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Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80

Vacation of platted but never-built street rights-of-way so Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway can buy them for railroad uses, including relocating a rail yard from the Buena Vista neighborhood. The Council adopted Ordinance 64 of 2025 on Oct. 21, 2025.

Where it stands
Approved
Type
Site plan
Location
About 6500 West at the Interstate 80 eastbound freeway
Applicant
Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway

Every hearing and vote

  1. October 7, 2025 · City Council

    Consent agenda

    Approved · 6-0

    The consent agenda passed 6-0 with item 6 (the Parviz Faiz board appointment) removed. It set Oct. 21 hearings on the annual HUD community development needs, the TEFRA hearing for Pax Station Apartments (203 West Paxton Avenue, 272 units), the Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80 (PLNPCM2025-00432), and Budget Amendment No. 2. It appointed Cooper Fankhauser and Sean Weeks to the Community Development and Capital Improvement Programs Advisory Board and Samantha DeSeelhorst to the Transportation Advisory Board.

    Moved by Council Member Wharton, seconded by Council Member Lopez Chavez. Vote: 6-0

  2. October 7, 2025 · City Council work session

    Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80 (briefing)

    Discussed

    Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway, the property owner, asked to buy platted but never-built street rights-of-way to include in its property for future railroad use; there are no structures on the site. The Planning Commission gave a conditional recommendation. A Patriot Rail representative confirmed the intent to relocate a rail yard now in the Buena Vista neighborhood to this site farther west. Members discussed utility poles and easements and support for decommissioning certain rail lines.

    • Petitioner: Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway
    • Council District 2

  3. October 21, 2025 · City Council

    Patriot Rail street vacations near 6500 West and I-80

    Approved · 6-0

    After a hearing with no public comment, the Council adopted Ordinance 64 of 2025, closing never-built platted street rights-of-way so Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway can buy them for railroad uses. Council Member Puy spoke in support and for moving the current rail yard farther west. Before adjournment, staff said an incorrect version of the ordinance had been provided for adoption; staff approved the most recent hard-copy version, and Chair Dugan stated for the record that the hard-copy version was the one adopted.

    • Petitioner: Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway
    • Petition: PLNPCM2025-00432
    • Council District 2

    Moved by Council Member Puy, seconded by Council Member Wharton. Vote: 6-0