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Sunset adopts accessory dwelling rules and approves a 75-foot billboard move, 4-0

On Oct. 20 the council added detached units to its ADU ordinance and kept a 30-day minimum on rentals. A council member asked YESCO to check a 65-foot state height limit for its billboard.

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Published Mountain Time · Source / event date: Sunset City Council meeting, Oct. 20, 2026 · 2 min read

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The Sunset City Council voted 4-0 on Oct. 20 to adopt Ordinance 2026-06, which amends the city's accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, rules to allow detached units. The council then voted 4-0 to approve a conditional use permit for YESCO Outdoor Media to move a billboard to 2609 North Main Street. Council Members Nancy Smalling, Nakisha Rigley, Hope Thompson and Ricky Carlson voted yes on each item. Council Member Katherine Hunter was excused. [1][2]

Planning Commissioner Michael Hartwick told the council the city had adopted internal and attached ADU rules earlier and waited for the Legislature to finish its part before adding detached units, so the city would not have to redo the ordinance. The ordinance now covers three types: internal, attached to the main home and separate buildings. [2]

Thompson asked about short-term rentals. Hartwick said the state does not require them, that many cities do not allow them and that the city chose to keep the rules for rentals of 30 days or longer. [2]

YESCO's representative told the council the company's sign, which was aimed at Interstate 15 traffic, is no longer readable because of highway construction. The company asked to move it from 2011 North Main Street, where it stands on four poles, to a new site on a single pole. The face size would stay the same, and the company asked for a height of 75 feet. [2]

Council Member Nakisha Rigley said she understood state law sets 65 feet as the maximum height for an interstate billboard and asked the company to double-check. YESCO's representative said state code includes exemptions meant to keep signs visible and that the company would come back if it needed a height adjustment after talking with the state. The company said it still needs a state permit to relocate the sign. [2]

Hartwick said the city's form-based code allows no new signs, but the commission treated this as a replacement that would look better and be less obtrusive on Main Street. The YESCO representative said the old sign would come down before the new one goes up. [2]

The mayor told the company its next step is to work with city administration on permits. The council also approved a renewed conditional use permit for a fourplex at 52 West 1425 North after a change of ownership, 4-0. The council also heard an update from Davis County Animal Control Director Michelle Hicks. [1][2]

Sources

  1. Sunset City Council agenda, Oct. 20, 2026 (items 1 through 3) utah.gov
  2. Sunset City Council meeting video, Oct. 20, 2026 youtube.com
  3. OpenCity record of the Oct. 20 Sunset City Council meeting sunset.openutah.org

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