21Public Comment
From: Sharon Petty <
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 8:06 PM
To: Public Comment
Subject: Holden project
We do not live in the immediate neighborhood of the Mormon Church where the Holden Corporation is seeking to
construct the large retirement/care facility but rather to the east a couple of miles. But we wish to lend our voices to
the NOTOHOLDEN movement that is attempting to stop the construction for these reasons:
1. The area is zoned for single family homes. The church, while not a home, is of a use and size compatible
with such zoning and the residents are used to it. We, ourselves, live on a street that has about 25 homes. Four
of these have been converted to care facilities (I call them hospital houses) for elderly sick people. While we
would rather see families occupying them, the buildings have not been altered in such a manner to be
incompatible with the appearance of our neighborhood. That would not be the case with the Holden project.
Assume that the church lot were divided into 6 lots and houses put on them with each home about 3,000 sq.
ft. The living space of the Holden project would be about 30 times that of 6 single family homes—totally
incompatible with zoning in the neighborhood.
2. Nohl Ranch Road and Royal Oaks are both busy streets, and the community doesn't need the traffic that
would result from the retirement center. We understand that Holden has asked for a waiver for parking spaces
of almost 50%. That waves a red flag for us that this property is not large enough for what Holden is proposing
to do.
3. Denying the Holden permit won't be a financial hardship for the Mormon church, as we understand these
are at least two other buyers who have made full -price offers, and at least one of them is a church. Choosing a
church as the buyer would make new occupancy almost seamless. It also would not result in years of
construction to disturb the neighborhood.
4. If Holden goes forward, families who live in the lots next to the church property would lose their view and
their privacy and no longer enjoy the same features of the home they purchased. Who is going to compensate
them for their loss?
5. In case of a large fire requiring evacuation, Anaheim Hills residents need to evacuate on Nohl Ranch
Road. Hopefully this will never happen, but if it does, what kind of a mess would be created by ambulances
trying to get in and out to transport the many residents of that facility.
6. There are currently many lots with for sale signs posted on Santa Ana Canyon Road near the Festival
Shopping Center. That road is designed for heavy traffic. While it would probably cost Holden more to build
there because they would have to run the electricity and plumbing up to one of those lots, it would be a nice
location. Residents would have a view of the hills. Residents who drive would have access to groceries, dry
cleaning, gasoline, restaurants, a movie theater, and even medical offices on the east side of the Festival
S.C. And, building a retirement facility on one of these lots would not result in a loss of property values for the
homeowners surrounding the church property.
We could probably give other reasons against the project, but know that others will be giving their opinions and
many would duplicate our thoughts. So we will close by saying, please do the right thing for the residents currently
living near the Mormon church property and say NOTOHOLDEN.
Robert and Sharon Petty
Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
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