R907-65-5. Compensation Zones

(1) Five zones of the State are established for purposes of determining land values and compensation rates for longitudinal access to the right-of-way of the interstate system.

(2) The five zones are:

Zone 1 - Segments traversing primarily rural, agricultural areas with low population density. The two primary segments in this zone are located south of Provo, extending to Arizona along I-15 and to Colorado along I-70. This zone also includes shorter segments of I-80 and I-84 bounded by the Wyoming and Nevada State lines respectively. Approximately 90% of this zone borders agricultural land.

Zone 2 - Segments traversing primarily sub-rural areas with low population density. Segments in this zone are located in the north-central, north-eastern and north-western regions of the State. Land usage is primarily agricultural (approximately 75%), with light pockets of industrial, commercial, and residential land usage.

Zone 3 - Segments traversing sub-rural/suburban land around the State's metropolitan areas with medium population density. Segments in this zone are located outside the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Land usage is mixed; while agriculture still makes up the largest proportion of land usage, about one-third of the land is residential, and slightly less than one-third is commercial and industrial.

Zone 4 - Segments traversing suburban/urban areas with medium/high population density. Segments in this zone run on a north-south route on I-15 through the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Land usage in this zone is mixed, with the greatest proportion categorized as industrial, followed by residential, then commercial, and small pockets of agricultural usage.

Zone 5 - Segments traversing the densely populated urban areas. Segments in this zone are located in and around Salt Lake City. Nearly half is categorized as residential, and the rest is split between industrial and commercial usage, with very small pockets of agricultural usage.

(3) The existing right-of-way of the interstate system is placed into the five zones as set forth in Table 1. Whenever new right-of-way is added to the interstate system, the department shall modify Table 1 to classify the new right-of-way into the applicable zone or zones and publish the modified Table 1.

(4) At least once every five years the department shall conduct an analysis to determine changes, if any, in the boundaries of zones based on demographic and market data, including but not limited to data on similarity of surrounding land uses, population density, distances and number of telecommunications subscribers. The department shall publish a modification to Table 1 whenever zone boundaries are changed.

TABLE 1

Compensation Zones

                                    Reference Post

Zone/Segment (from -- to) Mileage

Zone 1 575

I-15: Payson South Int. to Arizona 252 -- 0 252

I-84: Tremonton to Idaho 43 -- 0 43

I-80: Wyoming to Silver Creek Int. 198 -- 148 50

I-70: Entire Route 0 -- 230 230

Zone 2 212

I-15: Idaho to Weber-Box Elder Co.

Line 404 -- 354 50

I-15: Springville Int. to Payson

South Int. 263 -- 252 11

I-84: Echo to SR-89 120 -- 88 32

I-84: SR-89 to I-15 88 -- 81 7

I-80: Magna Int. to Nevada 112 -- 0 112

Zone 3 50

I-15: Weber-Box Elder Co. Line to

Parish Lane Int. 354 -- 323 31

I-80: Silver Creek Int. to Mouth

of Parley's Canyon 148 -- 129 19

Zone 4 60

I-15: Parish Lane Int. to Salt

Lake-Utah Co. Line 323 -- 288 35

I-15: Salt Lake-Utah Co. Line to

Springville Int. 288 -- 263 25

Zone 5 47

I-80: Mouth of Parley's Canyon to

Magna Int. 129 -- 112 17

I-215: Entire Route 0 -- 30 30