Planning Commission approves 12-unit plan development and preliminary subdivision at 825 W. Hoyt/White Place with fence condition

Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a plan development and preliminary subdivision for a 12-unit infill project at a site identified in the record as approximately 825 West Hoyt Place (the project presenter also referred to 825 West White Place).

Planning staff presented the application and recommended approval. The project calls for 12 units on individual lots, with most units containing three bedrooms and attached two-car garages; one smaller unit would have two bedrooms and a one-car garage. The design includes a four-foot sidewalk that circles the site, common open space, balconies on second stories and a single building with direct frontage on Hoyt Place. Because of the driveway alignment the applicant requested two departures from standard development requirements: an increase in the maximum drive approach width from 22 feet to 28 feet, and a reduction of the rear-yard setback from 30 feet to 15 feet. The staff report found the project generally meets preliminary subdivision and plan development standards and recommended approval.

During the public hearing no community speakers were recorded. The commission considered the staff recommendation, then moved to approve the plan development application as recommended. Commissioner Scherer moved to approve the plan development application; a second was recorded in the meeting minutes. Commissioner Berry offered a friendly amendment to require installation of a 6-foot fence along the shared south property line; the motion maker and the seconder accepted that amendment. The commission voted unanimously to approve the plan development application with the added fence condition.

The commission then voted separately to approve the preliminary subdivision…