County set to freeze grading permits for manmade waterbodies, 90 days

Teton County commissioners are set to adopt a 90-day freeze on accepting grading permit applications that include new construction of manmade waterbodies, or modifications of existing manmade waterbodies, in unincorporated Teton County, per a draft resolution on Thursday afternoon. The resolution directs the County Engineer to stop accepting those applications for 90 days, and it says applicants may need to revise multi-part grading applications to remove any waterbody work before re-submittal. special meeting agenda

The freeze is tied to grading permit review under the Land Development Regulations (LDRs), and it is aimed at buying time to draft new regulations for manmade waterbodies. The draft carves out exemptions for stormwater management ponds verified by the County Engineer as having the sole purpose of stormwater management, and for agricultural ponds that are part of an agricultural operation meeting the standards for exemption in Land Development Regulation 6.1.3.B. freeze resolution