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Planning commission recommends limited electronic menu and resort signs with shielding, shutoffs and no audio
Summary
Staff proposed allowing limited digital displays (drive-through menus and resort entry information) with nits-based brightness limits, full shielding, overnight shutoffs for resort signs, a ban on animation and a prohibition on audio; the commission added timing and no-audio conditions and unanimously recommended the amendment to county council.
Amir, a county planner, presented a draft amendment to section 10-82 of the development code to allow certain electronic displays with controls designed to protect dark-sky goals and public safety. He recommended using panel brightness (nits) with a nighttime limit of 200 nits and daytime up to 2,000 nits, full shielding oriented away from residential uses, manufacturer certification, and shutoff windows for resort entry signs.
Amir said staff developed draft criteria from specific proposals (including an existing McDonald’s menu board example) and reviewed suggestions from community groups. "We are recommending at least for the resort entry signs...that they'd be shut off between 9PM and 7AM," he told the commission.
Francisca Blanc of Scenic Utah urged time limits on message changes to prevent rapid updates and recommended that signs be tilted downward and fully shielded. "Having a measurement of time ... how long that particular message will be displayed, is really important," she said during public comment. Commissioners added conditions to the recommendation: static displays generally (one message change per 24 hours as an option), an explicit prohibition on audio for signage (with a narrow exception for drive-through ordering audio if required), and a requirement that safety- and traffic-related resort messages be exempted from the static rule.
The commission voted unanimously to forward the draft amendment — with the conditions on timing, shielding and audio — to the county council for consideration.
