A development concept that involves the Park City municipal government has been reduced in scale recently but remains an ambitious project.
The Park City Planning Commission held a discussion on Wednesday evening about the concept for 10 acres of Clark Ranch, which would be developed off U.S. 40 in the area of Quinn’s Junction and close to S.R. 248. The municipal government owns the land and is partnering with The Alexander Company on a development that would involve a large bloc of income-restricted housing as well as a limited number of market-rate units. Leaders see the project as a step in advancing the aggressive efforts to create housing options for those otherwise priced out of Park City’s resort-driven market.
The meeting on Wednesday was brief, but the details regarding the reduction in scale were noteworthy. The concept had called for 201 residences — 167 multifamily units and 34 townhomes. The reduced scale outlined on Wednesday involves 164 units. A municipal report prepared in anticipation of the meeting indicated the 164 units would consist of 130 multi-unit dwellings and the 34 townhomes.
The Alexander Company said afterward the details of the reduction in units have not been determined, meaning it is unclear how the numbers of either the income-restricted housing or the market-rate places would be impacted.
Clark Ranch remains in a conceptual stage and an application has not been submitted. The discussion on Wednesday was designed for the development team to provide an update and to receive initial feedback from the Planning Commission. Meetings once an application is filed would be expected to be more robust.
The Planning Commission heard that the development team has reduced building heights and broken up the mass of the buildings. The team told the panelists nearly 90% of the Clark Ranch land would remain as open space.
Members of the Planning Commission inquired about topics like the design of the roofs and whether a building that will provide amenities would be open to all of the people living in Clark Ranch. The team indicated the building with amenities would be available to the residents.
The municipal report outlined other alterations to the concept recently. They include:
- Establishing 25 feet of “perimeter setback on all sides.”
- Breaking up “the massing from three 400-foot-long Multi-Unit Dwelling structures to 10 Multi-Unit Dwellings.”
- Incorporating a “stormwater retention pond into the 10-acre disturbance area.”
The concept of development at Clark Ranch has drawn scrutiny, particularly from people living in the nearby Park City Heights neighborhood, and was an issue in the municipal campaign in 2025. A group in opposition to the concept formed in 2025, at a time when the unit numbers were greater than they are now. Known as Keep Clark Ranch Wild, the group broached issues like the Clark Ranch projected costs, the impact on S.R. 248 traffic and the amount of open space that would remain once the land is developed.
Park City has long pursued workforce or otherwise income-restricted housing, with leaders over the decades seeing the efforts as steps toward increasing socioeconomic diversity and reducing commuter traffic. The Clark Ranch site is one of two significant housing concepts the municipal government is pursuing. Leaders are also interested in a project on land off the intersection of Bonanza Drive and Kearns Boulevard.
The vast bulk of the 344-acre Clark Ranch is protected as open space by a conservation easement.