The Park City Planning Commission will be holding a work session Wednesday to discuss the city’s next step toward its goal of 800 affordable housing units by 2026.
As construction on the first phase of the Woodside Park affordable housing development wraps up, phase two of the project waits in the wings. Park City Planner Hannah Tyler has been overseeing Woodside Park Phase II and says the work session that’s scheduled for Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting should sort out some details before the commission decides on the master planned development application, likely at its upcoming meeting on April 24.
“The goal of this work session is sort of conceptual—it’s to give Planning Commission and the public an opportunity to initially review this, prior to coming back at a later date for action," Tyler said. "So, our goal here is to get feedback, fix any issues that may arise, or some concerns that they have, so when we go back for action it's a more smooth process.”
Woodside Park Phase II features a variety of residential units, from one-bedroom flats to three-bedroom townhomes. Fifty-two of the units are planned to be deed-restricted as affordable or attainable, and seven are market-rate. A parking garage and other off-street parking spots will serve residents, and a public access easement connecting Park Avenue to Empire Avenue cuts through the project. Although there have been concerns that the Woodside Phase II project is too dense, Tyler says its density metric comes in under what’s allowed for that zone. If everything goes according to plan, Tyler says construction will start this summer.
“We do have to get through this land-use process, but I think we feel confident, moving forward, that we can iron out any other details and get this code compliant by the time it comes for action in front of Planning Commission at a later date.”
The Planning Commission meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Marsac building.
