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IA Code § 306.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.46 - Public utility facilities — public road rights-of-way.

306.46 Public utility facilities — public road rights-of-way.   1. A public utility may construct, operate, repair, or maintain its utility facilities within a public road right-of-way. The location of new utility facilities shall comply with section 318.9. A utility facility shall not be constructed or installed in a manner that causes interference with public use of the road.   2. For purposes of this section, “public utility” means a public utility as defined in section 476.1, and shall also include waterworks, municipally owned waterworks, joint water utilities, rural water districts incorporated under chapter 357A or chapter 504, cooperative water associations, and electric transmission owners as defined in section 476.27 primarily providing service to public utilities as defined in section 476.1. For the purposes of this section, “utility facilities” means any cables, conduits, wire, pipe, casing pipe, supporting poles, guys, and other material and equipment utilized for the furnishing of electric, gas, communications, water, or sewer service.   3. This section shall not impair or interfere with a city’s authority to grant, amend, extend, or renew a franchise as provided in section 364.2, and shall not impair or interfere with a city’s existing general police powers to control the use of its right-of-way.  2004 Acts, ch 1014, §1, 2; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §332, 346; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §61; 2006 Acts, ch 1097, §14; 2016 Acts, ch 1006, §1  Referred to in §8C.7A
IA Code § 306.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.47 - Utility facilities relocation policy.

306.47 Utility facilities relocation policy.   1. It is the policy of the general assembly that a proactive, cooperative coordination between the department, local governments, private and public utility companies, and other affected parties is the most effective way to minimize costs, eliminate the need for utilities to relocate facilities, limit disruption of utility services related to federal, state, or local highway construction projects, and limit the potential need for relocation of utility facilities.   2. All potentially affected parties shall be invited to participate in development meetings at the design phase of a highway construction project to review plans, understand goals and objectives of the proposed project, and discuss options that would limit the impact of the construction on utility facilities and thereby minimize or even eliminate costs associated with utility facility relocation. All jurisdictions and other interested parties shall cooperate to discuss strategies and policies to utilize the Iowa one call system in the development of a highway construction project. Failure of the affected parties to respond or participate during the design phase shall not in any way affect the ability of the federal, state, or local agency to proceed with design and construction.  2008 Acts, ch 1124, §1  Referred to in §8C.7A  Iowa one call system, see chapter 480
IA Code § 306.50 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.50 - Construction program notice.

306.50 Construction program notice.   The appropriate highway authority shall provide copies of its annual construction program to the soil and water conservation district commissioners’ office in each county. The soil and water conservation district commissioners’ office shall review the construction program submitted by each highway authority to determine those projects which may impact upon soil erosion and water diversion or retention.  85 Acts, ch 106, §2; 87 Acts, ch 23, §7
IA Code § 306.51 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.51 - Soil erosion impact.

306.51 Soil erosion impact.   The soil and water conservation district commissioners shall, within thirty days after receipt of the construction program, notify the appropriate highway authority of the projects which will impact upon soil erosion and water drainage and request that the appropriate highway authority notify them of the date, time, and place for holding the design hearing on preliminary plans.  85 Acts, ch 106, §3; 87 Acts, ch 23, §8
IA Code § 306.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.52 - Review of plans.

306.52 Review of plans.   Upon examining the preliminary plans on a road project, the soil and water conservation district commissioners may review each road project for which a drainage structure is required. The soil and water conservation commissioners shall ascertain whether or not the proposed erosion control or runoff control structure is suitable to reduce the velocity of runoff, reduce gully erosion, or provide for sedimentation or other improvement that would enhance soil conservation. The soil and water conservation commissioners shall also ascertain whether any other aspect of the road construction will affect soil and water conservation.  85 Acts, ch 106, §4; 87 Acts, ch 23, §9
IA Code § 306.53 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.53 - Submission of recommendations — contribution to cost.

306.53 Submission of recommendations — contribution to cost.   1. The soil and water conservation district commissioners shall submit their findings and recommendations to the appropriate highway authority not later than twenty days following examination of the construction plans.   2. The appropriate highway authority shall respond to the soil and water conservation district commissioners and indicate its agreement to the suggested installation or its rejection of the proposal.   3. Where feasible and cost-sharing funds are available, the soil and water conservation district may contribute in part or in its entirety to any additional cost for the erosion control structure.  85 Acts, ch 106, §5; 87 Acts, ch 23, §10; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
IA Code § 306.54 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306 - ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION, AND VACATION OF HIGHWAYS|Section 306.54 - Reporting.

