The purpose of the Historic Commercial Business (HCB) District is to:

1. preserve the cultural heritage of the City’s original Business, governmental and residential center;
   
2. allow the Use of land for retail, commercial, residential, recreational, and institutional purposes to enhance and foster the economic and cultural vitality of the City;
   
3. facilitate the continuation of the visual character, scale, and Streetscape of the original Park City Historical District;
   
4. encourage the preservation of Historic Buildings and/or Structures within the district;
   
5. encourage pedestrian-oriented, pedestrian-scale Development;
   
6. minimize the impacts of new Development on parking constraints of Old Town;
   
7. minimize the impacts of commercial Uses and business activities including parking, Access, deliveries, service, mechanical equipment, and traffic, on surrounding residential neighborhoods;
   
8. minimize visual impacts of automobiles and parking on Historic Buildings and/or Structures and Streetscapes;
   
9. support Development on Swede Alley which maintains existing parking and service/delivery operations while providing Areas for public plazas and spaces; and
   
10. maintain and enhance the long term viability of the downtown core as a destination for residents and tourists by ensuring a Business mix that encourages a high level of vitality, public Access, vibrancy, activity, and public/resort-related attractions.

Uses in the Historic Commercial Business (HCB) District are limited to the following:

1. ALLOWED USES.¹¹
   
   1. Single Family Dwelling¹ 
      
   2. Multi-Unit Dwelling¹ 
      
   3. Secondary Living Quarters¹
      
   4. Lockout Unit^1,2   
      
   5. Accessory Apartment^1,3 
      
   6. Nightly Rental⁴ 
      
   7. Home Occupation¹
      
   8. Child Care, In-Home Babysitting¹  
      
   9. Child Care, Family Group^1,5
      
   10. Child Care Center^1,5
       
   11. Accessory Building and Use¹
       
   12. Conservation Activity 
       
   13. Agriculture
       
   14. Bed and Breakfast Inn^{1, 6} 
       
   15. Boarding House, hostel¹ 
       
   16. Hotel, Minor, fewer than 16 rooms¹
       
   17. Office, General¹
       
   18. Office, Moderate Intensive¹
       
   19. Office and clinic, Medical¹
       
   20. Financial institution, without drive-up window
       
   21. Commercial Retail and Service, Minor
       
   22. Commercial Retail and Service, Personal Improvement
       
   23. Commercial Neighborhood Convenience, without gasoline sales
       
   24. Restaurant, Cafe or Deli 
       
   25. Restaurant, General
       
   26. Bar
       
   27. Parking Lot, Public or Private with four (4) or fewer spaces 
       
   28. Entertainment Facility, Indoor
       
   29. Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games Legacy Displays⁷ 
       
   30. Temporary winter Balcony enclosures
       
   31. Food Truck Location¹²
       
   32. Enclosed Mobile Businesses Location¹⁵
       
2. CONDITIONAL USES.^{10, 11}
   
   1. Group Care Facility¹
      
   2. Public and Quasi-Public institution, church, or school
      
   3. Essential municipal public utility Use, facility, service, and Structure
      
   4. Telecommunication Antenna⁸ 
      
   5. Satellite dish, greater than thirty-nine inches (39") in diameter⁹ 
      
   6. Plant and Nursery stock products and sales
      
   7. Hotel, Major¹
      
   8. Timeshare Projects and Conversions¹
      
   9. Timeshare Sales Office, Off-Site within an enclosed Building¹
      
   10. Private Residence Club Project and Conversion^1,6
       
   11. Commercial Retail and Service, Major
       
   12. Office, Intensive¹
       
   13. Restaurant, outdoor dining⁶
       
   14. Outdoor Events and Uses⁶
       
   15. Hospital, Limited Care Facility¹
       
   16. Parking Area or Structure for five (5) or more cars¹
       
   17. Temporary Improvement⁶
       
   18. Passenger Tramway station and ski base facility
       
   19. Ski tow, ski lift, ski run, and ski bridge
       
   20. Recreation Facility, Public
       
   21. Recreation Facility, Private¹³
       
   22. Recreation Facility, Commercial
       
   23. Fences greater than six feet (6') in height from Final Grade⁶
       
   24. Private Residence Club, Off-Site¹ 
       
   25. Private Event Facility¹
       
   26. Temporary Structures, excluding yurts.¹⁴
       
3. PROHIBITED USES. Any Use not listed above as an Allowed or Conditional Use is a prohibited Use.
   

¹Prohibited in HCB Zoned Storefront Property adjacent to Main Street, Heber Avenue, Grant Avenue, and Swede Alley. Hotel rooms shall not be located within Storefront Property; however access, circulation and lobby areas are permitted within Storefront Property.

