South Salt Lake officials struck a careful compromise this week between the desires of a car dealership to expand its parking lot and fears of encroachment from adjacent homeowners.
at 3535 S. State St. for commercial uses, a major step toward the dealership’s goal of clearing out and paving the properties to make more room for its inventory.
“All things are a balance,” he told the council. And while the city acknowledged the dealership’s contribution to its tax base, Weidenhamer said, officials were also weighing its requests against South Salt Lake’s wider vision for how it will grow., just off busy State Street, had feared the rezone would bring the dealership’s asphalt footprint too far into their growing community. They had launched a leafleting and yard sign campaign in recent weeks, urging the city to deny the requests.
Talia Walker, one of the neighborhood organizers, called Wednesday’s compromise “a win for us.” She said it was disheartening, though, that the council had abbreviated public comment by limiting residents to one-minute statements, calling that “a violation of our rights.” “We have been working with the city development office since the day we bought these properties to get this done,” he said. The general manager also rebutted assertions the business ultimately intended to encroach on Winslow Avenue in the future, saying it had not acted on several chances to buy additional home lots along the street.
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