Utah Code § 72-7-103: Limitation on access authority.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Highway facility" means:

(i) SR-7 as described in Section 72-4-106;

(ii) SR-67 as described in Section 72-4-112;

(iii) SR-85 as described in Section 72-4-114;

(iv) SR-154 as described in Section 72-4-121; or

(v) SR-201 as described in Section 72-4-126.

(b) "Legal point of access" means an access established in accordance with applicable law:

(i) before July 1, 2003;

(ii) by permit issued by the highway authority; or

(iii) by a deed or court order.

(2) A highway authority may not deny reasonable ingress and egress to property adjoining a public highway except where:

(a) the highway authority acquires right of ingress and egress by gift, agreement, purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise; or

(b) no right of ingress or egress exists between the right-of-way and the adjoining property.

(3) For a property adjoining a public highway that is not an interstate system or a highway facility, a highway authority may not close a legal point of access to the public highway, unless:

(a) the property has reasonably equivalent access to the public highway after the legal access is closed; or

(b) the highway authority acquires the legal point of access by gift, agreement, purchase, or eminent domain.