October 2025

Planning Commission out to lunch even when they show up

l3wis October 2, 2025 3Comments

Attendance got a little better last night with 6 voting members in attendance, but the level of ignorance hit a new high.

Item #5A was an obvious ‘work around’ the law. While legal, completely shady.

The applicant bought a liquor license for a different location, realizing they couldn’t use it at that location they had to move it. While this happens a lot in Sioux Falls, this one takes on a new twist. Not only do they want to move their liquor license they only want to move it temporarily (where they can’t use it because that location is currently under construction) then once the intended location is finished they will once again move the license. In other words they are essentially putting a liquor license in ‘storage’ which I would think would not be legal. So after all the applicant’s testimony and the Planning Commission staffers basically lying about how the situation needed to be handled you would think the PC members would be weary about supporting this dubious plan using legal loopholes. Nope, all 6 voting members supported it. The worst part was before they approved it, they asked tons of ignorant questions about liquor licenses. How can you approve this when you don’t even know how the system works? The next mayor needs to remove every single member of that board and replace with new folks that actually want to serve the public and at least have an inkling of how things work in Planning.