Park City council adopts backyard-unit rules and pauses a new Pink bus route
On Oct. 1 the council approved Ordinance 2026-21 for detached accessory dwelling units, 5-0, with looser owner and parking terms than planners proposed. Transit staff were steered away from a new midday route to the hospital.
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The Park City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 1 to approve Ordinance 2026-21, which adds Land Management Code section 15-4-7.2 for detached accessory dwelling units, or DADUs. The city wrote the section to match allowances in 2026 Senate Bill 284. Council Member Tana Toly made the motion and Council Member Molly Miller seconded it. [1]
Planning Director Rebecca Ward told the council that a property of at least 11,000 square feet could apply for a DADU, with a height limit of 18 feet. She said the draft was the most restrictive version the state allows. Planners recommended parking of one space for units under 2,000 square feet and two spaces for larger units. [1]
The council changed one point from the draft. Instead of requiring the owner to live in the main house, it let the owner live in either the DADU or the primary home, as state code allows. It kept the parking recommendation. Ward said owners must record a deed restriction if the unit is rented, and that the city would give neighbors notice and hold a public hearing for applications. [1]
One resident, Toby Tolpinrud, asked at the public hearing how the owner-occupancy and 90-day rental rules would be enforced. Ward said the city would do its best to track and enforce them. Several council members said the city should look for ways to encourage owners to build units that become rentals, and the mayor said the council wants to discuss the policy and possible pilot programs further. [1]
The council also took up the 2026-27 winter transit plan in a work session that continued into the regular meeting. Staff proposed flexible run times and traffic-responsive frequencies in place of fixed clock-face schedules, so buses would run on time more often but might not arrive at the same minute each hour. The minutes say the council approved the winter scheduling plan. [1]
Staff also offered three options to serve Quinn's Junction, including Studio Crossing and the hospital. The slides priced a full-day Pink route at an estimated $1,912.35 a day for about 150 riders, a midday Pink route at $1,008.33 a day for about 115 riders, and a midday detour of the Silver route at no added cost. [1]
Council members favored waiting on a new Pink route. Council Member Bill Ciraco said he would support it once Studio Crossing is built out, and Council Members Ed Parigian and Toly also backed a pause. Mayor Ryan Dickey agreed with Ciraco and favored testing more frequent service on the 20 Tan route in Park Meadows. Transportation Director Tim Sanderson said another bus there would not double ridership. Staff summarized that they would pause the Pink route, study who its riders might be and look at the Tan route. [1]
During public input, several residents and the group PLACE-PC asked the council to withdraw the Brinshore plan for the five-acre city-owned site at Bonanza Drive and Kearns Boulevard. The group's letter said a petition had nearly 2,400 signatures. That figure is the group's own claim. The council took no action on the site at this meeting. [1]
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