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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEvent Venue Text Amendment DraftJune 15, 2011 Draft Definitions & Private Parks Event Venue TA 1. Amend Section 18.04.030 by adding the following definitions: “Commercial Event” means a social gathering or activity in which the owner of private property receives compensation to allow the gathering or activity to occur on the property. Examples of social gatherings or activities include, but are not limited to, weddings, receptions, family and class reunions, company picnics or meetings, birthday and anniversary parties, and graduation parties. “Event Venue” is a property used to host commercial events. “Activity Areas” means all land, permanent and temporary structures, and facilities used for the location and operation of the commercial event, including parking and access. “Permanent Structure” includes any conventional structure not otherwise classified as a temporary structure. “Temporary Structure” includes tents, cabanas, pavilions, trailers, chemical toilet facilities, and other non-permanent structures customarily erected or sited for temporary use. 2. Amend Section 18.16.031(E), Exclusive Farm Use, Nonresidential Conditional Uses on Nonhigh Value Farmland Only, as follows: E. Private parks, including event venues, playgrounds, hunting and fishing preserves and campgrounds. A private park used for an event venue is subject to the provisions of DCC 8.08 (County Noise Control Ordinance), 18.16 (Exclusive Farm Use Zone), 18.124 (Site Plan Review), 18.128 (Conditional Use), and all applicable federal, state and local laws, codes and ordinances. 3. Add the following section to Chapter 18.16, as new section 18.16.039 : A private park used as an event venue site shall be subject to the following criteria, and shall not be subject to outdoor mass gathering requirements: Event Venue and Activity Areas 1. The event venue shall not displace any farming activity already existing on the property or on adjacent properties. 2. The lot, parcel, or tract must contain an owner-occupied single-family dwelling, and the event venue shall be operated by the owner(s) of the property, exclusive of catering or other contracted services. 3. Except for a single-family dwelling on the subject property, only those permanent structures lawfully existing on the date of application shall be June 15, 2011 Draft Definitions & Private Parks Event Venue TA used as activity areas. Temporary structures may also be used as part of the activity areas. All structures are subject to fire, health and life safety requirements. 4. A traffic management plan shall be submitted with the application and shall address traffic at impacted roads and intersections, and on-site. Traffic control shall comply with the current Manual on Traffic Control Devices standards. Any flaggers shall be certified by the State of Oregon. An Access Permit is required for the lot or parcel on which the activity area is located. 5. Sight distance and roadways widths shall be adequate for the proposed event venue use. Driveways extending from paved roads shall have a paved apron, requiring review and approval by the County Road Department. Roadways, driveway aprons, driveways and parking surfaces shall be surfaces that prevent dust, and may include paving, gravel, cinders, or bark/wood chips. Ongoing dust prevention shall be a condition of approval. 6. Activity areas, including any permanent and temporary structures, shall be sited and designed to minimize noise, glare, odor, traffic, and other adverse impacts to dwellings on adjacent lots or parcels, and shall be at least 100 feet from the closest property line. The Planning Director or Hearings Body may require landscaping, berming, or other noise or sight obscuring mechanism to ensure effective screening. 7. Prior to commencement of the use of a property as an event venue, the applicant shall sign and record in the Deschutes County Official Records a Conditions of Approval Agreement, prepared by the County. 8. Prior to commencement of the event venue use, a property owner shall sign and record the farm and forest easement required under DCC 18.16.020(J)(6). 9. Site plan review shall be required for the proposed event venue site in accordance with DCC 18.124, Site Plan Review. The application shall describe the activity area, location of existing permanent and proposed temporary structures, access/egress, sanitation and solid waste facilities, and parking facilities. 10. The event venue shall comply with all requirements of the Deschutes County Building Safety Division and the Environmental Soils Division and any other applicable federal, state and local laws. Compliance with the requirements of the Deschutes County Building Safety Division shall include meeting all building occupancy classification requirements of the state-adopted building code. June 15, 2011 Draft Definitions & Private Parks Event Venue TA 11. The CUP shall expire four years from the date of the signed Conditions of Approval Agreement. The property owner may re-apply for a CUP for this use subject to the provisions in DCC 18.16.031(E) and 18.16.039. The Site Plan shall remain valid provided no substantial changes to the use or site have occurred. 12. BOARD DIRECTION: Type of sanitation facility requirements? Should permanent sanitation facilities be required if “X” number of events are planned for each calendar year? Commercial Events 13. Commercial events shall be limited to 20 calendar days per calendar year, exclusive of set-up and take-down activities. The event venue owner is required to submit in writing the list of 20 calendar days per calendar year by April 1 of the subject calendar year to Deschutes County’s Planning Division, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and all property owners within 1000 feet of the activity area. The event venue owner may amend the list of commercial event dates by submitting the amended list of dates to Deschutes County’s Planning Division and Sheriff’s Office and all property owners within 1000 feet of the activity area in writing within 72 hours of any date change (new, cancelled or rescheduled event). 14. Sound amplification for commercial events shall be allowed between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; other activities may extend from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Commercial events are subject to the conditions of Deschutes County Code 8.08, the County Noise Control Ordinance. 15. Commercial events shall begin no earlier than 7:00 a.m., and shall end no later than 10:00 p.m. Set-up and take down shall occur during the same time period up to one business day prior and one business day after the commercial event.