising structure for one permitted pursuant to this part and that is located in a commercial or industrial area. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Rest area: means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way by or under public supervision or control for the convenience of the traveling public. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State highway: means those highways designated as state highways in Title 72, Chapter 4, Designation of State Highways Act. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Traveled way: means that portion of the roadway used for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Unzoned commercial or industrial area: means :
            (31)(a)(i) those areas not zoned by state law or local law, regulation, or ordinance that are occupied by one or more industrial or commercial activities other than outdoor advertising signs;
            (31)(a)(ii) the lands along the highway for a distance of 600 feet immediately adjacent to those activities; and
            (31)(a)(iii) lands covering the same dimensions that are directly opposite those activities on the other side of the highway, if the department determines that those lands on the opposite side of the highway do not have scenic or aesthetic value. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Urbanized county: means a county with a population of at least 125,000 persons. See Utah Code 72-7-502
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Visibility area: means the area on a street or highway that is:
       (33)(a) defined at one end by a line extending from the base of the billboard across all lanes of traffic of the street or highway in a plane that is perpendicular to the street or highway; and
       (33)(b) defined on the other end by a line extending across all lanes of traffic of the street or highway in a plane that is:

            (33)(b)(i) perpendicular to the street or highway; and

            (33)(b)(ii) 500 feet from the base of the billboard. See Utah Code 72-7-502