Snyderville Basin Planning Commission members on Tuesday postponed a vote on whether to recommend approval of a permit that would allow construction to begin on a parking garage in Canyons Village until they can review a traffic study and lighting and glare conditions, among other issues.
Developer TCFC wants to construct the parking garage at 1840 Ozzy Way at Canyons Village. The plan calls for 1,840 parking spaces in the five-level structure and on a contiguous surface and a four-lane drop-off zone.
The intent is to provide day skier parking next to the Cabriolet and capture vehicles at the entrance of the resort, which would reduce traffic on Canyons Resort Drive.
The parking garage, on the southeast corner of Lower Village Road and Canyons Resort Drive, would consolidate parking spaces that are in surface lots in Canyons Village. The facility would be adjacent to the bottom terminal of the Cabriolet Lift under the proposed plan.
There would be no overall increase in parking because the garage is replacing existing surface parking in the Lower Village and the Resort Core, a staff report says.
Because the topography at the site slopes from north to south, the northern end of the garage would be five levels above grade and the southern end would be three levels above grade, the report says.
Phase 1 would include site work and construction of the first three levels. Parking would be operational on the two lower levels for the 2024-25 ski season, with the third floor acting as the structure’s roof, the report says. There will be a temporary surface parking area on the adjacent lot.
Phase 2 calls for completion of the remaining two floors, all architectural finishes and final landscaping installation. The garage would be complete and fully operational by the 2025-26 ski season.
The commissioners’ decision to wait to vote on a recommendation came after speakers at a public hearing raised concerns about congestion and an increase in accidents with the additional traffic. The glare from the lighting for the project also was cited as a problem by several residents who live nearby.
The plan calls for pole lighting along the driveways and surface parking area and bollard lighting along the pedestrian pathway, but no lighting on the façade of the garage.
The Planning Commission’s recommendation will go to Pat Putt, Summit County community development director, who has the final say on issuing the permit.