<html> <head> <title>Rule 70:04:05:09 Criteria for protecting and enhancing the environment.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 70:04:05:09"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 70:04:05:09 Criteria for protecting and enhancing the environment."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>70:04:05:09.&nbsp;&nbsp;Criteria for protecting and enhancing the environment.</b> Designated areas including scenic strips, overlooks, rest areas, recreation areas, public parks, and historic sites are subject to limited utility installations as follows:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;New underground utility installations may be permitted within the kinds of lands listed at the beginning of this section if they do not require extensive removal or alteration of trees or other natural features visible to the highway user and do not impair the visual quality of the lands being traversed;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;New aerial installations may be permitted by the region engineer at such locations only under the following circumstances:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Other locations are unusually costly;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;Other locations are less desirable from the standpoint of visual quality;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Undergrounding is not technically feasible or is unreasonably costly; and</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;The proposed installation can be made visually pleasing.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 11 SDR 22, effective August 12, 1984; transferred from §&nbsp;70:01:08:17, 11 SDR 112, effective February 25, 1985; transferred from §&nbsp;70:01:08:30, effective November 1, 1986; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 15 SDR 185, effective June&nbsp;4, 1989.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=31-26-22">31-26-22.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=31-26-3">31-26-3</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=31-26-22">31-26-22.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>