Residents and council members press appeal over South Third Street lot split that could affect Save A Lot

The Memphis City Council on July 8 heard an appeal from Dr. Lynette P. Williams asking the council to overturn a Land Use Control Board approval to resubdivide a portion of the Save A Lot site at 4696 South Third Street into a separate 0.82-acre parcel (Lot 3). The Division of Planning and Development recommended the council reject the appeal and allow the resubdivision to stand; no final council vote on the appeal is recorded in the meeting transcript.

DPD planner Trevian Smith told the council the resubdivision request (case S25-10) would create a separate 0.82-acre lot on the north end of the existing property and that the proposed lots meet the standards of the Commercial Mixed Use-3 (CMU-3) zoning district. "The proposed preliminary plan a lot was subdivided... Lot 3 will create it on that north side," Smith said in his presentation. He noted DPD and the Land Use Control Board approved the preliminary plan with…