Planning commission recommends denying rezoning request for Parcel 20-4532

May 20, 2026

An attorney representing the out-of-town owners asked the commission to rezone a 5-acre parcel to commercial because airport expansion makes residential use impractical; commissioners expressed concerns about spot zoning and the absence of Heber City’s airport overlay map and voted to recommend denial to the Town Council.

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The Daniel Planning Commission on May 20 heard a rezoning request for Parcel 20-4532, a roughly five-acre property near the Huber Valley Airport. Chase Chamberlain (speaker 16), an attorney with the Gordon Law Group representing the absentee owner John Cole, asked the commission to rezone the parcel from residential (RA-5) to commercial, saying FAA airport expansion and compatibility requirements will preclude future residential use and that nearby properties that converted to commercial sold at much higher per-acre values.

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