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Goodland Planning Commission OKs recommendation to allow adult‑novelty retail with restrictions
Summary
After a public hearing in which a local vape‑shop manager requested permission to sell adult novelty items in locked displays to 21+ customers, the Planning Commission voted to recommend an ordinance amending zoning definitions and use standards for adult entertainment establishments to the City Commission.
The Goodland Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Commission adopt an ordinance amending the municipal code’s definitions, use table and use standards to accommodate adult‑entertainment‑related retail uses. The recommendation followed a public hearing at which a local store manager described requested changes to allow certain novelty items to be sold behind locked cases.
Zach Valentine, market manager for Break Time Corner Markets and Vape Time, told the commission his Goodland Vape Time locations serve customers 21 and older and would keep “adult novelty” items in a locked glass case with no exterior signage advertising those products. “We only market our stores to 21 plus at the VapeTime location,” Valentine said. He said the stores already lock bathrooms with access codes, and staff check IDs and ask anyone under 21 to leave.
Staff told commissioners the draft ordinance adopts a broader list of definitions recommended by the city attorney but that substantive changes are limited to adult‑entertainment establishment categories, the use table and use standards. Staff said the Planning Commission’s role is to recommend approval, or approval with changes, to the City Commission, which will take the final vote.
After discussion about definitions and whether details such as acceptable forms of identification should be placed in code or handled in a licensing form, Commissioner Matt McKenzie moved that the Planning Commission recommend approval of “Ordinance 17 96” adopting and amending sections 19‑2‑02, 19‑5‑01 and 19‑5‑02 of the Goodland Municipal Code. The motion was seconded by Grady Bonzel and carried by the commission.
The commission’s recommendation now goes to the City Commission for final consideration. Staff said the licensing ordinance that accompanies the zoning change — covering application, fees and appeals — will also be presented to the City Commission with the clarifications discussed by the Planning Commission.
