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The Utah State Prison's campus has locked up 600 acres of Draper land for 60 years. The grand vision for the soon-to-be former prison site is a master-planned \
Now it's the site of the soon-to-be obsolete Utah State Prison. But this week, it came another step closer to becoming one of the largest developments in Utah's history.
SALT LAKE CITY — Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she's "very confident in our legal standing" to ban fireworks citywide, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuit risks. Their attorneys read Utah's state statute on the power of cities to ban fireworks very differently, and that "confusion" is what Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, says should push the Utah Legislature to hold a special session to address the state's murky law on what power local leaders do or don't have to ban fireworks. The issue is generating a lot of...
Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is confident a citywide ban on setting off fireworks is legal, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuits.
Deseret News Share this story Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she’s “very confident in our legal standing” to ban fireworks citywide, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuit risks. Their attorneys read Utah’s state statute on the power of cities to ban fireworks very differently, and that “confusion” is what Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, says should push the Utah Legislature to hold a special session to address the state’s murky law on what power local leaders do or don’t ...