17.56.340
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Does not apply to parcels within the Squaw Valley General Plan or the Tahoe Basin as defined by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
Uses
Conditional / special use3
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Dark-sky compliant lighting
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 Friday and Saturday
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
- Event hours Sunday through Thursday
and from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.
- Maximum events per year26 events
All types of agricultural event centers may be allowed 26 events per year, or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Maximum event size - intermediate agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. event center200 guests
Intermediate agricultural event center: shall be allowed a maximum event size of 200 guests or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Maximum event size - large agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. event center400 guests
Large agricultural event center: shall be allowed a maximum event size of 400 guests or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Maximum event size - small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. event center100 guests
Small agricultural event center: shall be allowed a maximum event size of 100 guests or as specified by the conditional use permit.
- Minimum agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. revenue per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. per year1,000 dollars
shall be required to demonstrate a minimum of $1,000 gross revenue per acre per year from said agricultural production, or as specified by the conditional use permit. No agricultural event center is required to have more than $40,000 gross revenue agricultural production per year.
- Minimum parcel size - intermediate agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. event center20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
An intermediate agricultural event center shall have a minimum parcel size of 20 acres.
- Minimum parcel size - large agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. event center40 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A large agricultural event center shall have a minimum parcel size of 40 acres.
- Minimum parcel size - small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. event center10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A small agricultural event center shall have a minimum parcel size of 10 acres.
Parking
- Parking ratio
one parking space for each two and one-half guests allowed on-site and one parking space for each permanent employee
Setback
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for outdoor activities200 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.
Signage
- Permanent identification sign size4 ft
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. Minimum parcel sizes: small agricultural event center 10 acres, intermediate 20 acres, large 40 acres. All outdoor activities (except parking) minimum 200 feet from exterior property lines. Maximum event sizes: 100, 200, 400 guests. 26 events per year. Agricultural revenue $1,000/acre/year, max $40,000. Hours 10am-10pm Fri/Sat, 10am-8pm Sun-Thu. Noise stop at 7:30pm or reduce to 20 dB.
Parking requirements
{
"event_center": "1 space per 2.5 guests + 1 per permanent employee"
}