§ 24-15-4. Withdrawal of highways from scenic highways system.
After holding a public hearing, the director, or the governing body of any municipality as to any scenic highway (including a state highway) within its borders, may apply to the board for, and the board itself may propose, the removal of a highway from the scenic highway system. The board shall thereupon approve or deny the removal of the highway from its designation as a scenic highway. Provided, however, that no application for removal of a highway or road, or portion thereof, from the scenic highways system, shall be approved unless the owners of a majority of the lineal lot frontage abutting the highway or road agree to the removal by filing an application with the director or governing municipal body, within the sixty (60) days immediately preceding the application, a written statement or statements agreeing to the removal.
History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 369, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 24-15 - Scenic Highways
Section 24-15-2. - Definitions.
Section 24-15-3. - Designation as a scenic highway.
Section 24-15-4. - Withdrawal of highways from scenic highways system.
Section 24-15-5. - Joint jurisdiction of highways.
Section 24-15-6. - Local authority.
Section 24-15-8. - Scenic highways marking signs — State payment.
Section 24-15-9. - Rules and standards.
Section 24-15-10. - Creation of board.