HomeMy WebLinkAboutProposed Ordinance - 4/24/2025SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. ________ of 2025
(Closing the southerly portion of the alley located in the Western Subdivision of Block 57)
An ordinance closing the southerly portion of the alley located in the Western
Subdivision of Block 57.
WHEREAS, a portion of an alley is located within the Western Subdivision of Block 57
and within the bounds of Madsen Park;
WHEREAS, the affected portion of the alley is not presently used for travel or as a public
right-of-way, rather, it is primarily covered by turf and improved as a basketball court serving
Madsen Park,
WHEREAS, Utah Code Subsection 72-5-105(7) allows a municipality to indefinitely
close to vehicular travel and convert rights of way to another public use after following the
procedures specified under Utah Code Subsection 72-5-105(5), which requires the city to hold a
public hearing on the indefinite closure and provide notice of the proposed closure to the Utah
Department of Transportation and abutting properties; and
WHEREAS, the city has complied with the procedures set forth in Utah Code Subsection
72-5-105(5); and
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Council (“City Council”) finds after holding a public
hearing on this matter that there is good cause for the indefinite closure of the alley described
herein because it is not necessary for vehicular travel and that closing the alley will not be
adverse to the general public’s interest; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Indefinitely Closing City-Owned Right-of-Way. That the southerly portion
of the alley in the Western Subdivision of Block 57, and which is more particularly described on
Exhibit “A” attached hereto, hereby is closed as a public right-of-way and declared not presently
necessary or available for use as a public right-of-way. The alley is hereby converted to another
public use, specifically, for park purposes.
SECTION 2. Reservations and Disclaimers. The above closure is expressly made
subject to all existing rights-of-way and easements of all public utilities of any and every
description now located on and under or over the confines of the alley, and also subject to the
rights of entry thereon for the purposes of maintaining, altering, repairing, removing or rerouting
said utilities, including the city’s water and sewer facilities. Said closure is also subject to any
existing rights-of-way or easements of private third parties.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its
first publication and shall be recorded with the Salt Lake County Recorder.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this _______ day of
______________, 2025.
______________________________
CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on _______________________.
Mayor's Action: _______Approved. _______Vetoed.
______________________________
MAYOR
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
(SEAL)
Bill No. ________ of 2025.
Published: ______________.
Ordinance closing alley in Madsen Park_v2
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date:__________________________________
By: ___________________________________
Katherine D. Pasker, Senior City Attorney
April 11, 2025
EXHIBIT “A”
Legal description of the portion of the alley to be closed:
Beginning at a point on the north line of South Temple Street, said point also being the Southeast
Corner of Lot 21, Western Subdivision of Block 57, as recorded in Book ‘D’, Page ‘065’, in the
Salt Lake County Recorder’s Office, and running thence North 297 feet to the Northeast Corner
of Lot 29, said Subdivision; thence East 15.5 feet to the Northwest Corner of Lot 12, said
Subdivision; thence South 297 feet to the Southwest Corner of Lot 20, said Subdivision; thence
West 15.5 feet to the point of beginning.
Contains 4,604 square feet, or 0.106 Acres, more or less.