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The Santa Clarita Planning Commission had several questions about a proposed lithium-ion battery storage facility in Canyon Country when it decided Tuesday to continue its review of the project to Sept. 21.
Santa Clarita planning commissioners Tuesday sent the Sand Canyon resort proposal back to the drawing board amid continued concerns, focusing largely on emergency evacuations. Developer Steve Kim, who owns the Sand Canyon Country Club, wants to add a resort and spa across 77 acres of his 300-acre country club on the northeast corner of Sand Canyon Road and Robinson Ranch Road. It would include multilevel hotels, villas, dining options and outdoor recreation. He is also looking to gain a zone change from “open space” to “community commercial” on half of the four site lots. Kim presen...
During the last hearing on the project in January, a handful of Santa Clarita residents utilized the public comments section to voice their support for the proposed resort, while more called in to voice concerns, which were echoed by the commissioners. One such concern raised by Commissioner Lisa Eichman was that the proposed hotel rooms and villas looked far too similar to apartments and townhomes, and that the property could be turned into residences. “If this goes to community commercial, this can be converted to apartments,” Eichman said at the time. “It looks like the hotel is apar...
Two developments, one for residential housing near the Vista Canyon project and the other for assisted living in Newhall, are one step closer toward construction, following a green light Tuesday from Santa Clarita planning commissioners.
Sand Canyon Resort Further Discussed Before Planning Commission, End Date Extended The proposed Sand Canyon Resort development returned before the Santa Clarita Planning Commission for a review focused primarily on the project’s potential environmental impacts in the community on Tuesday evening. City staff presented their draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to the commission, which outlines the project’s impact in more than a dozen areas. The project, also referred to as the “Sand Canyon Resort” project, would see the Sand Canyon Country Club add a three-story hotel with 241 room...