Density change for Pala Ranch project denied

The County’s Planning Commission has rejected a request from the ownership of the proposed Pala Ranch development for a Plan Amendment Authorization which would have initiated the General Plan Amendment process for a 419-acre site east of Interstate 15.

The Planning Commission’s 5-0 vote, with commissioners Bryan Woods and David Kreitzer absent, stops the planned development mostly on the northeast side of State Route 76 and Rice Canyon Road which would have included an estimated 817 single-family homes. Pala Ranch LLC has the right to appeal the Planning Commission’s denial to the Board of Su...