²Nightly Rental of Lock Units requires a Conditional Use permit.

³Requires an Administrative Permit. See Section 15-4-7, Accessory Apartments.

⁴Nightly Rental of residential dwellings does not include the Use of dwellings for Commercial Uses.

⁵See Section 15-4-9, Child Care And Child Care Facilities. Family Group Child Care and Child Care Center Uses require an Administrative Conditional Use permit.

⁶Requires an Administrative or Administrative Conditional Use permit.

⁷Olympic Legacy Displays limited to those specific Structures approved under the SLOC/Park City Municipal Corporation Olympic Services Agreement and/or Olympic Master Festival License and placed on the original Property set forth in the services Agreement and/or Master Festival License. Requires an Administrative Permit. 

⁸See Section 15-4-14, Telecommunication Facilities. 

⁹See Section 15-4-13, Placement Of Satellite Receiving Antennas.

¹⁰No community locations as defined by Utah Code 32B-1-102 (Alcoholic Beverage Control Act) are permitted within 200 feet of Main Street unless a variance is permitted for an outlet, as defined by Utah Code 32B-1-202, to obtain a liquor license.

¹¹Within the HCB Zoning District, no more than seventeen (17) Conventional Chain Businesses are permitted in Storefront Properties.

¹²The Planning Director or designee shall, upon finding a Food Truck Location in compliance with Municipal Code Section 4-5-6, issue the property owner a Food Truck Location administrative approval letter.

¹³See Section 15-4-22, Outdoor Pickleball Courts in Residential Areas.

¹⁴Requires an Administrative Permit. See Section 15-13-10, Standards for Temporary Structures in Historic Districts.

¹⁵See Section 15-4-24, Mobile Businesses.

Except as may otherwise be provided in this Code, no Building Permit will be issued for a Lot unless such Lot has the Area, width, and depth as required, and Frontage on a Street shown as a private or Public Street on the Streets Master Plan, or on private easement connecting the Lot to a Street shown on the Streets Master Plan.  

All Development activity must comply with the following minimum Lot and Site requirements:

1. LOT SIZE. The minimum Lot Area is 1250 square feet.
2. LOT WIDTH. The minimum Lot Width is twenty-five feet (25') and Minimum Lot Depth is fifty feet (50').
   
3. FRONT, REAR AND SIDE SETBACKS. There are no minimum required Front, Rear, or Side Setback dimensions in the HCB District.
   
4. SIDEWALK PROVISION. Buildings must be located so as to provide an unobstructed sidewalk at least nine feet (9') wide on both Main Street and Swede Alley. The sidewalk width is measured from the front face of curb to the front of the Building. The alignment of new Building fronts with adjacent Historic fronts is encouraged. A narrower sidewalk may result from the alignment of Building fronts. The Planning and Engineering Departments may grant an exception to the minimum sidewalk width to facilitate such alignment.
   
5. BALCONIES AND TEMPORARY WINTER BALCONY ENCLOSURES.
   1. No Balcony may be erected, enlarged, or altered over a public pedestrian Right-of-Way without the advance approval of the City Council. Balcony supports may not exceed eighteen inches (18") square and are allowed no closer than thirty-six inches (36") from the front face of the curb. Balconies must provide vertical clearance of not less than ten feet (10') from the sidewalk and may not be enclosed permanently. With reasonable notice, the City may require a Balcony be removed from City Property without compensating the Building Owner.
      
