Chambers v. Smithfield City

HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs brought this action to invalidate the procedure by which defendant Smithfield City grants variances of its zoning ordinances, and to enjoin the issuance of a building permit to defendant Robert Richardson to build a single family residence upon property for which Richardson was granted a variance.

In 1982, defendant Richardson purchased a .67 acre lot in Smithfield, Utah. Prior to the sale, the lot was part of a one-acre parcel upon which a residence was already built. The lot sold to Richardson is located in a RE-1 zone. The purpose of the RE-1 zone is to serve…