Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 5 > Part 1 - Public Highways

• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fixed guideway capital development: includes :

  (i)	a project to strategically double track commuter rail lines; and

  (ii)

  a project to develop and construct public transit facilities and related infrastructure pertaining to the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it. Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Large public transit district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal property: All property that is not real property. 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: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. 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 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5