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Commission recommends vacating remnant rights-of-way near I‑80 for railway parcel consolidation
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended City Council approve vacation of several remnant right-of-way segments bisecting a parcel near 6500 West and I‑80 so the railway can consolidate the land; recommendation includes utility and consolidation conditions.
The Planning Commission on July 23 recommended that City Council approve a street vacation request for multiple remnant right-of-way pieces that bisect a parcel near 6500 West and the eastbound I‑80 freeway. The remnant strips, created when I‑80 was built through an early 20th-century subdivision, are functionally unusable as public streets; the applicant (Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway) seeks to consolidate them into the adjoining parcel. Staff recommended approval with conditions and commissioners voted to forward a positive recommendation.
Why it matters: vacating obsolete remnant rights-of-way permits consolidation of an…
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