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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. _____ of 2026
(Vacating a portion of Fortune Road between 2040 Fortune Road and Wallace Road)
An ordinance vacating a portion of Fortune Road between 2040 Fortune Road and
Wallace Road pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2025-00864.
WHEREAS the Salt Lake City Planning Commission (“Planning Commission”) held a
public hearing on January 14, 2026 to consider a request made by Thatcher Company Inc.
(“Applicant”) to vacate a portion of Fortune Road between 2040 Fortune Road and Wallace
Road; and
WHEREAS, at its January 14, 2026 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 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:
SECTION 1. Vacating City-Owned Right-of-Way. That a portion of Fortune Road
located between 2040 Fortune Road and Wallace Road, which is the subject of Petition No.
PLNPCM2025-00864, and which is more particularly described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto
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(“Right-of-Way”), 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 the Right-of-Way, 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. Conditions. This vacation is conditioned upon the following:
1. The Applicant shall pay fair market value of the Right-of-Way to the City, based upon
the value added to the abutting property.
2. The Applicant shall consolidate parcels 15-10-351-006-0000 (1942 W Fortune Rd), 15-
10-351-005-0000 (2040 W Fortune Rd), 15-10-352-012-0000 (1975 W Fortune Rd), 15-
10-352-008-0000 (1947 W Fortune Rd), and 15-10-353-001-0000 (1905 W Fortune Rd).
3. The Applicant shall grant an access easement to any private utility provider that has
facilities installed within the Right-of-Way as required by the applicable franchise
agreements.
4. The Applicant shall grant the City a fire access easement so that the Right-of-Way is
maintained as a fire access, with a fire-approved gate, and the fire hydrant shall remain
active and accessible.
SECTION 4. Time. If the conditions set forth in Section 3 above have not been met
within one year after adoption, then this ordinance shall become null and void. Within such one
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year period the City Council may, for good cause shown, by resolution, extend the time period
for satisfying the conditions identified above.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its
first publication. The Salt Lake City Recorder is instructed to not publish this ordinance until the
conditions set forth in Section 3 are satisfied as certified by the Salt Lake City Planning Director
or his designee. When the publication conditions have been met this ordinance shall likewise 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
______________________________
Keith Reynolds, City Recorder
(SEAL)
Bill No. ________ of 2026
Published: ______________.
Ordinance Vacating Portion of Fortune Road
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date:___March 31, 2026__________________
By: ___________________________________
Katherine D. Pasker, Senior City Attorney
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EXHIBIT “A”
Legal description of Portion of Fortune Road to be vacated:
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF FORTUNE ROAD
WHICH IS NORTH 404.93 FEET, WEST 1371.08, N48°06'08"W 35.68 FEET AND
N48°06'08"W 484.90 FEET FROM THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 10,
T1S, R1W, S.L.B.& M.
THENCE N48°06'08"W 936.59 FEET;
THENCE N41°53'52"E 50.00 FEET;
THENCE S48°06'08"E 936.59 FEET;
THENCE S41°53'52"W 50.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINS 46,827.7 SQUARE FEET OR 1.075 ACRES.