72-3-108 - County roads -- Vacation and narrowing.
72-3-108. County roads -- Vacation and narrowing.
(1) A county may, by ordinance, vacate, narrow, or change the name of a county roadwithout 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 consecutiveweeks before the hearing; and
(ii) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for four weeksbefore 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 rightsof 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'sright-of-way interest in the county road is also vacated.
Amended by Chapter 90, 2010 General Session