§ 24-15-3 - Designation as a scenic highway. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 24-15-3

   § 24-15-3  Designation as a scenic highway.– The director, or the governing body of any municipality as to any highway(including a state highway) within its borders, may apply to the board for thedesignation of a highway as a scenic highway. A municipality making applicationfor a state highway shall notify the director of the Rhode Island department oftransportation. The director shall have thirty (30) days to comment on theapplication. After holding a public hearing, the board shall approve or denythe application for designation of a highway as a scenic highway submittedunder this section. Provided, however, that prior to any approval or denial ofany application, the applicant shall notify the owners of the propertiesfronting the application area that an application has been filed and the boardshall provide the fronting property owners with an opportunity to attend apublic hearing in the municipality subject to the application, and in the Townof Westerly no application for designation of a highway or road, or portion ofa highway or road, shall be approved unless the owners of a majority of thelineal lot frontage abutting the highway or road agree to the designation byfiling with the director or governing municipal body, within sixty (60) daysimmediately following the application, a written statement or statementsagreeing to the designation.