Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 5 > Part 4 - Transportation Corridor Preservation

• Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Corridor: means the path or proposed path of a transportation facility, including a public transit facility, that exists or that may exist in the future, and may include the land occupied or to be occupied by a transportation facility, and any other land that may be needed for expanding a transportation facility or for controlling access to it. See Utah Code 72-5-401
• Corridor preservation: means planning or acquisition processes intended to:
       (2)(a) protect or enhance the capacity of existing corridors; and
       (2)(b) protect the availability of proposed corridors in advance of the need for and the actual commencement of the transportation facility construction. See Utah Code 72-5-401
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Development: means :
       (3)(a) the subdividing of land;
       (3)(b) the construction of improvements, expansions, or additions; or
       (3)(c) any other action that will appreciably increase the value of and the future acquisition cost of land. See Utah Code 72-5-401
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Official map: means a map, drawn by government authorities and recorded in county recording offices that:
       (4)(a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities;
       (4)(b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve the land; and
       (4)(c) for counties and municipalities may be adopted as an element of the general plan, pursuant to Title 17, Chapter 27a, Part 4, General Plan, or Title 10, Chapter 9a, Part 4, General Plan. See Utah Code 72-5-401
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• 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