Planning commission approves zoning text amendment cutting some parking minimums

The Goodland Planning Commission approved a zoning text amendment (Ordinance 18-11) on Dec. 9 that reduces certain off-street parking minimums and reorganizes the parking regulations for clarity.

Speaker 2, Unidentified Speaker, the staff presenter, said, "There's a little bit of reduction in the required spaces on certain things," and explained the change included lowering the minimum required parking for a single-family dwelling from two spaces to one and making the same change for other residential units. The staff summary also noted a specific standard of "0.35 spaces per unit for assisted care home" because many residents in those facilities do not have vehicles.

Speaker 4, Unidentified Speaker, said, "I like the revisions. It seems to make good sense throughout," reflecting a commissioner’s favorable view of the reformatting and reductions.

Staff told commissioners the ordinance was produced after prior discussion over multiple meetings and that the revisions primarily reorganize the code text to make provisions easier to find. Staff also said they had not received public comments on the draft before the hearing.

Speaker 3, Unidentified Speaker, moved to approve Ordinance 18-11 and Speaker 1, Unidentified Speaker, seconded the motion. The planning commission recorded that the motion carried and the ordinance will proceed as presented.

Votes at a glance: Ordinance 18-11 (zoning text amendment, off-street parking) — Motion to approve moved by Speaker 3, seconded by Speaker 1; outcome recorded in the meeting transcript as "motion carried." The transcript does not provide a formal roll-call tally with member names and numeric vote counts.

What happens next: The ordinance text as adopted will be used in the commission’s materials and staff noted the reduction aims to make it easier to build certain residential properties under the revised requirements.