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Council reviews proposal to vacate a paper alley in Liberty Heights plat
Summary
Salt Lake City planning staff presented an alley vacation request affecting a narrow, largely blocked alley in the Liberty Heights area; staff recommended vacation under the city’s lack-of-use standard and said abutting owners would split the land if council approves.
Salt Lake City Council members on Sept. 9 reviewed a request to vacate an approximately 12-foot by 535-foot alley segment in the Liberty Heights plat, between about 1430 East and 1500 East and between 1300 South and Sherman Avenue.
Planning staff said the alley is blocked by garages, fences and vegetation and may never have functioned as a public right-of-way beyond its paper record. Seth Rios, principal planner, told the council the alley was platted in 1910 and that historic Sanborn maps from 1950 show garages…
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