Planning Commission recommends rezoning Wells Fargo site on Bengal Boulevard to multifamily; forwards recommendation to City Council

The Cottonwood Heights Planning Commission on July 16 voted to recommend that City Council approve a proposed general‑plan amendment and zoning map change to allow multifamily residential development on a parcel at 3425 East Bengal Boulevard.

The applicant, Nathan Anderson, is seeking to change the property’s designation from Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to RM (multifamily residential). The commission’s vote was a recommendation to the City Council; council is the final decision maker.

Why it matters: The 0.48‑acre parcel sits on the north side of Bengal Boulevard across from a Smith’s grocery and is the only NC‑designated parcel on that side of the street. If rezoned and later developed, the site could host attached residential units (for example, townhomes) that would be subject to RM development standards. Neighbors argued the change would allow building mass and density incompatible with surrounding single‑family neighborhoods and could increase traffic on adjacent Oak Shadow Circle; the applicant said RM is consistent…