Terms Used In Utah Code 72-5-115

• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• state transportation purposes: includes :
  (1) highway, public transit facility, and transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns;
  (2) the construction, reconstruction, relocation, improvement, maintenance, and mitigation from the effects of these activities on state highways and other transportation facilities, including parking facilities, under the control of the department;
  (3) limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways;
  (4) adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change;
  (5) weighing stations, shops, offices, storage buildings and yards, and road maintenance or construction sites;
  (6) road material sites, sites for the manufacture of road materials, and access roads to the sites;
  (7) the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public;
  (8) the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public;
  (9) the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination;
  (10) the construction and maintenance of livestock highways;
  (11) the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway; and
  (12) the mitigation of impacts from transportation projects. See Utah Code 72-5-102