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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. _____ of 2026
(Vacating a city-owned alley situated adjacent to properties located at 519 and 523-527 E.
Browning Avenue, 1379 S. 500 E., 1372 and 1378 S. Park Street)
An ordinance vacating an unnamed city-owned alley adjacent to properties located at 519
and 523-527 E. Browning Avenue, 1379 S. 500 E., 1372 and 1378 S. Park Street pursuant to
Petition No. PLNPCM2025-00883.
WHEREAS the Salt Lake City Planning Commission (“Planning Commission”) held a
public hearing on December 10, 2025 to consider a request made by Amy & David Beecher to
vacate an unnamed city-owned alley adjacent to properties located at 519 and 523-527 E.
Browning Avenue, 1379 S. 500 E., 1372 and 1378 S. Park Street; and
WHEREAS, at its December 10, 2025 hearing, 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. Closing and 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. 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
______________, 2026.
______________________________
Alejandro Puy, Council Chair
ATTEST:
______________________________
Keith Reynolds, City Recorder
Transmitted to Mayor on _______________________.
Mayor's Action: _______Approved. _______Vetoed.
______________________________
Erin Mendenhall, Mayor
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______________________________
Keith Reynolds, City Recorder
(SEAL)
Bill No. ________ of 2026
Published: ______________.
Ordinance Vacating Alley Near 519 Browning Ave
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date:__February 3, 2026__________________
By: ___________________________________
Katherine D. Pasker, Senior City Attorney
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EXHIBIT “A”
Legal description of the unnamed, city-owned alley to be vacated:
A PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18,
TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 1 EAST, SALT LAKE BASE MERIDIAN, SALT LAKE
COUNTY, UTAH; BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE STREET MONUMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARK
STREET AND BROWNING AVENUE, A FOUND BRASS CAP; THENCE NORTH 01° 12'
40" EAST, ALONG THE PARK STREET MONUMENT LINE, A DISTANCE OF 33.00
FEET; THENCE NORTH 89° 52' 59" WEST A DISTANCE OF 173.20 FEET TO THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE ALLEY PARCEL AND THE TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG THE SAID ALLEY PARCEL THE FOLLOWING (4) FOUR
COURSES:
1. NORTH 89° 52' 59" WEST A DISTANCE OF 16.00 FEET;
2. NORTH 01° 17 46" EAST A DISTANCE OF 187.43 FEET;
3. SOUTH 89° 52' 59" EAST A DISTANCE OF 16.00 FEET;
4. SOUTH 01° 17 46" WEST A DISTANCE OF 187.43 FEET MORE OR LESS, TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
THE TOTAL AREA OF THE ALLEY PARCEL AS DESCRIBED ABOVE IS 2999 SQUARE
FEET 0.069 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
BASIS OF BEARING IS NORTH 01° 12' 40" EAST A DISTANCE OF 571.81 FEET
(RECORD 571.50 FEET) BETWEEN FOUND BRASS CAP MONUMENTS MARKING THE
INTERSECTION OF PARK STREET AND BROWNING AVENUE AND THE
INTERSECTION OF PARK STREET AND SHERMAN AVENUE.