R926-14-6. Process for Nominating a Highway to Be Designated a State Scenic Byway

  (1) Nominations for a corridor to be designated a state scenic byway shall be forwarded to the committee by a local legislative body.

  (2) The nomination application must demonstrate how the nominated road meets the criteria to qualify as a state scenic byway.

  (3) The committee will act on a byway-related application only after the responsible organization has held public hearings and submitted minutes of the hearings, including names and addresses of people making comments, a detailed summary of comments made, and proof of public notification.

  (4) The committee will consider the nomination after review of the application and after a presentation by the nominating sponsor group, either at the byway location, or at a committee meeting. The committee will vote on proposed designations at the next committee meeting. The committee will report the results of the vote to the nomination sponsor.

  (5) Individual communities along the byway corridor that do not support the designation of the byway within the limits of their community have the statutory right, as prescribed in Title 72, Chapter 4, to opt out of any new byway designation through official segmentation action of their local legislative body, but they become ineligible for byway grants and promotional considerations by doing so.

  (6) Upon approval by the committee of a scenic byway nomination, the committee shall notify the Utah Office of Tourism, the department and other interested agencies of the new designation and of the approved alignment and limits of the designated corridor.

  (a) The committee will make a request to these agencies that they modify reference of the segment, to reflect the change in scenic byway status, on maps and in materials and website applications identifying scenic byways.

  (7) On receiving notification of a newly designated state scenic byway, the department shall amend Rule 926-13 to include the description of the byway and the date of its approval. The department shall forward to the NSBP any electronic files needed to describe or display the new byway in online maps, brochures, or other publications of the NSBP. The department will add the scenic byway to the official highway map at its next printing.