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Commission continues review then approves five Hoback Club deed restrictions amid confusion over earlier mitigation calculations
Summary
After pausing earlier in the meeting to seek records, the board later approved five affordable/workforce deed restrictions for Hoback Club but commissioners and staff discussed confusion about earlier mitigation calculations that reduced required units from 22 to 11.
The Teton County Board of County Commissioners approved five deed restrictions for affordable and workforce housing at the Hoback Club in Teton Village on Aug. 19, after briefly continuing the item to allow staff to review planning records.
Christie Malone, housing department staff, presented the five deed restrictions and said they cover part of the mitigation obligations for the Hoback Club development; she also said eight additional apartments at 1120 South Park Loop address the remaining mitigation. During discussion several commissioners said they believed the project had earlier committed to a larger off-site mitigation package and expressed concern the board might have approved fewer restricted units than expected.
Planning director Chris Neubecker and planning staff explained the timeline: the project’s sketch plan was submitted in July 2019 and approved in February 2020; the development plan application arrived in November 2020; about 30 days later the board reduced housing mitigation rates by 50%. The applicant asked to be treated under the new rule, staff permitted that, and the development plan permit was issued in March 2021 with an 11-unit requirement rather than the earlier 22-unit calculation.
Commissioners and staff also noted that the Hoback Club developer constructed a total of 28 new units at 1120 South Park Loop and that 15 of those are restricted while 13 are market-rate units (staff provided the 15 figure during the meeting). Commissioner Gardner moved to approve the five deed restrictions as presented; the motion carried unanimously.
Commissioners who raised concerns said the episode underlines the importance of clear recordkeeping and of not relying on informal or “above-and-beyond” promises in applications when the legal requirement is the governing standard.
