Council adopts Bonanza Park Small Area Plan 4-0 and a citywide donations policy
July 11, 2024
With Council Member Ryan Dickey excused, the council adopted the Bonanza Park Small Area Plan, enacted a donations ordinance and adopted a revised employee handbook. It continued the proposed Nonprofit Services Advisory Committee and a consolidated boards ordinance. Summit County officials also described a possible emergency-services sales tax.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item II.1 · Presentation
Summit County sales tax for emergency services
Discussed
Summit County Council members Malena Stevens and Canice Harte and finance officer Matt Leavitt described a possible 0.05% to 0.10% sales tax on the November ballot to offset costs tied to tourism, including EMS, search and rescue, and landfill costs. Harte said most EMS calls involve visitors and property taxes have not been raised since 2017. Parigian asked whether revenue would fund pay raises; Harte said it could only offset tourism-related effects. Ciraco raised second-home property tax rates; Harte said the tax could not target second homeowners alone.
Item III · City code
Accessory master planned development pending ordinance
Discussed
Council Member Jeremy Rubell said the item returned to the Planning Commission after about ten months with a task force recommendation of no action, and asked for formal action. Staff said a pending ordinance was ready. By consensus the council had staff draft an ordinance reflecting the commission's original recommendation and task force input for commission review, expected on the August 15 council packet.
Item V.1 · Other
Approve minutes of June 20 and June 27, 2024 as amended
Approved · 4-0
Minutes were approved with a speaker-name correction on the June 27 minutes.
Item VI · Other
Consent agenda: fire restrictions, board of appeals alternate, Central Wasatch Commission seat
Approved · 4-0
The consent agenda included Resolution 14-2024 prohibiting ignition sources, open flames and fireworks (supported by a Park City Fire District letter citing heat, wind and low humidity), appointment of Nicholas Daniels as Board of Appeals alternate, and Resolution 17-2024 appointing Council Member Bill Ciraco as the city's voting member on the Central Wasatch Commission.
Item VII.1 · General plan
Bonanza Park Small Area Plan adopted as a general plan modification (Ordinance 2024-17)
Approved · 4-0
After a work session and a public hearing, the council adopted the Bonanza Park Small Area Plan, removing consultant names from the ordinance. In the work session, the consultant (MKSK) recommended a 30-foot minimum Frontage Protection Zone setback; current height is 35 feet, or 45 feet with a density bonus. Council Members Toly, Ciraco and Dickey did not want the setback changed, Parigian thought it could be tweaked slightly and wanted community benefits central to the density bonus discussion, and Rubell supported art and benches but not development in the zone. The plan caps height at four stories. Community benefits and the density bonus remain open for implementation. At the hearing, Deb Rentfrow asked for detail balancing developers and residents and Mitch Bedke of the Park City Artists Association asked for a gathering space with art.
Item VII.2 · City code
Donations to the city (Ordinance 2024-15)
Approved · 4-0
The council enacted a citywide donations chapter. Cash under $10,000 and nonmonetary donations under $5,000 can be approved by the city manager; larger gifts and all real property need council approval, and written agreements are required above those thresholds. Public art and library donations stay under their own policies. Staff said the police department had received offers without a policy. No one spoke at the hearing.
Item VII.3 · Other
Nonprofit Services Advisory Committee (Resolution 16-2024)
Continued · 4-0
Staff proposed a 5-to-7 member committee, appointed by the mayor with council consent, to advise on nonprofit service funding, with a conflict rule barring members employed by or serving on boards of likely applicants. Members discussed residency, how to define cause for removal, equity wording and whether enough people would apply. Diego Zegarra and Megan McKenna opposed excluding nonprofit employees. The council continued the item.
Item VIII.1 · City code
Consolidated code chapter for boards, committees and commissions (Ordinance 2024-16)
Continued · 4-0
The ordinance would consolidate eight non-land-use public bodies with mayor appointment, staggered three-year terms and two-term limits. Members asked that removal language and leftover RFP language be revised. No one spoke at the hearing. The council continued the item.
Item VIII.2 · Other
Revised employee handbook (Resolution 15-2024)
Approved · 4-0
The council adopted the revised employee handbook effective August 1, 2024. It includes a cost-savings bonus capped at $5,000 and a $20-a-week bilingual stipend, which HR offered to revisit.
What residents said
Wildlife crossings on SR-224Bonanza Park building height and setbacksNonprofit employees on funding committee
Public input: John Kenworthy urged Bonanza Park to move forward after seven years of discussion. Erin Ferguson, Lorelei Combs and Todd Combs of Save People Save Wildlife asked about wildlife crossing decisions on SR-224 ahead of the 2034 Olympics.