226.799. Procedure to designate a road or highway as scenic, publication--hearing--county or city in area affected to notify commission of approval or rejection, effect.

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226.799. Procedure to designate a road or highway as scenic, publication--hearing--county or city in area affected to notify commission of approval or rejection, effect.

Procedure to designate a road or highway as scenic,publication--hearing--county or city in area affected to notifycommission of approval or rejection, effect.

226.799. Prior to the designation of a road or highway as a scenicbyway pursuant to the provisions of section 226.797, the commission shallprovide written notice of its intent to designate the road or highway as ascenic byway to newspapers of general circulation in the area or areasaffected and to the governing body of each county and each municipalitythat has jurisdiction over all or part of the road or highway. Withinthirty days after receipt of such notice, the governing body of each suchcounty or municipality shall conduct a public hearing on the matter.Within ninety days after the receipt of the notice from the commission,each such governing body of a county or municipality, after such hearing,shall approve or reject the proposed designation of the road or highway asa scenic byway and notify the commission of its approval or rejection ofthe proposed scenic byway. The commission shall only designate a portionof a road or highway as a scenic byway if the governing body of the countyor municipality containing that portion of the road or highway approves theproposed scenic byway as prescribed in this section.