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PCMR upgrades appealed by group of citizens

Park City Mountain Resort has requested to delay a hearing to deliver to Park City more information about its parking plans related to a planned chairlift expansion.
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Park City Mountain Resort's planned chairlift expansion has been appealed.

The Park City Planning Department’s decision to approve Park City Mountain Resort’s summer lift upgrades has been appealed by four members of the community.

Park City residents Clive Bush, Angela Moschetta, Deborah Rentfrow, and Mark Stemler filed a formal appeal of the city’s decision to approve PCMR’s request to upgrade two chairlifts ahead of next winter.

The resort plans to replace the Silverlode, Eagle, and Eaglet chairlifts with newer, high-speed ones ahead of next winter. The project was given administrative approval by city Planning Director Gretchen Milliken last month.

The appeal contends that the upgrade project does not meet the necessary requirements in the city’s code for administrative approval. The appeal seeks to have the decision voted on by the city planning commission, an appointed community board, instead of city government.

Milliken told KPCW in April that according to the 1998 development agreement with the resort and the city, lift upgrades that fall under the resort’s mountain upgrade plan are a matter of administrative approval. Milliken said the Silverlode and Eagle upgrades fall into that category.

The appeal also claims the resort’s parking mitigation plan is insufficient, and the resort hasn’t shown how its future paid parking plan will integrate with offsite locations or prevent overflow into nearby neighborhoods. According to the appeal, that violates the city’s code.

The planning commission could hear the appeal in the next 45 days. The next planning commission meeting is scheduled for May 11. No agenda for that meeting has been released.

Sean Higgins covers all things Park City and is the Saturday Weekend Edition host at KPCW. Sean spent the first five years of his journalism career covering World Cup skiing for Ski Racing Media here in Utah and served as Senior Editor until January 2020. As Senior Editor, he managed the day-to-day news section of skiracing.com, as well as produced and hosted Ski Racing’s weekly podcast. During his tenure with Ski Racing Media, he was also a field reporter for NBC Sports, covering events in Europe.