Jasper Common Council Considers Rezoning Off Whitehouse Road

The Jasper Common Council’s published agenda for the February 18, 2026 meeting lists several items of immediate consequence for the city’s land use and finances: a public hearing and consideration of an ordinance to rezone a roughly 6.06-acre portion of an annexed parcel off Whitehouse Roa. The agenda text supplied to this reporter stops at the truncated street name and does not include the ordinance number, applicant, or proposed new zoning designation.

The document provided does not identify the state or province for this Jasper Common Council item. That omission matters because multiple separate governments named Jasper are active on land-use and transportation matters; without a clear municipal identifier, property owners and neighbors cannot confirm whether the rezoning affects properties in Dubois County or another jurisdiction.

Separate, fully attributed items in the public record show related land-use activity under other Jasper governments. In the Municipality of Jasper (Alberta) packet, Council “received a progress update from the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre.” Acting Director of Recovery Andy Esarte “presented updates on the debris removal process; interim housing; the Recovery Pathfinders program; a needs assessment which is underway; the Business Lunch and Learn series; and more.” The Municipality of Jasper also recorded that “Council received a report from Director of Urban Design & Standards Beth Sanders. Highlights included a review of major projects; staffing updates; service trends; a discussion on community engagement; and more. The report can be found in the agenda package.”

The Alberta material also documents a transportation policy action: “After discussion at the July 15th Committee of the Whole meeting, Council voted to advocate for the inclusion of an Edmonton to Jasper regional service in the Government of Alberta’s 30-Year Network of the Passenger Rail Master Plan.” The packet repeats the decision window for that provincial plan: “public engagement will be completed in June 2025, and the plan itself will be finalized in summer 2025. The Passenger Rail Master Plan is slated for decision in the fall sitting of the provincial government.”

A distinct Jasper jurisdiction, Jasper County Council in Ridgeland, South Carolina, also had active zoning business on its February 17, 2026 agenda. That packet lists Lisa Wagner for “Public Hearing and consideration of the 2nd Reading of Ordinance #O-2026-07” to amend the Official Zoning Map and transfer three properties along Grays Highway, including tax map 062-20-01-002 (0.60 acres) and 062-20-01-006 (1.20 acres) from the Residential Zone to the Industrial Development Zone, and tax map 062-21-01-002 (2.74 acres) with text truncated in the supplied excerpt. Jasper County’s agenda states procedural rules: “Presentations are limited to 3 minutes per person, and total input is limited to 30 minutes,” and requires written comments by 1 PM on the meeting date to comments@jaspercountysc.gov. The packet also notes the parenthetical procedural detail that “(1st reading was removed from agenda on 02.02.2026).” For more information the Jasper County packet lists phone 843-717-3696.

Procedural guidance from the City of Edmonton packet included text relevant to public hearings and how official reports are posted: “Once the Council Public Hearing Agenda is posted online, members of the public may register to speak at Council by completing the form at edmonton.ca/meetings or calling the Office of the City Clerk at 780-496-8178.” That guidance adds that “The City’s report and finalized version of the applicant’s proposal will be posted for public viewing on the City’s public hearing agenda approximately three (3) weeks prior to a scheduled public hearing for the file.” The Edmonton packet names Planner Stuart Carlyle and provides contact details in the excerpt.

Key items remain missing from the February 18, 2026 Jasper Common Council entry: the agenda did not include the full ordinance text for the roughly 6.06-acre rezoning, the proposed destination zoning, the property owner or applicant, or maps and staff analysis. Reported next steps to obtain those records include contacting the appropriate clerk or planning office for the Jasper Common Council that issued the agenda; for adjacent jurisdictions the supplied contacts are comments@jaspercountysc.gov and 843-717-3696 for Jasper County (SC), and Stuart Carlyle (780-496-6068; stuart.carlyle@edmonton.ca) or the Office of the City Clerk at 780-496-8178 for Edmonton-related filings referenced in the packet.