Utah § 72-7-103 - Limitation on access authority.

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§ 72-7-103. Limitation on access authority.

Effective 5/8/2018
72-7-103.  Limitation on access authority.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Highway facility" means:
(i) SR-7 as described in Section 72-4-106;
(ii) SR-67 as described in Section 72-4-112;
(iii) SR-85 as described in Section 72-4-114;
(iv) SR-154 as described in Section 72-4-121; or
(v) SR-201 as described in Section 72-4-126.
(b) "Legal point of access" means an access established in accordance with applicable law:
(i) before July 1, 2003;
(ii) by permit issued by the highway authority; or
(iii) by a deed or court order.
(2) A highway authority may not deny reasonable ingress and egress to property adjoining a public highway except where:
(a) the highway authority acquires right of ingress and egress by gift, agreement, purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise; or
(b) no right of ingress or egress exists between the right-of-way and the adjoining property.
(3) For a property adjoining a public highway that is not an interstate system or a highway facility, a highway authority may not close a legal point of access to the public highway, unless:
(a) the property has reasonably equivalent access to the public highway after the legal access is closed; or
(b) the highway authority acquires the legal point of access by gift, agreement, purchase, or eminent domain.


Amended by Chapter 72, 2018 General Session

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