County roads -- Vacation and narrowing.

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  • (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:
      • (i) in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for four consecutive weeks before the hearing; and
      • (ii) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601, for four weeks before the hearing; and
    • (b) posted in three public places for four consecutive weeks prior to the hearing; and
    • (c) 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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