Santaquin planning commission unanimously forwards negative recommendation on Frasier rezone request

The Santaquin City Planning Commission on July 22 voted unanimously to forward a negative recommendation to the City Council on a request to rezone about 4.414 acres owned by Troy and Kelly Frasier from the R-10 residential zone to the residential agriculture zone.

The commission’s recommendation came after a public hearing in which neighbors raised complaints about animals, odor, property maintenance and code violations. Planning staff told the commission the property does not meet the residential agriculture zone’s 5-acre minimum and that some of the animals currently on the site are not allowed under the R-10 zone, which is why the Frasiers requested the rezoning.

Troy Frasier, the applicant, told the commission he and his family have used the parcel for agricultural purposes for more than 20 years and that their intent was a small hobby farm rather than commercial operations. "Residential agriculture is basically a residence, and…