Major development, comp plan questions leave Tetonia officials seeking help

Tetonia planning and zoning commissioners agreed Nov. 2 that they need more time and more professional help to review PFG Idaho’s Pinnacle Peak development, which could grow the town from roughly 281 residents to nearly 1,512 if fully built out, and the city’s draft comprehensive plan.“This is beyond our pay grade,” said Commissioner Josh Weltman, who was the most vocal about the commission’s lack of support. He asked for “an attorney” to advise the commission and for the city to hire “another planning director who can work with us and represent the city.”Contract city planner Ashley Koehler said the city’s legal counsel will attend future meetings.The planning and zoning commission and the city council will meet jointly Nov. 16 at Tetonia City Hall to discuss the draft comprehensive plan and its future land use map.

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