   2. Temporary Winter Balcony Enclosures may only be permitted on existing balconies which are on structures which are not on the Historic Sites Inventory. Temporary Winter Balcony Enclosures are only permitted from November 15th through April 30th on balconies facing Main Street.
6. INSURANCE REQUIRED. No Balcony projecting over City Property may be erected, re-erected, located or relocated, or enlarged or structurally modified without first receiving approval of the City Council and submitting a certificate of insurance or a continuous bond protecting the Owner and the City against all claims for personal injuries and/or Property damage in the standard amount determined by City Council. Park City Municipal Corporation must be named in the certificate of insurance as an additional insured. A thirty (30) day obligation to provide written notice to Park City Municipal Corporation of cancellation or expiration must be included in the insurance certificate. 
7. CLEAR VIEW OF INTERSECTION. No visual obstruction in excess of two feet (2') in height above road Grade shall be placed on any Corner Lot within the Site Distance Triangle. A reasonable number of trees may be allowed, if pruned high enough to permit automobile drivers an unobstructed view. This provision must not require changes in the Natural Grade on the Site.
8. VERTICAL ZONING. For HCB Zoned Storefront Property adjacent to Main Street and Heber Avenue, new Construction and Construction adding Floor Area to a Building or Lot shall have a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the width of the Building façade as Storefront Property.
9. STOREFRONT ENHANCEMENT ZONING. The maximum width of any Storefront Property Facade abutting Main Street or Heber Avenue shall be fifty-feet (50'). Storefront Property Facades in the Historic portion of structures listed on the Historic Sites Inventory which exceed fifty-feet (50') in width are valid Non-Complying Structures. A Storefront Property Facade shall have a storefront entrance door for pedestrian access.
   If the Historic storefront entrance, located in the Historic portion of a structure listed on the Historic Sites Inventory, is more than eight feet (8') above the grade of the adjacent Main Street and/or Heber Avenue, then the First Story in the Historic portion of the Historic Building and/or Structure located adjacent to Main Street and/or Heber Avenue shall not be calculated in the maximum Storefront Property Facade width.

Historic Buildings and/or Structures that do not comply with, Building Footprint, Building Height, Building Setbacks, Off-Street parking, and driveway location standards are valid Non-Complying Structures. Additions must comply with Building Setbacks, Building Footprint, driveway location standards and Building Height. Additions to Historic Buildings and/or Structures are exempt from Off-Street parking requirements provided the addition does not create a Lockout Unit or Accessory Apartment. All Conditional Uses proposed on the Site, excluding Development on a Steep Slope, shall comply with parking requirements of Chapter 15-3.

1. EXCEPTION. In order to achieve new construction consistent with the Design Guidelines for Historic Districts and Historic Sites, the Planning Commission may grant an exception to the Building Setbacks and driveway location standards for additions to Historic Buildings and/or Structures, including detached single car Garages:
   1. Upon approval of a Conditional Use permit, and
   2. When the scale of the addition, and/or driveway is Compatible with the Historic Building and/or Structure, and
   3. When the addition complies with all other provisions of this Chapter, and
   4. When the addition complies with the adopted Building and Fire Codes; and
   5. When the addition complies with the Design Guidelines for Historic Districts and Sites.
      

1. The maximum Building volume for each Lot is defined by a plane that rises vertically at the Front Lot Line to a height of thirty feet (30’) measured above the average Natural Grade and then proceeds at a forty-five degree (45°) angle toward the rear of the Property until it intersects with a point forty-five feet (45’) above the Natural Grade and connects with the rear portion of the bulk plane.
   
2. The rear portion of the bulk plane for each Lot that does not abut Swede Alley is defined by the plane that rises vertically at the Rear Property Line to a height of thirty feet (30’) measured above the average Natural Grade and then proceeds at a forty-five degree (45°) angle toward the Front Lot Line until it intersects with a point forty-five feet (45’) above the Natural Grade of the Building Site. No part of a Building shall be erected to a height greater than forty-five feet (45’), measured from Natural Grade at the Building Site. This provision must not be construed to encourage solid roofing to following the forty-five degree (45°) back plane.
   
3. For Lots abutting Swede Alley, the rear portion of the bulk plane is defined by a plane that rises vertically at the Rear Property Line to a height of twenty-four feet (24’) measured above the average Natural Grade and then proceeds at a forty-five degree (45°) angle toward the Front Lot Line until it intersects with a point forty-five feet (45’) above the Natural Grade. This provision must not be construed to encourage solid roofing to follow the forty-five degree (45°) back plane.
   
