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§ 54-18-216. Expiration of Permit

Unless the owner proceeds to take the permit within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the forty-day period and proceeds with the construction of the building or structure in accordance with the provisions of the permit within a period of twelve (12) months, then the owner shall not be entitled to build the building […]

§ 54-18-218. Penalties for Unlawful Building

The owner, lessee, tenant, or person otherwise in control of any land located within the lines of any mapped highway as shown on an official map, or the agent of the owner, lessee, tenant or controller who erects or constructs on the land any building contrary to or in violation of any provision of this […]

§ 54-18-203. Objectives in Adopting Official Map

The objectives in adopting and amending official maps shall be to: Protect private property rights and values; Provide a means by which private construction and development may anticipate highway location and relocation, and thus prevent the loss in property values and private investment that would otherwise result in uncoordinated public and private development; Avoid the […]

§ 54-18-204. Certification of Official Map

After the preparation of a master plan or at least a major street plan, the planning commission may make studies or surveys of new, extended, widened, or narrowed highways, or of the vacation or abandonment of highways, and may make and certify to the legislative body a map of the area studied or surveyed that […]

§ 54-18-205. Public Hearing — Notice

Upon receipt of the certified map, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the map, notice of the time and place of which shall be given no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the time fixed for the hearing by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county […]

§ 54-18-206. Adoption and Amendment of Official Map

After the public hearing, the legislative body may adopt, by resolution or ordinance, the map as certified by the planning commission as the official map. Any proposed addition, change or modification of the certified map that is not in accordance with the major highway plan shall be submitted to the planning commission for its approval […]

§ 54-18-207. Publication and Registration

Notice of any resolution or ordinance adopting an official map, or making any change, addition or modification of the map, shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation, and the resolution or ordinance shall not be in force until a notice of the resolution or ordinance is published. The notice shall […]

§ 54-18-208. Streets Not Accepted — Acquisition — Removal From Map

The making or certifying of a map by the planning commission or the adoption or amendment of an official map by the legislative body shall not constitute the opening or establishment of any highway or the taking or acceptance of any land for highway purposes. Any highway placed on the official map shall be removed […]

§ 54-18-209. Fund for Advance Acquisition of Rights-of-Way

From and after the adoption of an official map, the legislative body may establish, by resolution or ordinance, a fund for the advance acquisition of rights-of-way for highways of the county or municipality shown on the official map. In establishing the fund, any revenues may be used that are available for highway purposes, including the […]