Article: SLC rezones land owned by neighboring North Salt Lake.

Byline: Heather May

Nov. 16--Against the wishes of North Salt Lake, the capital city rezoned its neighbor's land to prevent any development on property that sits on the ancient Lake Bonneville shoreline.

On Tuesday night, Salt Lake City zoned 80 acres on the hillside near Ensign Peak as natural open space to stop North Salt Lake from building a cemetery and homes there. Salt Lake City has a say because the land sits inside its city limits.

"This is a geo-antiquity," said Salt Lake City Councilman Dale Lambert. "It's land that's extremely important."

But the rezone doesn't end the debate. North Salt Lake has sued to put the land in its ...

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