The Anaheim City Council has rejected a 498-unit luxury apartment project in the Anaheim Hills over concerns about the difficulty of evacuating residents from the fire-prone area.
In a 5-2 vote, the legislative branch overturned a September approval from the city's Planning Commission for Utah-based SALT Development proposal to build a seven-story luxury apartment building, six large-lot estate homes and 40K SF of commercial space on a 76-acre tract next to the Deer Canyon Park Preserve.
SALT's plans for the $500M development, called Hills Preserve, included an offer to donate 46 acres of the site to the adjacent 103-acre wilderness park, which was acquired by the city in 1994 and now is used for hiking and horseback riding.
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