4. Wherever the HCB District abuts a residential Zoning District, the abutting portion of the bulk plane is defined by a plane that rises vertically at the abutting Lot Line to a height matching the maximum height of the abutting Zone, measured from Existing Grade, and then proceeds at a forty-five degree (45°) angle toward the opposite Lot Line until it intersects with a point forty-five feet (45’) above Existing Grade. 
   
5. The Zone Height for the HCB District shall correspond to the maximum height of the Building plane as described in Section 15-2.6-5(A) through (D).
   
6. MAXIMUM BUILDING VOLUME AND BUILDING HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS. The following exceptions apply:
   1. A gable, hip, gambrel or similarly pitched roof may extend up to five feet (5’) above the Zone Height.
      
   2. Antennas, chimneys, flues, vents, and similar Structures may extend up to five feet (5’) above the highest point of the Building to comply with International Building Code (IBC) requirements.
      
   3. Water towers, mechanical equipment, and Solar Energy Systems, when enclosed or Screened, may extend up to five feet (5’) above the height of the Building. See Section 15-5-5.
      
   4. Church spires, bell towers, and like architectural features, subject to the Design Guidelines for Historic Districts and Historic Sites, may extend up to fifty percent (50%) above the Zone Height, but may not contain Habitable Space above the Zone Height. Such exception requires approval by the Planning Director.
      
   5. Elevator Penthouses may extend up to eight feet (8’) above the Zone Height.
      
   6. Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games Olympic Legacy Displays, including Olympic way-finding towers, are permitted to a height of sixty-five feet (65’).

To encourage variety in Building Height, a floor Area to ground Area ratio must be used to calculate maximum buildable Area. The maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is 4.0 measured as: total floor Area divided by Lot Area equals 4.0. Note that this is the potential maximum floor Area, and is not always achievable. Buildings of lesser floor Area are encouraged. See Section 15-2.6-12 Off-Street Parking, for parking implications for Buildings that exceed 1.5 FAR.

In addition to the standards set forth in this Chapter, all Development abutting Swede Alley must comply with the following criteria:

1. Structures must step down toward Swede Alley at an angle of forty-five degrees (45°) to a maximum height of twenty-four feet (24') at the edge of the Swede Alley Right-of-Way. A variety of one and two-Story facades are encouraged. Designs that create a strong indoor/outdoor connection at the ground level are strongly encouraged.
   
2. Entrances must be pedestrian-scaled and defined with porches, awnings and other similar elements as described in the Design Guidelines for Historic Districts and Historic Sites. Entrances must make provisions for shared public and service Access whenever possible. When Main Street additions extend to Swede Alley, the materials and colors of the new construction must be designed to coordinate with the existing Structure. 
   
3. Structures must continue the existing stair-step facade rhythm along Swede Alley. No more than sixty feet (60') of a Swede Alley facade may have the same height or Setback. On facades greater than sixty feet (60') wide, Structures must provide a variety of Building Setbacks, height, and Building form. Setbacks in the facades and stepping upper stories, decks, and Balconies are strongly encouraged.  Uniform height and Setbacks are discouraged.
   
4. Provisions for public Open Space, open courtyards, and landscaping are strongly encouraged. 
   
5. Pedestrian connections from Swede Alley to Main Street are encouraged whenever possible. Open and landscaped pedestrian connections are favored. 
   
6. Swede Alley facades must be simple, utilitarian, and subordinate in character to Main Street facades. While facades should be capped, details should be simple. Ornate details typically found on Main Street facades are prohibited. The Applicant must incorporate a mix of materials, accent trim and door treatments to provide architectural interest. Materials must be similar in character, color, texture and scale to those found on Main Street. Exposed concrete, large Areas of stucco and unfinished materials are prohibited.
   
7. Window display Areas are allowed. However, the Swede Alley window Area must be subordinate in design to the Main Street window Area.
   
8. Service Areas and service equipment must be Screened. Utility boxes must be painted to blend with the adjacent Structures. Group trash containers must be Screened. 

