Utah Admin. Code R926-14-6 - Process for Nominating a Highway to Be Designated a State Scenic Byway
(1) Nominations for a corridor to be
designated a state scenic byway shall be forwarded to the committee by a local
legislative body.
(2) The
nomination application must demonstrate how the nominated road meets the
criteria to qualify as a state scenic byway.
(3) The committee will act on a byway-related
application only after the requesting entity has held public hearings in
accordance with Section
R926-14-10 and submitted minutes
of the hearings, including names and addresses of people making comments, a
detailed summary of comments made, and proof of public notification.
(4) The committee will consider the
nomination after review of the application and after a presentation by the
nominating sponsor group, either at the byway location, or at a committee
meeting. The committee will vote on proposed designations at the next committee
meeting to determine whether to forward the proposal to the Legislature for
further consideration. The committee will report the results of the vote to the
nomination sponsor.
(5) Individual
communities along the byway corridor that do not support the designation of the
state scenic byway within the limits of their community have the statutory
right, as prescribed in the Designation of Highways Act, Title 72, Chapter 4,
to opt out of any new byway designation through official segmentation action of
their local legislative body, but they become ineligible for byway grants and
promotional considerations by doing so.
(6)
(a)
Upon approval by the committee and the Legislature of a state scenic byway
nomination, the committee shall notify the Utah Office of Tourism, the
department, and other interested agencies of the new designation and of the
approved alignment and limits of the designated corridor.
(b) The committee will make a request to
these agencies that they modify reference of the scenic byway, to reflect the
change in scenic byway status, on maps and in materials and website
applications identifying state scenic byways.
(7) On receiving notification of a newly
designated state scenic byway, the department shall amend Rule R926-13 to
include the description of the state scenic byway and the date of its approval.
The department shall forward to the NSBP any electronic files needed to
describe or display the new state scenic byway in online maps, brochures, or
other publications of the NSBP. The department will add the state scenic byway
to the official highway map at its next printing.
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