A years-long neighborhood war involving a tech billionaire, an 11,000-square-foot Utah mansion and two 100-plus-pound Bernese Mountain dogs has taken another dramatic turn.
A judge tossed two lawsuits Wednesday challenging Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince’s sprawling Park City property.
It’s the latest development in a bitter property battle that previously spiraled into accusations of dog poop, snarling canines and “Save Sasha and Mocha” stickers plastered around the ritzy ski town.
Prince and his wife, Tatiana, have spent years trying to build the massive residence on King Road overlooking historic Old Town, while downhill neighbors Eric Hermann and Susan Fredston-Hermann have fought the project over its size, height and design.
The feud took a particularly bizarre turn in 2024, when Prince sued the Hermanns over their two Bernese Mountain dogs, Sasha and Mocha.
As The Post reported at the time, Prince alleged the dogs were allowed to roam unleashed, poop on his property and “aggressively” approach his family and guests.
His lawsuit claimed the dogs harassed his then-82-year-old mother and “barked, snarled and charged” at his infant daughter while she sat in a stroller.
The Hermanns denied the allegations and described Sasha and Mocha as “well-behaved, polite and nonaggressive.”
The canine clash erupted shortly after the Hermanns and other neighbors challenged approvals for Prince’s mansion, eventually prompting locals to rally behind the dogs with “Save Sasha and Mocha” stickers.
Now, two of the lawsuits tied to the mansion itself have been thrown out.
Utah’s 3rd District Court Judge Richard Mrazik dismissed the cases after ruling that a deal approved by the Park City Council earlier this year superseded the previous land-use decisions the Hermanns were challenging, according to KPCW.
The City Council voted 3 to 1 in January to approve a consent agreement with Pesky Porcupine LLC, the entity associated with Prince’s project.
The agreement relied on a Utah law that took effect in November 2025 allowing municipalities to settle litigation over land-use decisions with property owners through such agreements.
“The respective petitions to review regard land use decisions that have been superseded by something, the consent agreement specifically,” Mrazik said, according to KPCW.
The Hermanns had raised objections to the mansion’s height, floor area, roof, parking and whether it complied with Park City’s historic-design rules.
Construction, meanwhile, appears to be moving ahead. TownLift photographed excavation underway at 220 King Road on Sept. 16.
But Prince’s long-running neighborhood battle isn’t over just yet.
The Hermanns filed a separate lawsuit after the City Council approved the consent agreement, arguing in part that Park City could not use the deal to eliminate their independent legal challenges without their consent.
That case remains pending.
Attorneys for the Hermanns, the Princes and Park City are due back in court Dec. 29 — meaning the years-long mansion saga still has at least one more fight left.

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