Council approves Homestead Resort master-plan amendment and related plat changes; spa access, maintenance building location adjusted

The Midway City Council voted to approve Resolution 2025-11, adopting the third amendment to the Homestead Resort master plan, and then approved multiple plat amendments that implement the master-plan changes.

City planning staff described the Homestead property as roughly 72 acres in the resort (RC) zone that currently includes about 26 hotel rooms, roughly 68 condominium units under building permits, five single-family dwellings and several cottage units. The amendment relocates the proposed maintenance and cart-storage building from one approved location to another inside the resort core, swaps designated open-space polygons so the total open-space acreage remains unchanged at 10.53 acres, and allows a small (up to 10‑stall) parking lot to serve a proposed spa accessed from Pine Canyon Road.

Staff said the relocation moves the maintenance/cart-storage building to a slightly lower, more screened location that the applicant and staff believe will be less visible to neighboring property owners once landscaping and partial grading are installed. The change also frees the existing maintenance building location for a future, unspecified use; staff said any future use there would require separate planning review.

Planning staff said two neighborhood meetings were held and notices were mailed to property owners within 600 feet; staff reported mostly questions and a small number of phone calls but no large-scale opposition. One nearby property owner raised concerns about visibility and access; staff said the owner had been engaged in pre-meeting discussions with staff and the applicant and did not appear at the council hearing.

Conditions recommended by the planning commission and accepted by council include limiting spa parking to 10 spaces, installing landscaping north of Fairway Drive to discourage unauthorized through trips onto private roads in the Links, and recording the amended plats to reflect new lot lines and easements. Staff also noted the resort property contains sensitive lands including a crater, wetlands and FEMA floodplain; those constraints were part of project review.

On the plat amendments, staff explained that three previously recorded plats will be amended: Homestead Resort Plat Lot 3, Open Space Lot B, and Homestead Hotel Condominiums Lot 2. Amendments will adjust lot lines, depict common areas and limited common areas, and show easements necessary for access and utility maintenance. The city requires that any plat amendment be recorded within one year of council approval; applicants may request up to three one‑year extensions at the council’s discretion.

Council members discussed visibility, the proposed “burying” of the maintenance building into the hillside, the limited spa parking to minimize traffic from Pine Canyon Road, and how deliveries and service vehicles would be routed through existing resort delivery points rather than via Pine Canyon. The applicants said Marriott programming for the spa was not yet finalized but that the spa is expected to primarily serve resort guests arriving from the resort core; limited stalls would serve employees and occasional guests arriving from Pine Canyon.

The council approved the master plan amendment and the plat amendments in separate votes. Recorded votes in the transcript show unanimous approval among those present. Next steps include recording the amended plats and verifying required landscaping, easements and parking limits are reflected on recorded documents.