Planning commission forwards negative recommendation on rezone request at 2232 E. Pheasant Way

The Holiday City Planning Commission on Feb. 4, 2025 voted to forward a negative recommendation to the Holiday City Council on an application to rezone 2.06 acres at 2232 East Pheasant Way from R-187 (two-acre minimum lots) to R-143 (one-acre minimum lots).

The recommendation came after city planning staff explained that the property lies within the city's "country estates protected" designation in the general plan, which calls for preserving large-lot development patterns, mature tree canopy and private lanes. Staff told the commission the request does not meet the city's rezone approval standards and could create a precedent that would undermine the general plan's intent.

Applicant Randall Paul, who said he lives at 2232 E. Pheasant Way, told the commission the rezoning request is intended to facilitate a property-line shift so he and his family can hold a 3-acre parcel and a 1-acre parcel rather than the existing configuration. Paul said no new development is planned and that the family would place a permanent no-build easement in the deed to preserve open space. "We're not planning on changing anything other than moving the property line," Paul said.

Jade Andolan Snow (formerly Romney), who said she bought the four acres together and is part of…