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Seeking Applicants for Park City Planning Commission
There are two (2) commissioner vacancies on the Park City Planning Commission, some of which may be filled by re-appointment. The application deadline is Monday, December 10 by 5:00 p.m. Commission members must be residents of Park City. The Commission meets regularly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m.
The Planning Commission was created pursuant to the Utah Code. Their scope of review includes, but is not limited to, Annexation requests, Subdivisions, Record of Survey plats and Plat Amendments, Master Planned Developments, and Conditional Use Permits.
Applications are available at the Park City Planning Department at 445 Marsac Avenue and online here. Please contact Liz Jackson for more information at 435.615.5065 or liz.jackson@parkcity.org.
The Planning Commission reviews a wide range of topics. Appointments to the board are made to represent the interests of all Park City residents. Community members with experience in education, healthcare, outdoor recreation, or any background that will offer a unique perspective(s) of Park City are welcome to apply.
Learn more about Park City's Planning Department and the Planning Commission on the department page.
Biochar
Although wildfires are a healthy part of many ecosystems in the Intermountain West, the risk from catastrophic wildfires continues to increase in communities like Park City. Years of fire suppression, coupled with a hotter and drier climate and the continued development of subdivisions close to forestlands, presents the difficult challenge of trying to protect communities while also managing fire in a way that does not exacerbate climate change.
In 2019, Park City was among eight communities to recently receive a Leader in Community Resilience Program award from the National League of Cities (NLC). The award will support the city’s work in developing a biochar program to reduce excess forest fire fuels such as brush and wood debris, and return that carbon to Park City's soils.
Biochar is a charcoal-like material that can be used in carbon sequestration efforts. It is made by burning the excess forest fuels in an oxygen-free environment. Biochar is rich in carbon and in this case, will be collected from defensible spaces, that is the natural or landscaped area around a structure that is maintained and designed to reduce fire danger. Park City held a public demonstration in May 2019 to teach the public about how biochar is made, where it can be used on the landscape, and how it can reduce fire danger locally.
The forests surrounding most structures in the community contain a lot of poor-quality lumber that has the potential to be turned into biochar. This biochar, in turn, can be applied to farm fields and open spaces.