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Early on in the reveal of the phase one changes, there was a concern amongst some about there being new language in the Park County Development Standards and Regulations, as said by one commenter, …
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Early on in the reveal of the phase one changes, there was a concern amongst some about there being new language in the Park County Development Standards and Regulations, as said by one commenter, “that make my mother blush.”
It’s in a section on adult entertainment businesses that now includes more explicit language to align with state statute and, Chair Dossie Overfield said, not allow a business they would not like to see in a certain area to “slip through the cracks.”
The Park County commissioners approved by 3-1 vote the first phase of amendments to the county’s development standards and regulations Tuesday. The phase deals mostly with administrative changes meant to assist planning department staff and tweaks to align with state law, including more specific language in certain areas.
Along the way, in addition to other decisions, commissioners determined to keep the offensive language and to remove artist studios that utilize nude models from the adult entertainment classification.
Commissioner Kelly Simone said she supported adult uses being very well defined.
“If it’s too vague you can’t defend it,” she said.
The latter issue was, Overfield said, brought up early on in the process and again in early August at a public hearing on DSR phase one.
At that point, Cody resident Linda Raynolds said the language should be removed so she and others can continue to practice their mediums with nude models.
“It is the foundational skill of a classical art education,” she said. “It is no more adult entertainment than the examination of a nude patient by a physician. As an artist, this restriction personally affects me and limits options for the growth of our artistic community.”
Overfield said at the time they were working on removing those studios from the classification, and Tuesday, after hearing two more comments related to the artist studios using nude models, commissioners unanimously determined to adopt language recommended by planning and zoning staff to remove the studios from being listed as adult entertainment.
