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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. _____ of 2025
(Vacating a city-owned alley located between lots 1-20 and lots 39-58 of the Liberty Heights
Plat)
An ordinance vacating an unnamed city-owned alley adjacent to lots 1-20 and lots 39-58
of the Liberty Heights Plat, pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2025-00219.
WHEREAS the Salt Lake City Planning Commission (“Planning Commission”) held a
public hearing on July 9, 2025 to consider a request made by Philip Wilkes, an adjacent property
owner, to vacate an unnamed city-owned alley adjacent to lots 1-20 and lots 39-58 of the Liberty
Heights Plat; and
WHEREAS, at its July 9, 2025 meeting, the Planning Commission voted in favor of
forwarding a positive recommendation on said petition to the Salt Lake City Council (“City
Council”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds after holding a public hearing on this matter that
there is good cause for the vacation of the alley and neither the public interest nor any person
will be materially injured by the proposed vacation.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
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SECTION 1. Vacating City-Owned Alley. That an unnamed city-owned alley, which is
more particularly described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto, hereby is vacated and declared not
presently necessary or available for public use.
SECTION 2. Reservations and Disclaimers. The above vacation 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 this 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 vacation is also subject to any
existing rights-of-way or easements of private third parties.
SECTION 3. Condition. This alley vacation is conditioned upon its disposition being
consistent with the method of disposition set forth in Section 14.52.040.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first
publication and shall be recorded with the Salt Lake County Recorder. The city recorder is
instructed not to publish or record this ordinance until the condition identified above has been
met.
SECTION 5. Time. If the condition identified above has not been met within one year
after adoption, this ordinance shall become null and void. Prior to such one year period, the City
Council may, for good cause shown, by resolution, extend the time period for satisfying the
condition identified above.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this _______ day of
______________, 2025.
______________________________
CHAIRPERSON
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ATTEST:
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on _______________________.
Mayor's Action: _______Approved. _______Vetoed.
______________________________
MAYOR
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
(SEAL)
Bill No. ________ of 2025
Published: ______________.
Ordinance Vacating Alley Near Sherman Avenue and 1300 South
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date:____8/5/25_________________________
By: _/s/ Courtney Lords____________________
Courtney Lords, Senior City Attorney
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EXHIBIT “A”
Legal description of the unnamed city-owned alley to be vacated: