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Pennington County commissioners continue contested Snowbird Hideaway variance after hours of public comment
Summary
After more than an hour of public testimony and technical presentations, the Pennington County Board of Commissioners continued a variance request from builder Russell Johnson (Snowbird Hideaway) to April 7 so neighbors, the applicant and staff can pursue easements and additional information.
Russell (Russ) Johnson, a local builder, told the Pennington County Board of Commissioners on March 17 that he wants to develop a planned unit development called Snowbird Hideaway with microlots and about 29–36 homes to respond to local housing demand. Planning staff and dozens of nearby residents pushed back, saying the density proposed for a dead-end road fails public‑safety and rural‑character tests and that the applicant’s proposed emergency egress would be a gated private easement and not a public second access.
The planning director, Britney Hand, told the board that staff recommends denial of variance COVA26‑0006 because the proposed second means of ingress/egress would not be open for regular use by all residents and therefore would not meet the public‑safety standard the ordinance…
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