§ 24-15-3 Designation as a scenic highway.
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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 the
designation of a highway as a scenic highway. A municipality making application
for a state highway shall notify the director of the Rhode Island department of
transportation. The director shall have thirty (30) days to comment on the
application. After holding a public hearing, the board shall approve or deny
the application for designation of a highway as a scenic highway submitted
under this section. Provided, however, that prior to any approval or denial of
any application, the applicant shall notify the owners of the properties
fronting the application area that an application has been filed and the board
shall provide the fronting property owners with an opportunity to attend a
public hearing in the municipality subject to the application, and in the Town
of Westerly no application for designation of a highway or road, or portion of
a highway or road, shall be approved unless the owners of a majority of the
lineal lot frontage abutting the highway or road agree to the designation by
filing with the director or governing municipal body, within sixty (60) days
immediately following the application, a written statement or statements
agreeing to the designation.
(P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch.
369, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 363, § 1; P.L.
1999, ch. 422, § 1.)