1. APPROVAL. No awning or Canopy may be erected, enlarged, or altered over the Main Street sidewalk without the written advance approval by the City Engineer. An awning or Canopy attached to a Building may extend over the public pedestrian Right-of-Way and project a maximum of thirty-six inches (36") from the face of a Building. An awning or Canopy must provide vertical clearance of no less than eight feet (8') from the sidewalk. With reasonable notice, the City may require that an awning or Canopy be removed from over City Right-of Way without compensating the Building Owner.
   
2. INSURANCE REQUIRED. No awning or Canopy projecting over City Property may be erected, re-erected, located or relocated, or enlarged or modified structurally, without a certificate of insurance or a continuous bond protecting the Owner and City against all claims for personal injuries and/or Property damage in the standard amount determined by City Council. Park City Municipal Corporation must be named in the certificate of insurance as an additional insured. A thirty (30) day obligation to provide written notice to Park City Municipal Corporation of cancellation or expiration must be included in the insurance certificate.

All Access for commercial Businesses and facilities shall be located within the HCB District. Emergency Access to the HR-1 and HR-2 Districts may be allowed by the Planning Director, with review by the Chief Building Official, but such emergency exits shall be designed in such a manner as to prohibit non-emergency Use. The primary Access to parking facilities for commercial Uses shall not be from residential districts, such as HR-1 and HR-2.

All Structures must provide a means of storing refuse generated by the Structure's occupants. The refuse storage must be on-Site and accessible only from Main Street, for Structures on the west side of Main Street, or from either Main Street or Swede Alley, for Structures on the east side of Main Street. Non-Main Street Properties within the zone must provide service Access from the rear of the Structure. Refuse storage must be fully enclosed and properly ventilated. 

Refuse shall be stored in containers made of durable metallic or plastic materials with a close-fitting lid. Refuse containers shall not be set out for collection earlier than 10:00 PM on the day prior to collection, and must be removed no later than 10:00 AM on the day of collection. Refuse containers set out for collection shall be placed on or directly in front of the Owner’s Property, and shall not be placed in the street, sidewalk, or other public Right-of-Way in any manner that will interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Except when set out for collection pursuant to this Section, refuse containers shall be placed in a location fully Screened from view from the public Rights-of-Way via Fencing and/or walls. Public trash receptacles set in the Right-of-Way by the City for Use by the public are exempt from this regulation.

All service and delivery for businesses on the west side of Main Street must be made within the HCB Zone, and shall not be made from the upper Park Avenue residential districts (HR-1 and HR-2).

All exterior mechanical equipment must be Screened to minimize noise infiltration to adjoining Properties and to eliminate visual impacts on nearby Properties, including those Properties located above the roof tops of Structures in the HCB District.

All mechanical equipment must be shown on the plans prepared for architectural review by the Planning, Engineering, and Building Departments. The Planning Department will approve or reject the location, Screening and painting of such equipment as part of the architectural review process.  

A Bed and Breakfast Inn is an Allowed Use subject to an Administrative Conditional Use Permit. No permit may be issued unless the following criteria are met:

1. The Use is in a Historic Building and/or Structure or addition thereto, or a Historically Compatible Structure.
   
2. The Applicant will make every attempt to rehabilitate the Historic portion of the Structure. 
   
3. The Structure has at least two (2) rentable rooms. The maximum number of rooms will be determined by the Applicant's ability to mitigate neighborhood impacts.
   
4. In Historic Buildings and/or Structures, the size and configuration of the rooms are Compatible with the Historic character of the Building and neighborhood.
   
5. The rooms are available for Nightly Rental only.
   
6. An Owner/manager is living on-Site, or in Historic Buildings and/or Structures there must be twenty-four (24) hour on-Site management and check-in.
   
7. Food service is for the benefit of overnight guests only. 
   
8. No Kitchen is permitted within rental room(s). 
   
9. Parking on-Site is required at a rate of one (1) space per rentable room. The Planning Director may waive the parking requirement for Historic Buildings and/or Structures if the Applicant proves that:
   
   1. no on-Site parking is possible without compromising the Historic Building and/or Structure or Site, including removal of existing Significant Vegetation, and all alternatives for proximate parking have been explored and exhausted; and
      
   2. the Structure is not economically feasible to restore or maintain without the adaptive Use.
      
