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Council approves zoning amendment and street vacation for West High School rebuild after neighborhood commitments
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance amending K–12 public school development standards and vacating a portion of 200 North for the West High School rebuild, following council discussion of neighborhood mitigations (one‑way exit request to UDOT, staff‑only parking, gates during events, mature tree buffering and updated enrollment projections).
The Salt Lake City Council voted to amend K–12 public school development standards and vacate a portion of 200 North between 300 West and 200 West to accommodate the West High School rebuild. The motion, moved and seconded by council members, passed after council member Wharton outlined negotiated neighborhood commitments from the district, including a request to UDOT for a one‑way exit onto 300 West, limiting the northern portion of the school parking lot to faculty and staff with a gate to block access during large events, planting mature trees along property lines as a buffer, and hiring a demographics team to update enrollment projections.
Wharton said the commitments reflect good‑faith efforts to reduce traffic impacts and to preserve neighborhood character; she said she would continue to represent neighborhood concerns through construction and the building’s early years. The ordinance passed unanimously with no recorded opposition.
