17.56.340
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Dark-sky compliant
All lighting for agricultural event centers shall be consistent with the Rural Design Guidelines for Placer County and shall be Dark-Sky compliant as specified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
Noise
- Noise curfew
shall be required to stop all noise generating activities, such as music, at 7:30 p.m. or move such activities into an enclosed structure which will reduce the noise level to 20 decibels or less at the event center's exterior property lines.
Other
- Event hours weekday
from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday
- Event hours weekend
All types of agricultural event centers shall be allowed to operate from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday
- Maximum events per year26 events/year
All types of agricultural event centers may be allowed 26 events per year, or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Maximum guests intermediate200 guests
Intermediate agricultural event center: shall be allowed a maximum event size of 200 guests or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Maximum guests large400 guests
Large agricultural event center: shall be allowed a maximum event size of 400 guests or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Maximum guests small100 guests
Small agricultural event center: shall be allowed a maximum event size of 100 guests or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Minimum outdoor activity setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.200 ft
All types of agricultural event centers shall be required to have all outdoor activities associated with the agricultural event center (with the exception of parking) a minimum of 200 feet from the exterior property lines or as specified by the conditional use permit.
Parking
- Event center parking ratio0.4 spaces/guest
one parking space for each two and one-half guests allowed on-site and one parking space for each permanent employee
Signage
- Minimum identification sign size16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All types of agricultural event centers shall be required to post a permanent identification sign no smaller than four feet by four feet in a location commonly accessible to adjoining property owners
From the ordinance
A community center, commercial event center and agricultural event center shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking space for each two and one-half guests allowed on-site and one parking space for each permanent employee.