10. The Use complies with Section 15-1-10, Conditional Use review.

New construction must provide Off-Street parking. The parking must be on-Site or paid by fee in lieu of on-Site parking set by Resolution equal to the parking obligation multiplied by the per space parking fee/in-lieu fee.  The parking obligation is as follows:  

1. RESIDENTIAL USE.  See Parking Requirements shown in Chapter 15-3.
   
2. NON-RESIDENTIAL USE. Non-Residential Uses must provide parking at the rate of six (6) spaces per 1,000 square feet of Building Area, not including bathrooms, and mechanical and storage spaces¹. Churches, Auditoriums, Assembly Halls and Indoor Entertainment Businesses generate a parking obligation shown in Chapter 15-3. Fully enclosed Parking Spaces and associated maneuvering spaces are not included in the Floor Area. 
   
3. GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS. Property Owners may not install a driveway across the Main Street sidewalk to meet on-Site parking requirements without a variance and an obligation to reconstruct adjacent portions of the Main Street sidewalk to render the driveway crossing ADA accessible and convenient to pedestrians as possible. The sidewalk reconstruction must include lighting and landscaping.
   
   An Applicant may appeal the staff’s measurement of Floor Area to determine the parking requirement to the Board of Appeals in accordance with the International Building Code.
   
   The Planning Commission may recommend to the City Council that new additions to Historic Buildings and/or Structures be exempt from a portion of or all parking requirements where the preservation of the Historic Building and/or Structure has been guaranteed to the satisfaction of the City.  
   
4. PRE 1984 PARKING EXCEPTION. Lots, which were current in their assessment to the Main Street Parking Special Improvement District as of January 1, 1984, are exempt from the parking obligation for a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.5. Buildings that are larger than 1.5 FAR are Non-Conforming Buildings for Off-Street parking purposes.  
   
   To claim the parking exemption for the 1.5 FAR, the Owner must establish payment in full to the Main Street Parking Special Improvement District prior to January 1, 1984. 
   
   Additions or remodels to Non-Conforming Churches, Auditoriums, Assembly Halls and Indoor Entertainment Businesses, that reduce the net parking demand must not prompt an additional Off-Street parking obligation.
   
5. See Chapter 15-3 Off-Street Parking for additional parking requirements.

¹Mechanical and storage spaces must be in accordance with IBC requirements in order to be subtracted from the Building Area; it is the intent of this Code that closets and shelves in occupied spaces are included in the Area measured for the parking requirement. For Condominium Units, the Building Area is the total Area of the Unit.

Prior to issuance of a Building Permit for any Conditional or Allowed Use, the Planning Department shall review the proposed plans for compliance with Architectural Review Chapter 15-5, Historic Preservation Chapter 15-11, and the Design Guidelines for Historic Districts and Historic Sites Chapter 15-13.

The Property Owner must protect Significant Vegetation during any Development activity. Significant Vegetation includes large trees six inches (6") in diameter or greater measured four and one-half feet (4½') above the ground, groves of smaller trees, or clumps of oak and maple covering an Area fifty square feet (50 sq. ft.) or more measured at the drip line. 

Development plans must show all Significant Vegetation within twenty feet (20') of a proposed Development. The Property Owner must demonstrate the health and viability of all large trees through a certified arborist. The Planning Director shall determine the Limits of Disturbance and may require mitigation for loss of Significant Vegetation consistent with Landscape Criteria in Sections 15-3-3 and 15-5-5(N), and Title 14.

Signs are allowed in the HCB District as provided in the Park City Sign Code, Title 12.

• Fences and Retaining Walls. Section 15-4-2.
  
• Accessory Apartments. Section 15-4-7.
  
• Placement of Satellite Receiving Antennas. Section 15-4-13.
  
• Telecommunication Facilities. Section 15-4-14.
  
• Off-Street Parking. Chapter 15-3.
  
• Landscaping. Title 14; Sections 15-3-3 and 15-5-5(N).
  
• Lighting. Sections 15-3-3 and 15-5-5(J).
  
• Historic Preservation. Chapters 15-11 and 15-13.
  
• Park City Sign Code. Title 12.
  
• Architectural Review. Chapter 15-5.
  
• Snow Storage. Section 15-3-3.
  
• Parking Ratio Requirements. Section 15-3-6.
  
• Passenger Tramways and Ski Base Facilities. Section 15-4-18.