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:

  (a)	protect or enhance the capacity of existing corridors; and

  (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 : (a)  the subdividing of land; (b)  the construction of improvements, expansions, or additions; or (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 :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Official map: means a map, drawn by government authorities and recorded in county recording offices that: (a)  shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities; (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 (c)  for counties and municipalities may be adopted as an element of the general plan, pursuant to 4, or 4. 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: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.