Pleasant Grove council approves rezoning at 1525 East 200 South after residents raise water, access and neighborhood character concerns

Pleasant Grove City Council on Sept. 2 approved ordinance 2025-017 to rezone roughly 4.97 acres at about 1525 East 200 South from R-1-20 (20,000-square-foot minimum lots) to R-1-10 (10,000-square-foot minimum lots), a change that will allow smaller single-family lots and potentially increase the number of homes on the property.

The rezoning drew several residents who urged the council to preserve the existing lot sizes and rural character. Mark Beasant, who said he lives at 1192 East 200 South, told the council he supported maintaining the long-standing zoning pattern: “The only reason this is being requested is because someone wants to make more homes in this area than less homes.”

Property owner Ed Adams, who lives on the parcel, described site constraints. Adams said the developable rectangle of the site is limited and estimated that a cul-de-sac and road could remove about an acre, leaving “probably about 3 acres” for homes: “I really think even with this new situation, the most homes that could go in there would be a dozen.”

Resident Sarah Barker described public-safety and infrastructure concerns: “The water pressure up in that area, my mom… She cannot flush her toilet and have somebody in the shower at the same time.” She also warned that doubling housing would increase fire risk and strain the single access road.

Staff response and technical findings: Director Daniel Cardenas explained the requested rezone and that the city’s general plan designates the area as single-family low density, which lists R-1-10 as an applicable zone. He said the planning commission forwarded a 5–1 recommendation of approval. Public works staff and the city’s consultant addressed the water-pressure concerns. Neil (city staff) summarized the technical assessment: the neighborhood is served by tanks whose elevation determines pressure; the consultant concluded “whether you have 15, or 30 homes in this development, there’s negligible impact to peak day or peak hour pressures” because of the large distribution main and tank configuration. Neil added that significantly increasing pressure would require major upgrades such as a higher tank, which is expensive.

Council discussion and decision: Council members acknowledged the difficulty of balancing property rights and neighborhood concerns. Mayor and council members noted the general plan and code constrained their options: rezoning is a legislative action guided by the general plan, and specific site-plan details (lot count, street layout, fire access) will be evaluated later at the subdivision/plat stage. After discussion, Council member Anderson moved to approve ordinance 2025-017; Council member Williams seconded. The motion passed on a roll-call vote: Anderson: Yes; Janssen: Yes; Limon: Yes; Williams: Yes. Council member Rogers was absent.

What this means next: The zoning change permits future subdivision applications under R-1-10 standards. Any detailed subdivision or site plan will return to staff and the city for review of access, lot configuration, infrastructure capacity and fire-protection requirements. Residents’ concerns about water pressure, single access and emergency response were recorded in the public record and will be part of the staff and developer review at the site-plan stage.

Provenance: public hearing and staff presentation beginning with the agenda item introduction (“public hearing to consider ordinance 2025-017…1525 East 200 South”) and closing with the motion to approve and roll-call vote recorded in the meeting transcript.

Sources: Staff presentation by Director Daniel Cardenas; public testimony from Mark Beasant, Ed Adams and Sarah Barker; technical summary and answers from public-works staff (Neil); council roll-call recorded in meeting minutes.