Utah Admin. Code R930-7-2 - Authority and Source Documents
This rule is enacted under the authority of Section 72-6-116, wherein UDOT is authorized and assigned responsibility to regulate and make rules for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, system upgrade, and relocation of utility facilities within state -owned and administered rights of way, including ordering their relocation as may become necessary.
(1) The Utah Code provides for the
accommodation of utility facilities within the right of way and provides UDOT
authority to promulgate rules and regulations for administering those
provisions. Accordingly, this rule has been developed pursuant to the following
state and federal laws, codes, regulations, and policies:
(a) Section
54-3-29;
(b) American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials (AASHTO) publications, A Guide for Accommodating
Utilities within Highway Right of Way and A Policy on the Accommodation of
Utilities within Freeway Right of Way (2005); and
(c) AASHTO publications, Roadside Design
Guide, 2011, and A Policy on Geometric -Design of Highways and Streets,
2011.
(2) This rule
incorporates by reference 23 CFR Section 645, Subpart B, (November 22,
2000).
(3) UDOT has secured
authority from FHWA to issue permits for the use or occupancy of the right of
way by utility facilities on Federal-aid highways. The use of Federal-aid
highway right of way by utilities shall be in accordance with
23 CFR Section
645.215.
Notes
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