(1) A municipality may only require termination of a billboard and associated rights through:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 10-9a-512

  • Billboard: means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product, or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Municipality: means :
         (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
         (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
         (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
     (1)(a) gift;
     (1)(b) purchase;
     (1)(c) agreement;
     (1)(d) exchange; or
     (1)(e) eminent domain.
(2) A termination under Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) requires the voluntary consent of the billboard owner.
(3) A termination under Subsection (1)(e) requires the municipality to:

     (3)(a) acquire the billboard and associated rights through eminent domain, in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain, except as provided in Subsections 10-9a-513(2)(f) and (h); and
     (3)(b) after acquiring the rights under Subsection (3)(a), terminate the billboard and associated rights.