Planning commission tables Wendy’s lot-size variance appeal for 3300 South/200 East to April 3

The South Salt Lake Planning Commission on March 6 agreed to table an appeal of a community development director decision denying a variance to the Commercial Corridor minimum lot-size requirement for a proposed Wendy’s drive-through at the corner of 3300 South and 200 East. The commission set the next hearing date for April 3, 2025.

The city’s planner had told commissioners that the applicant’s four combined parcels total about 0.804 acres on the Elta survey submitted with the application, below the zone’s 1-acre minimum for new development. City staff recommended denial, finding the appellant had not shown the five statutory variance criteria: (1) enforcement would cause an unreasonable hardship; (2) special circumstances attach to the property; (3) the variance is essential to enjoyment of a substantial property right; (4) the…