South Ogden council adopts ordinance to vacate small portion of Stewart Drive for industrial redevelopment

The South Ogden City Council on July 1 adopted Ordinance 2025-20 vacating a portion of Stewart Drive to accommodate a subdivision plat and a proposed industrial warehouse on a parcel of just over 14 acres.

City planning staff told the council the change trims a few feet from the existing right-of-way so the dedicated street lines will align with the existing sidewalk and park strip and meet the Collector Street minimum width. Planning staff said the adjustment would allow truck access to the rear of the proposed building and help the developer meet landscape-setback and zoning requirements.

Planning staff said the right-of-way varies now from about 60 feet to approximately 55 feet along the subject segment and that the revised alignment would maintain at least 54 feet, the minimum standard for the street’s function. The Planning Commission recommended approval subject to corrected legal-description wording; staff confirmed that the legal description had been revised and approved before the council vote.

The council held a public hearing; no members of the public spoke. Vice Chair Hyer moved to close the hearing, and Council Member Grama seconded the motion. Council Member Myers moved to adopt the ordinance; Council Member Chibburka seconded. The council then took a roll-call vote that recorded Aye votes from Council Members Blair, Chibburka, Graff, Myers, Ritchie, Vice Chair Hyer and Chair White; the ordinance passed.

City staff and the petitioner described this as a correction of right-of-way lines tied to the subdivision dedication rather than a transfer of public street to a private owner; the petitioner said the change effectively moves the right-of-way line to the back of sidewalk where it should have been originally.

The council’s action adopts Ordinance 2025-20 and directs staff to record the ordinance and associated subdivision documents consistent with the adopted vacating language.