Obviously angling for Marquis de Sade Google juice, KELO uses the words vomit and fornicating in one news report about neighbors unhappy with hosting the externalities of The Vault nightclub:

“I've had patrons vomiting in the parking lot, the sidewalk, on guests’ cars. I've had to go out with buckets of water to wash the vomit so guests don't step in it in the morning,” Staybridge Suites Night Auditor Lorri Starr said.

The vault's management and owners say they are abiding by all the rules, even going beyond them in some cases.

“We've increased our security tons. We've added more guys. Special events, we've managed activities with local law enforcement,” General Manager Kacie Cawthorne said.

“The noise levels you have here on a Friday or Saturday are well within the limits of the noise ordinance. You still have it, but it doesn't violate an ordinance,” owner Kirby Muilenburg said.

And the club's owners say it does fit the area. That's what the council has to decide, even if neighbors want to shut the Vault doors for good.

“We see patrons fornicating on guest vehicles in parking lots. I've had to video tape fights between vault patrons,” Starr said [Kelly Bartnick, "Neighbors Want Vault Liquor License Revoked," KELOLand.com, 2012.11.20].

Fornicating on guest vehicles... seriously, kids? Didn't you see that nice patch of soft grass over there?

We require entertainment venues to get licenses to sell alcohol because we recognize that selling alcohol creates social harms. Owner and video lottery magnate Miulenburg appears to recognize that holding an alcohol license does not fully excuse him from working to prevent those harms. But when one business's externalities start hurting another business (do you want to park at the Holiday Inn Express and have party animals playing Animal Planet on your car?), the wisdom of renewing that license is in question.

The Sioux Falls City Council has given itself a few more weeks to decide if Miulenburg is doing enough to relieve his neighbors of his nightclub's nuisance. Kids, help Miulenburg out. Keep the party inside... or in your own back seat.