Board overturns P&Z denial and approves Rocky Mountain Storage with conditions

Valley County commissioners voted to approve the appeal for SUB 25-019 (Rocky Mountain Storage), reversing the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recent denial and attaching the staff-proposed conditions of approval. The project proposes a storage-condominium subdivision with visual mitigation, a fire-protection pond, and a new private road alignments onto Highway 55.

Applicant representatives said they had revised building orientation, broken a long building into multiple units, added windows and enhanced landscaping and berms to reduce visual impact along the Highway 55 corridor. Matthew Parks, counsel for the applicant, said Parametrics and the Valley County engineer reviewed the traffic study and found the analysis sound; Dusty Bitton said the team had reduced building massing and provided dedicated open space to limit future development on adjacent parcels. After deliberation about scenic-byway protections and traffic safety, the Board concluded that the applicant had addressed P&Z concerns and approved the appeal with conditions from the May 14 P&Z staff report and additional conditions on landscaping maintenance and fencing standards. One commissioner recorded a "no" vote.

The approval requires the applicant to meet fire-department access and water-supply conditions, obtain approach permits from ITD or the Valley County Road Department as appropriate, install landscaping by the date specified in the staff report, and meet building-code upgrades for any existing private-storage structures converted to commercial use.