Park County pauses review of Yellowstone Reserve subdivision after mitigation‑notice timing issue

Park County commissioners paused consideration of the Yellowstone Reserve major commercial subdivision on May 27 to allow more time for public review of the applicant’s mitigation preference.

Planning staff said the applicant filed a mitigation preference on the Friday before the meeting but, because the preceding Monday was a holiday, the submission did not meet the two‑day advance expectation in a portion of the county’s subdivision regulations. ‘‘My recommendation is that you could hear from the applicants so they can present their preference for mitigation. You can take public comment for those that are here today and then recess the public hearing and the public comment portion till next Tuesday,’’ Planning staff member Mike Inman said.

The recommendation, and a separate request from the applicant’s representative that the presentation and public comment be postponed to next week, prompted commissioners to keep the public comment period open at…