Planning commission recommends FY27 work plan, asks staff to study housing bonus, height limits and short‑term rental caps

The Jackson/Teton County planning commission voted to recommend its FY27 long‑range planning work plan and asked staff to perform detailed analyses of several potential land‑development regulation (LDR) changes, including revisions to the 2‑for‑1 workforce housing bonus, building height limits, short‑term rental allowances, basement/dewatering rules and a comprehensive design‑guidelines update.

Paul Anthony, the town/county planning director, opened the presentation by summarizing the comprehensive plan context that informs the work plan. “The comprehensive plan has triggers and metrics that we have to decide every year,” he said, noting staff’s responsibility to monitor indicators and recommend targeted changes. Ryan Costetter, the joint long‑range planner, walked commissioners through the new online indicator dashboard and the 2025 data, explaining that the community has exceeded the comp‑plan’s 7% residential‑growth trigger since 2020.

Why it matters: staff told the commission the growth trigger requires a formal check‑in with the public…