Utah Code Title 72. Transportation Code § 72-3-108. County roads--Vacation and narrowing--Notice requirements

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A county may, by ordinance, vacate, narrow, or change the name of a county road without petition or after petition by a property owner.

(2) A county may not vacate a county road unless notice of the hearing is:

(a) published for the county, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least four weeks before the day of the hearing; and

(b) mailed to the department and all owners of property abutting the county road.

(3) The right-of-way and easements, if any, of a property owner and the franchise rights of any public utility may not be impaired by vacating or narrowing a county road.

(4) Except as provided in Section 72-5-305, if a county vacates a county road, the state's right-of-way interest in the county road is also vacated.

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