Park City Council to review property encroachment policy, Munchkin Road realignment

Park City Council will meet Thursday, March 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 445 Marsac Avenue, to review a Property Encroachment Policy Update and to consider authorizing the Acting City Manager to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to realign Munchkin Road and create a larger City-owned lot at 1825 Woodbine Way with 1251 Kearns, LLC and Emporium Properties, LLC.

City staff materials point to a long-running inventory and policy process. As the City Council requested on December 5, 2019, staff completed an inventory of existing encroachments and prepared work-session materials; a City Council staff report dated August 4, 2020 and authored by John Robertson, City Engineer; Corey Legge, Public Improvements Engineer; Rebecca Ward, Land Use Policy Analyst; and Liz Jackson, Planner, documents that work. The August 4, 2020 executive summary states, "On December 5, 2019, City Council asked staff to complete an inventory of existing encroachments and to prepare information for a work session (Minutes, p. 13). Staff is preparing a Resolution for the Council’s consideration at a later date regarding encroachments onto City property, including public parks and Open Space. This work session is specific to encroachments in the Rights-of-Way. Staff compiled information on types of encroachments, the current approval for each [...]"

The Council agenda for March 5 signals a technical, comparative review: "During the work session, the Council will review national research and discuss various features of a potential policy that addresses encroachments on City property." City staff materials indicate that the March 5 work session will focus on rights-of-way encroachments while building on earlier analyses that included parks and open space.

The Munchkin Road agenda item is positioned as a land-swap and road realignment decision. Council will consider authorizing the Acting City Manager to sign an MOU with private partners 1251 Kearns, LLC and Emporium Properties, LLC to realign Munchkin Road and consolidate property interests to create a larger City-owned lot at 1825 Woodbine Way; the Acting City Manager is not named in the agenda summary.

Staff documentation included in the 2020 packet also shows proposed zoning map amendment language tied to parkland designations: text snippets propose rezoning Rotary Park, Creekside Park, Prospector Park, City Park, and the North Municipal Golf Course from "Recreation and Open Space" to "Urban Park District" zoning, reflecting how encroachment policy work has intersected with broader land-use mapping efforts.

Council business continues the next day with a joint meeting with the Summit County Council at 9:00 a.m. Friday, March 6 in Council Chambers to review regional items including a recap of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and a discussion about a proposed new senior center along Park Avenue.

Meeting materials and the full March 5 agenda are posted through the City’s official agenda channels; staff have signaled a future Resolution will follow the work session. Council members and staff who worked on the 2020 encroachment report remain identified in the packet, leaving the March 5 session positioned as the next concrete step in a policy process that began with the December 2019 inventory request.