Santaquin Planning Commission backs rezoning to enable luxury RV resort; sends positive recommendation to City Council

The Santaquin City Planning Commission on July 8 unanimously recommended that the City Council consider rezoning about 29 acres in the vicinity of 4279 West and 12800 South to allow an RV resort, directing staff to draft zoning language or a new zone that would accommodate the proposed use.

The recommendation is a legislative step to enable the applicant’s vision for a “luxury RV resort,” not approval of a specific site plan or the resort itself. The commission’s vote forwards the rezone request and asks staff to work with the applicant and city council on how to define and regulate an RV resort in Santaquin.

Applicant Brennan Jackson told the commission the family’s plan is a short-stay, destination-oriented facility that would “bring some tax income” and include amenities such as a Western museum. Jackson said the resort would be “not an RV park, but an RV resort,” and clarified during the public hearing that guests would be limited to short-term stays, saying residents “you couldn’t stay more than 28 days.”

Neighbors raised concerns about noise, traffic…