When the filing window opens on Wednesday for City Hall’s elections, a huge bloc of people in the Park City area will not be eligible to mount a campaign for the mayor’s office and two Park City Council seats on this year’s ballot.

They live in the unincorporated Snyderville Basin, the huge swath of the West Side of Summit County that borders Park City. People who live in the Basin generally have postal addresses listing them as living in Park City, and they typically call themselves Parkites, but the area does not fall within the municipal boundaries of Park City.

Cindy LoPiccolo, who is City Hall’s elections official, said she has received two inquiries from Basin people in the past few months about potential mayoral campaigns. She informed them of the residency requirements. One of them stopped by her office and the other called her.

LoPiccolo declined to identify them or disclose the Basin neighborhood where they live.

“They were honest people that were, not concerned, but wanting to be a part of the community and government,” LoPiccolo said. “Sometimes they get confused where the Park City limits are.”

There have been misunderstandings for years about where the Park City limits end, and some people in the Basin are under the impression they live inside Park City.

In 2008, as an example, a man who lives in the Silver Summit neighborhood of the Basin applied for a position on the Park City Planning Commission assuming he lived inside Park City. He was not eligible to serve on the panel, though, since he lived outside the city limits.

Park City leaders have long maintained that the confusion is a result of the postal addresses designating the Basin as Park City and people in the Basin referring to Park City as the place where they live.

The Park City limits, though, generally end at the McPolin Farm along the S.R. 224 entryway and at Quinn’s Junction on the S.R. 248 entryway. Deer Valley is also within the city limits.

People in the Snyderville Basin are eligible to run for Summit County positions like the County Council and the elected County Courthouse department heads like the county attorney, the sheriff and the county assessor. They are also eligible to campaign for School Board, state offices, federal offices and lesser-known elected positions locally.

“Their heart was in the right place,” LoPiccolo said about the people from the Basin she heard from.

To seek office inside Park City, somebody must have lived within the city for 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the election. Election Day is Nov. 3. Other requirements include:

that candidates must be U.S. citizens

that candidates be at least 18 years old at the time of the election

that candidates must be registered voters within Park City

The filing window opens Wednesday and runs until July 15. Candidates must file papers with City Hall during the period. Filing must be done at Miners Hospital between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on normal business days. There is not a cost to file.

If more than two people file papers to run for mayor, a primary will be held in September to reduce the field to two for Election Day in November. If more than four people file papers for City Council campaigns, a primary would be held to condense the field to four for Election Day.

Three people — incumbent Mayor Dana Williams, former Mayor Brad Olch and Diania Turner, a shuttle company owner — have said they will campaign for the mayor’s office.

Two people — John Stafsholt and Alex Butwinski — have said they will campaign for a City Council spot. Roger Harlan and Jim Hier hold the two City Council spots on the ballot. Neither is seeking re-election.

For information about the campaign or candidate requirements, contact LoPiccolo at 615-5186. Information is also available on the front page of City Hall’s Web site, www.parkcity.org.