Article: Bill to allow N. Salt Lake to annex 80 acres held in the Senate

The city of North Salt Lake may not get an easy ending to its fight over foothill open space with Salt Lake City.

A bill that would have allowed North Salt Lake to annex 80 acres of foothill land that it owns within Salt Lake City's boundaries was held in the Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee on Wednesday.

It may not have enough votes to make it out of the committee.

Sen. Dan Eastman, R-Bountiful, who is sponsoring SB130, said Wednesday that the intent of his bill was to assist North Salt Lake in its fight with Salt Lake City. Last year, the two cities sued each other over the 80 acres.

Salt Lake City wants the land to be kept as open space. Its lawsuit seeks ...

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