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Council approves Teton County’s Justice Center development plan and conditional-use permit
Summary
After months of design review and public comment, the Town Council approved the development plan (P25-179) and conditional-use permit (P25-180) for a roughly 78,000-square-foot Teton County Justice Center, with conditions addressing construction staging, contractor parking limits and lighting; votes were unanimous.
The Town Council approved the development plan (P25-179) and conditional-use permit (P25-180) for a new roughly 78,000-square-foot Teton County Justice Center at 180 South King Street during its Jan. 20 meeting.
Planning staff summarized the project as a three-phase, roughly 31-month program that combines court functions, a jail, sheriff’s offices and related county operations. Staff described prior approvals (sketch plan) and said the final development plan addressed design review committee and planning commission comments on massing, materials and pedestrian improvements. Project team members explained that removing the Clifford Hansen courthouse early in the process allowed a better construction staging plan and improved circulation and that the county had acquired staging lots to reduce neighborhood impacts.
Councilors focused much of the discussion on the construction management plan, including contractor parking, temporary closures and communications protocols. Staff outlined eight construction-phase conditions (police parking assurances, alley access rules, trash/recycling relocation, EV parking, contractor parking enforcement area, a communications plan and others) and proposed a map expanding streets covered by contractor-parking prohibitions. Several neighbors urged stricter perimeter parking controls and clearer weekly communications about construction impacts and hours.
Architects presented design changes intended to break down the building’s massing (porches, increased glazing, material palette) and highlighted dark-sky–compliant lighting fixtures and photometric reductions. The applicant said builder experience and staging lots will help meet schedule commitments.
Councilor Spirry moved to approve the development plan with the conditions and amended map; Councilor Spears moved to approve the CUP; both motions passed unanimously.
Next steps: the county will submit building permits with final lighting and other detailed plans; building permits must comply with the council’s conditions (for example, revised lighting at building-permit stage to meet dark-sky standards).
