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Votes at a glance: council adopts several land‑use ordinances and alley vacations; multiple items pass unanimously
Summary
At the West Side meeting the council adopted building preservation/zoning clarifications, an alley vacation in Liberty Heights, and two alley vacations on American Avenue; other hearings were closed, deferred, or postponed.
Salt Lake City Council members on the West Side meeting approved several ordinances and land‑use actions and took procedural steps on others. Most votes recorded in the transcript passed unanimously with Councilmember Young absent.
Key outcomes recorded in the meeting record:
- Building preservation and adaptive reuse ordinance (Agenda item B3): The council adopted clarifying modifications to an ordinance that provides incentives for building preservation and adaptive reuse. A motion to close the public hearing and adopt the ordinance passed unanimously with Young absent. (Motion and second recorded; mover name not specified in the transcript.)
- Liberty Heights alley vacation (Agenda item B5): The council adopted an ordinance vacating an approximately 12‑foot by 535‑foot alley segment between about 1430 East and 1500 East and between 1300 South and Sherman Avenue. Staff noted the alley appears impassable and possibly existed only on paper; if approved the right‑of‑way will be divided between abutting owners. Motion to close and adopt passed unanimously with Young absent.
- Alley vacations adjacent to 373 and 389 West American Avenue (Action item C2): The council adopted ordinances vacating alley property adjacent to those addresses. Councilmember Pui moved and Councilmember Dugan seconded; the vote passed unanimously with Young absent.
- Justice Court capacity ordinance (unfinished business, F1): The council adopted an ordinance to allow modification of Salt Lake City Justice Court capacity (motion by Councilmember Dugan, second Wharton) and it passed unanimously with Young absent.
Procedural items and non‑final outcomes:
- Public utilities bond transactions (B1): Staff described two proposed transactions (two separate $50,000,000 instruments). The public hearing was closed; no adoption vote for bond issuance appears in the provided transcript.
- HOME‑ARP amendment (B2): Public hearing closed on a proposed $230,306 allocation for case management related to tenant‑based rental assistance (see separate article). No adoption vote appears in the provided transcript.
- Partial street vacation at 1101 West 400 South (B4): Public hearing closed and action deferred to a future meeting (see separate article).
- Zoning text amendment related to West High School (action item C1): Council postponed action to a future meeting after councilmembers said additional coordination with elected officials and the school district was needed.
Votes shown in the record were typically unanimous (record notes “passes unanimously with Young absent”), and many items had minimal public opposition in the transcripts provided.
