SALT LAKE CITY — The mayor of Utah’s capital city is now calling for a review of conditions at every property that it owns following a brush fire that destroyed two apartment buildings in Millcreek last week, which originated on land owned by Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall requested an “immediate audit” of all city-owned property inside and outside of city limits, a city spokesperson said on Tuesday. Every city department is being asked to “assess the conditions” of every property under its control, with a priority of locating and removing grass or weeds exceeding 6 inches in height.
Salt Lake City has several departments that oversee facilities all over the region. The measure comes in the wake of Friday’s fire that started on a Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities maintenance yard that houses multiple groundwater wells and pumps within Millcreek limits…