306.54 Reporting.   If the proposal is rejected, the appropriate highway authority shall provide a written report documenting the reason for the rejection to the soil and water conservation district commissioners and the state department of transportation. The state department of transportation shall submit a written report to the general assembly not later than March 1 of each year. The report shall contain only a list of those highway projects where a disagreement exists between the department and the soil and water conservation district commissioners and the reasons for rejecting the recommendations of the soil and water conservation district commissioners. The report shall be filed with the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives.  85 Acts, ch 106, §6; 87 Acts, ch 23, §11
IA Code § 306A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.1 - Declaration of policy.

306A.1 Declaration of policy.   The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that this chapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.1]
IA Code § 306A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.2 - Definition of a controlled-access facility.

306A.2 Definition of a controlled-access facility.   For the purposes of this chapter, a controlled-access facility is defined as a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such controlled-access facility or for any other reason. Such highways or streets may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic or they may be parkways from which trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles shall be excluded.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.2]  Referred to in §306A.3
IA Code § 306A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.3 - Authority to establish controlled-access facilities — utility accommodation policy.

306A.3 Authority to establish controlled-access facilities — utility accommodation policy.   1. Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are authorized to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide controlled-access facilities for public use if traffic conditions, present or future, will justify special facilities; provided, that within a city such authority shall be subject to municipal consent as may be provided by law. In addition to the specific powers granted in this chapter, cities and highway authorities shall have any additional authority vested in them relative to highways or streets within their respective jurisdictions. Cities and highway authorities may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of controlled-access facilities by various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with section 306A.2.   2. The state department of transportation shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 17A, embodying a utility accommodation policy which imposes reasonable restrictions on placements occurring on or after the effective date of the rules, on primary road rights-of-way. The rules may require utilities to give notice to the department prior to installation of a utility system on a primary road right-of-way and obtain prior permission from the department for the proposed installation. The rules shall recognize emergency situations and the need for immediate installation of service extensions subject to the standards adopted by the department and the utilities board. The rules shall be no less stringent than the standards adopted by the utilities board pursuant to chapters 478, 479, and 479B. This paragraph shall not be construed as granting the department authority which has been expressly granted to the utilities board to determine the route of utility installations. If the department requires a utility company permit, the department shall be required to act upon the permit application within thirty days of its filing. In cases of federal-aid highway projects on nonprimary highways, the local authority with jurisdiction over the highway and the department shall comply with all federal regulations and statutes regarding utility accommodation.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.3]  91 Acts, ch 147, §1; 95 Acts, ch 192, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 32, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §82  Referred to in §318.8
IA Code § 306A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.4 - Design of controlled-access facility.

306A.4 Design of controlled-access facility.   Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, are authorized to so design any controlled-access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection such cities and highway authorities are authorized to divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.4]
IA Code § 306A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.5 - Acquisition of property and property rights.

306A.5 Acquisition of property and property rights.   1. For the purposes of this chapter, cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, may acquire private or public property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as such units are authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under this chapter shall be in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for a controlled-access facility or portion of, or service road in connection with a controlled-access facility, the cities and highway authorities, in their discretion, may acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land, if by so doing the interests of the public will be best served, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.   2. Access rights to any highway shall not be acquired by any authority having jurisdiction and control over the highways of this state by adverse possession or prescriptive right. Action taken by any such authority shall not form the basis for any claim of adverse possession of or prescriptive right to any access rights by any such authority.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.5]  89 Acts, ch 83, §39; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §77
IA Code § 306A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.6 - New and existing facilities — grade-crossing eliminations.

