Two-Week Ahead: Five P&Z, Primary Day

DRIGGS — The week ahead in Teton Valley loads five development applications onto the joint Driggs and Teton County Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) docket for May 12, the centerpiece of a two-week stretch that also runs a full Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on May 11, the county's Land Development Code (LDC) public hearing on May 18, and the Idaho primary on May 19. The county had not posted cover pages for the May 11 BOCC and May 12 P&Z hearings to the eScribe portal as of Sunday night, but staff reports and supporting documents for every item are on file.

Monday, May 11 — A Full BOCC Day Plus Two Comment Windows

Time: 9 a.m. (BOCC), 1 p.m. MT (DEQ webinar), 5 p.m. (LDC comment deadline)
Location: Teton County Courthouse, 150 Courthouse Drive, Driggs / virtual

The week ahead opens with a long BOCC meeting. Pre-meeting documents list five land-use action items plus a budget resolution and a slate of routine business.

Sweetwater Phase I reconsideration ruling. The BOCC tabled the standing question on April 28 to give legal counsel time to brief whether the 12 petitioners qualify as "affected persons" under Idaho Code § 67-6521(1)(a). Jon Stenquist of Parsons Behle & Latimer represents the applicant, Driggs Idaho Real Estate LLC, and filed a follow-up response letter dated April 23 reiterating his standing argument. Public comment closed at the April hearing.

MT Nord Subdivision preliminary plat (continued from April 27). Collin Hunter and landowner L J Martin Ranch LLC propose 15 lots on 39.96 acres at N 3000 W, just outside Tetonia. The full property sits under Sharp-tailed Grouse Breeding Habitat, Big Game Migration Corridor, and Seasonal Range overlays; the staff report notes the parcel was recently removed from the Tetonia Area of Impact and is now reviewed under Impact Area regulations in place at the time of application. The BOCC continued the April 27 hearing to May 11.

Log Cabin Lane Subdivision major plat amendment preliminary plat. Log Cabin Lane LLC (engineer Taylor Cook, Nelson Engineering) seeks to re-subdivide the 19.26-acre Lot 2 of a recently-approved two-lot plat into 18 roughly one-acre lots. P&Z approved the two-lot plat on January 13, 2026. The parcel sits at 4710 S 500 W in the Industrial Research (IR) zone with Scenic Corridor overlay.

RAD curbside-franchise documents in the packet. A redlined "2026 Teton County RAD Agreement" dated May 4, the earlier April 16 redline, and the Q1 quarterly report appear in the May 11 meeting packet as background materials. The franchise renewal is not on the action calendar as of Monday morning. The April 10 work session left seven items unresolved (all-services exclusivity, a removed public-education commitment, and a $10-per-ton fee unchanged since 2015 among them); when the franchise returns for action, those are the open questions.

FEMA Flood Map and Local Floodplain Ordinance Update. A summary memo appears on the BOCC consent track.

FY26 Q2 financial report and budget adjustment resolution 2026-0511. Routine but on the agenda.

LDC written-comment deadline. Comments to [email protected] by 5 p.m. The public hearing follows on May 18.

Idaho DEQ FY2027 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) virtual info meeting. 1 p.m. MT. Driggs ranks first on the draft list with a $25 million package: $6.34 million in principal forgiveness plus an $18.66 million loan at 2.5 percent over 30 years. The public comment window on the SRF list closes May 18 at 5 p.m. MT. The final list publishes June 1.

Tuesday, May 12 — Joint P&Z, Plus Sue Tyler

Time: 5 p.m. (P&Z), 4 to 6 p.m. (reception)
Location: Teton County Courthouse / City of Victor Gallery

The joint Driggs and Teton County P&Z hearing is the centerpiece of the week ahead. Five applications are on the docket:

Sweetwater Phase III — Sweetwater Holdings seeks to re-subdivide the 1993-platted Phase II common area into 12 residential lots, citing the original CCRs as authority. 96.51 acres in the Driggs Area of Impact (AOI), north of the airport runway. (DocId 23696.)
Tributary Gravel Crushing SUP — Driggs Acquisition LLC's third special use permit (after 2019 and 2024) to crush on-site stockpiles at the north end of the former Huntsman Springs PUD. (DocId 23687.)
Greenville Backhoe Service Gravel Pit SUP — Craig Green's gravel pit on a 10-acre Eastside Farms parcel under Big Game Migration Corridor and Seasonal Range overlays. Two written comments oppose. (DocId 23677.)
Circle A Residential wetland setback variance — George Allen seeks to build a 4,000- to 6,000-square-foot residence inside the 50-foot Teton River riparian buffer at 3813 Adams Road, with Army Corps and DEQ § 401 permits in hand. (DocId 23669.)
Corner Fox LLC comprehensive plan amendment — 28.25 acres mid-valley (3.5 miles north of Victor on Highway 33) requested from "Mixed Agricultural / Rural Neighborhood" to "Industrial / Research," with a companion RN-5 to IR zoning amendment on two parcels. (DocId 23710.)

The Sue Tyler reception runs the same evening at the City of Victor Gallery, 138 N. Main Street, second floor of the US Bank building. Tyler is a Teton Valley artist and a co-founder of what is now Teton Arts.

Wednesday, May 13 — Driggs P&Z and Victor Council

Driggs P&Z, 6 p.m., Driggs City Hall. Corona Valley Subdivision preliminary plat hearing: 171 lots in five phases on a 40-acre parcel east of Teton High School. The May 13 hearing is the application's first formal P&Z review.

Victor City Council, 6 p.m., City Council Chambers, 138 N. Main Street Suite 201.

Trail Subdivision SD2025-14 Phase 1 preliminary plat — request for reconsideration (Planning Director Kim Kolner)
The Settlement Subdivision drainage — Klingler Asphalt pavement estimate (Public Works)
Impact-fee annual review and inflationary adjustment
Community contributions funding
"Public Records Request Administrative Alignment with Idaho Code" (Jeremy Besbris)
Public records fee refund request — Ashley Coletti
Cell Tower Lease buyout (work session)
Consent calendar — ratification of Givens Pursley engagement; approval of Sunrise Engineering task orders

Monday, May 18 — LDC Hearing and DEQ Deadline

LDC public hearing, 5 p.m., Teton County Courthouse. The hearing follows the May 11 written-comment deadline.

DEQ FY2027 Clean Water SRF comment deadline, 5 p.m. MT. The final list publishes June 1.

Tuesday, May 19 — Idaho Primary

Idaho primary election. Polls run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Teton County ballot includes the Road & Bridge Levy and the Idaho GOP primary. Commissioner Ron James is one of seven Republican challengers to Gov. Brad Little.

Driggs City Council, 6 p.m. Public hearing on the E. Ross Avenue / Alexandria Condos rezone, file ZC25-2, on roughly 10 acres. P&Z made its recommendation on April 8; this is the first confirmed council date.

Victor v. Driggs / judicial-confirmation reconsideration motion. Victor plans to file a reconsideration motion in CV41-26-0046, the petition Victor filed to authorize the $35 million wastewater borrowing under Idaho Code § 7-1304.

Thursday, May 21 — Victor P&Z

Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Victor City Hall

Birch Crossing written findings come back. The Sweet Hollow Farm application, file LU2025-14, returns from continuance. Victor P&Z has continued both files repeatedly through the spring.

Friday, May 22 — Tetonia State Land Auction

10:30 a.m. MT at the Riverside Hotel, Garden City. The Idaho Department of Lands auctions 160 acres of state endowment land near Tetonia at a reserve of $5 million. A grazing lease runs through 2032; the site sits near billionaire Thomas Tull's 8,000-acre Teton Ridge Ranch.

What We're Watching

The May 12 P&Z docket is the busiest concept-and-permit night of the week ahead. Four of the five items break new ground for the valley: re-subdividing platted common space (Sweetwater Phase III), a third recurring gravel-crushing SUP at the former Huntsman Springs PUD (Tributary), a wetland-buffer variance on Adams Road (Circle A), and a Comprehensive Plan amendment to move 28.25 acres of mid-valley land from Rural Neighborhood to Industrial Research (Corner Fox).

What to watch: Tuesday, May 12, at the Teton County Courthouse. The BOCC's Sweetwater Phase I standing ruling on May 11 sets the tone for the rest of the week ahead. The Signal will publish day-of coverage on the larger items.

The Two-Week Ahead: Five New Applications, the LDC Hearing, and Primary Day