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Weber County board grants small variance to allow Gillespie lot to be split into two building parcels
Summary
The Weber County Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing Lot 2 of the Gillespie Subdivision (about 5.866 acres) to be treated as two roughly 3-acre building lots, granting a 5,830-square-foot variance tied to BOA case BOA-2025-01. The approval is valid for 18 months.
The Weber County Board of Adjustment on March 13 approved a variance (BOA-2025-01) allowing Lot 2 of the Gillespie Subdivision at 5688 East 2300 North, Eden, to be subdivided into two building lots. The board’s motion grants a variance of 5,830 square feet to the AV-3 zone lot-area requirement so the owner can divide the 5.866-acre parcel into two parcels that would each meet the county’s three-acre lot minimum for building.
The variance matters because it would let the property owner, Michael Gillespie, convert an agricultural parcel into two buildable lots if and when he elects to pursue subdivision and development. County staff and board members discussed how past road dedications on the parcel reduced the acreage available for development and emphasized that easements do not reduce lot area but dedications recorded at subdivision do.
Planning staff presented the…
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