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Planning Commission –September 24, 2025
PLNPCM2025-00423
DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED RIGHTS-
OF-WAY
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BACKGROUND
•Planning Commission initiated in February 2025 to modify
14.52
•Intent is to include all city owned ROWs and to update the
policies that must be met or considered
Staff recommends the Planning Commission forward a
positive recommendation to City Council
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CONSIDERATION FACTORS NOW
•Four factors currently exist; requests
must meet at least one for the city
to consider disposing of an alley
•Lack of Use
•Public Safety
•Urban Design
•Community Purpose
An alley with structures and vegetation built into it, satisfying the Lack of
Use factor.
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CONSIDERATION FACTORS PROPOSED
•Seven propose factors, no longer required to meet one
for the city to consider disposing
1.Impact on General Plan
2.Impact to Property
3.Public Utilities
4.Size Factors
5.Lack of Use
6.Public Safety
7.Community Purpose
•Lack of Use modifications to not allow illegal
obstructions to count
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METHOD OF DISPOSITION
•Retains the three methods of disposition and adds two
new methods
•Exchange of land
•Simple closure for public or private purpose
•Modifies what is to be considered “low density residential
use”
•Must be 25 dwelling units per acre or less according to the
applicable future land use map
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INCLUSION OF STREETS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY
•Vacating or closing streets or other
ROW has no set policies or
procedures
•Currently processed in the same
way as alleys
•Language uses to include streets,
other ROWs
•Will still follow the same process as alleys
Requests for the vacation of the space between the sidewalk and property line
are now included in 14.52.
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PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS
•All vacation and closure requests are
currently required to have a public
hearing with the Planning Commission
•New requests, regardless of purpose, can
be exempt if there are no objections or
concerns from City departments or
public
•City Council would receive
recommendation from Planning Director
instead of Planning Commission
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RECOMMENDATION
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Based on the information discussed, staff
recommends that the Planning Commission
forward a positive recommendation to the
City Council.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Ben Buckley // Principal Planner
benjamin.buckley@slc.gov
801-535-7142