This Section establishes the Department's rules for the administration, designation and removal of the North Carolina Scenic Byways Program. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
- (1) "Board" means North Carolina Board of Transportation.
- (2) "Byway" means a scenic highway.
- (3) "Designate" means a process for approving a road or a system of roads to the state system of Scenic Byways.
- (4) "D.O.H." means Division of Highways of the Department of Transportation.
- (5) "Interested Party" means any proponent or opponent of the proposal for the designation or removal of the Byway.
- (6) "Intrinsic Qualities/Resources" means unusual, exceptional, or distinctive scenic, recreational, historical, educational, scientific, geological, natural, wildlife, cultural, or ethnic features.
- (7) "Merit" means applications with all facts substantiated and considered suitable for further consideration.
- (8) "N.C.D.O.T./Department" means North Carolina Department of Transportation.
- (9) "Program" means the Scenic Byways Program and its associated administrative tasks.
- (10) "Promote" means to foster and encourage the advancement of the Scenic Byways Program.
- (11) "Removal" means the process of removing a Byway or a section of a byway from the state system of Scenic Byways.
- (12) "Report" means a summary of information prepared by the Roadside Environmental Unit.
- (13) "Roadside Environmental Unit" means a unit of the Department of Transportation.
- (14) "Scenic Byway/Highway" means a defined road or system of roads, designated by the Board of Transportation, having distinct natural, cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities.
- (15) "Scenic Byway/Highway Management Plan" means strategic goals specifically outlined to preserve or enhance the scenic integrity along a state highway or state byway.
- (16) "Scenic Value" means a measurement of the aesthetic quality of an area determined through a visual inventory conducted by the Roadside Environmental Unit.
- (17) "T.I.P." means the Transportation Improvement Program.
History Note: Authority G.S. 136‑18(5); 136‑122 through 136‑125; 136‑129.2; 143B‑348;
Eff. March 1, 1995;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 6, 2016.