The Park City Board of Adjustment on Tuesday is expected to ratify the decision to overrule Planning Director Rebecca Ward’s approval of the historical design fit of Matthew and Tatiana Prince’s plans to build a new home overlooking Old Town.The board ruled last week on an appeal brought by adjoining neighbor Eric and Susan Hermann that Ward erred in her interpretation of three points of the city’s land management code, saying in part, according the planning staff’s draft letter to ratify the decision:Land Management Code Section 15-13-8(A)(1)(5): “Although the proposed building uses prior disturbed area, the design does not minimize cuts and retaining resulting in its near singular massing and scale projecting outward, looming over the district, rather than stepping with the topography.” Land Management Code Section 15-13-8(B)(2)(a)(9): “Regardless of lot frontage, the primary façade is not compatible with the width of surrounding historic buildings.” … “Modules on a primary façade should generally not exceed 11 feet to 25 feet in width. The modest roof change and color variation do not result in modules of a scale and massing compatible with historic massing in the streetscape or character area, including the Sweeney MPD.” Land Management Code Section 15-13-8(B)(1)(d): “Retaining walls are not used to create gradual steps consistent with historic retaining walls in terms of mass, scale and design.”The Planning Commission and Appeals Panel approved the plans and found that they complied with the zoning rules and amended plat notes in the Sweeney Master Planning District made up of larger lots and home sizes than in the traditional historic district of small lots below them.The existing homes at 220 King Road were torn down in July. They were slightly higher, with slightly more finished square feet than the single-family home that would replace them. Also, they did not comply with historic district or Sweeney MPD rules, including for height and building footprint.They did not have two unfinished basement floors or a wide, below-grade turnaround area for fire apparatus, either, although the Board of Adjustments did not directly dispute those features.Attorneys for the Princes said they plan to appeal in Third District Court, which is where the Hermanns have filed suit against Park City for the Planning Commission approving and Appeals Panel upholding the approval to build the new home. This is a view of the current homes at 220 King Road overlooking Old Town.The post Board of Adjustment set to specify why they overturned OK of Prince home plans appeared first on Park Record.