The Park City Planning Board is expected to ratify Tuesday’s decision to overturn Planning Director Rebecca Ward’s approval of the historic design of Matthew and Tatiana Prince’s plans to build a new home overlooking Old Town .

The council ruled last week on an appeal by neighboring neighbors Eric and Susan Hermann that Ward erred in his interpretation of three points in the city’s land management code, saying in part:

• Land Management Code Section 15-13-8(A)(1)(5): “Although the proposed building utilizes a previously disturbed area, the design does not minimize cutting and impoundments, resulting in its massing almost singular and its scale projects outwards, dominating the neighborhood, rather than adapting to the topography.
• Land Management Code Section 15-13-8(B)(2)(a)(9): “Regardless of lot frontage, the principal frontage is not compatible with the width of surrounding historic buildings. » … “Modules on a main facade should generally not exceed 11 feet to 25 feet in width. The modest roof change and color variation does not result in modules of a scale and massing consistent with the historic massing of the streetscape or character area, including the Sweeney MPD.
• Land Management Code Section 15-13-8(B)(1)(d): “Retaining walls are not used to create gradual steps consistent with historic retaining walls in terms of mass, scale and design. »

The Planning Commission and Board of Appeals approved the plans and found them to be consistent with zoning rules and amended plat notes in the Sweeney General Planning District consisting of lots and homes larger than in the traditional historic district of small lots below them.

The existing homes at 220 King Road were demolished in July. They were slightly taller, with slightly more finished square footage than the single-family home that would replace them. Additionally, they did not follow the rules of the historic district or the Sweeney MPD, particularly regarding the height and footprint of the building.

They also did not have two unfinished basements or a large basement turning area for fire apparatus, although the Board of Adjustments did not directly challenge those features.

The Princes’ attorneys said they plan to appeal to Third District Court, where the Hermanns have filed suit against Park City to have the planning commission approve and the appeals committee uphold approval of the construction of the new house.

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