Battle lines have again been drawn in the debate over developing northern South Park.
The Gill family is on one side, looking to clear a regulatory hurdle aimed at paving the way for developing a 26-acre, 84-lot subdivision just south of High School Road.
They argued in public emails to the Teton County Board of County Commissioners that they have a âdecades old legal rightâ to develop there. Thatâs in part because they plan to move ahead using the âsuburbanâ zoning the parcel has held for decades.
They also questioned the legality of denying or delaying approval of their sketch plan â a conceptual regulatory approval that precedes concrete development and subdivision plans â until a neighborhood plan for the area is complete.
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In early January Commissioner Luther Propst sent an email to the other four county commissioners, laying out what he perceived as the county’s move away from transparency.
Teton County Planning Director Chris Neubecker has recommended approval for the first stage of the Gill familyâs proposal to divide 26 acres in northern South Park into single-family quarter-acre lots.
The Teton County Planning Commission will review the proposal at 6 p.m. Monday to make a recommendation to the Teton County Board of County Commissioners. The elected board will have the final say on the familyâs pending sketch plan approval.
Neubecker said the planning department reviewed the proposal under the original 2012 Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan because the Gills submitted the application before updates to that plan, which include language about neighborhood planning northern South park, were approved. The family is also pursuing sketch plan approval under the parcelâs existing âsuburbanâ zoning.