306A.6 New and existing facilities — grade-crossing eliminations.   1. Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The state or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing state and county roads, and city or village streets, by grade separation or service road, or by closing off such roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of such controlled-access facility.   2. The provisions of sections 306.11 through 306.17 shall apply and govern the procedure for the closing of a road or street and the method of ascertaining damages sustained by any person as a consequence of the closing, provided, however, that the highway authority desiring the closing of such road or street shall conduct the hearing and carry out the procedure therefor and pay any damages, including any allowed on appeal, as a consequence thereof, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.   3. After the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility shall intersect the same at grade. A city or village street, county or state highway, or other public way shall not be opened into or connected with any such controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority in the state, county, city, or village having jurisdiction over the controlled-access facility. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.6]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §133  Section amended
IA Code § 306A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.7 - Authority of local units to consent.

306A.7 Authority of local units to consent.   Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.7]
IA Code § 306A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.8 - Local service roads.

306A.8 Local service roads.   In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306, are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street, and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this chapter, if, in their opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.  [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.8]
IA Code § 306A.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.10 - Notice to relocate — costs paid.

306A.10 Notice to relocate — costs paid.   Whenever the state department of transportation, city or county determines that relocation or removal of any utility facility now located in, over, along, or under any highway or street, is necessitated by the construction of a project on routes of the national system of interstate and defense highways including extensions within cities or on streets or highways resulting from interstate substitutions in a qualified metropolitan area under Tit. 23, U.S.C., the utility owning or operating the facility shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with statutory notice. The costs of relocation or removal, including the costs of installation in a new location, shall be ascertained by the authority having jurisdiction over the project or as determined in condemnation proceedings for such purposes and may be paid from participating federal aid or other funds.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.10]  83 Acts, ch 198, §15
IA Code § 306A.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.11 - What costs included.

306A.11 What costs included.   Cost of relocation or removal shall include the entire amount paid by such utility properly attributable to such relocation or removal except the cost of land or any rights or interest in land, after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.11]
IA Code § 306A.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.12 - Limitation on reimbursement.

306A.12 Limitation on reimbursement.   A reimbursement shall not be made for any relocation or removal of facilities under this chapter unless funds to be provided by federal aid amount to at least eighty-five percent of each reimbursement payment.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.12]  83 Acts, ch 198, §16
IA Code § 306A.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306A - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS|Section 306A.13 - Definition.

306A.13 Definition.   The term “utility” shall include all privately, publicly, municipally or cooperatively owned systems for supplying water, sewer, electric lights, street lights and traffic lights, gas, power, telegraph, telephone, transit, pipeline, heating plants, railroads and bridges, or the like service to the public or any part thereof if such system be authorized by law to use the streets or highways for the location of its facilities.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.13]
IA Code § 306B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306B - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS|Section 306B.1 - Definitions.

306B.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter:   1. “Advertising device” includes any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or any other device designed, intended, or used to advertise or to give information in the nature of advertising and having the capacity of being visible from the traveled portion of any highway of the interstate system in this state.   2. “Department” means the state department of transportation.   3. “Interstate system” means the system of highways as described in 23 U.S.C. §103(c) or amendments thereto.   4. “National policy” means the provisions relating to control of advertising devices adjacent to the interstate system contained in 23 U.S.C. §131 or amendments thereto and the national standards promulgated pursuant to such provisions.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306B.1]  2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §25
IA Code § 306B.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 306B - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS|Section 306B.2 - Advertising prohibited — exceptions.

306B.2 Advertising prohibited — exceptions.   No advertising device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of the interstate system except the following:   1. Directional or other official signs or notices that are erected by public officers or agencies and required or authorized by law.   2. Advertising devices in compliance with national policy and rules promulgated by the department which indicate the sale or lease of the property upon which such devices are located or which advertise activities being conducted on the property where the devices are located providing said rules promulgated by the said department shall not be more restrictive than required to conform to the national standards as set forth in Tit. 23, United States Code.   3. Advertising devices in compliance with national policy and rules promulgated by the department which are designed to give information in the specific interest of the traveling public.   4. Advertising devices that are located in areas zoned and used for commercial or industrial purposes under authority of law, regulation, or ordinance of this state or a political subdivision of this state. For purposes of this subsection, “areas zoned and used for commercial or industrial purposes” means an area zoned for commercial or industrial purposes in accordance with chapter 414, in the case of city zoning, or in accordance with chapter 335, in the case of county zoning, in which one or more commercial or industrial activities, as defined under the city or county zoning ordinance, are located.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306B.2]  97 Acts, ch 104, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1070, §1, 2  Referred to in §306B.3, 306C.10, 306C.13