Jackson council to weigh new limits aimed at large-project impacts

Jackson Town Council on Nov. 16 is set to give direction on six proposed Land Development Regulation amendments billed as responses to “large development impacts,” with staff asking councilors to affirm the package so ordinances can be drafted for later three-reading adoption workshop packet. The draft includes: a revamped 2:1 workforce housing bonus that would shift to a sliding scale (1:1 for workforce-restricted units, 2:1 for units restricted at 120% to 140% of area median income or lower) and remove the bonus from several downtown commercial zones; new maximum sizes for bonus units; a cap limiting short-term rentals to 33% of an individual building (the Planning Commission recommends 25%); a rule prohibiting residential and lodging uses on the ground floor within the Downtown Design Overlay; a third-story stepback standard intended to make third stories not visible from across the street downtown (with deed-restricted exceptions); and a change counting habitable basement area toward the town’s 40,000 and 50,000 square-foot maximum building size limits. The item is scheduled for both the afternoon workshop and the evening regular meeting agenda [workshop agenda](/documents/01M74K3577F40A70RN6CM3RAP0?quote=LDR%20Changes%20to%20Address%20Development%20Impacts%20(PM26-011)%20(Paul).

The record in the packet says council last gave direction on this PM26-011 package at an Aug. 17 workshop Aug. 17 agenda.