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String-lighting rules sent back for more work after heated public comment in Jackson
Summary
After hours of testimony from business owners, residents and lighting experts, the planning commission continued the proposed string-lighting LDR amendment (P25-139) to a date uncertain to allow the applicant and community to resolve technical issues including curfews, lot-size normalization and enforceability.
The Jackson Planning Commission delayed action on a proposed text amendment that would open year-round use of string lighting outside the holiday window and set lumen caps and timing rules.
Staff and the applicant presented technical limits and an intent to regulate rather than prohibit string lights, but the public hearing drew sustained opposition from downtown business owners and mixed input from lighting professionals and residents.
Rick Howe, president of the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, said businesses were given only weeks to respond and would oppose the draft "as…
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