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Council approves America’s Mountain Festival permit with conditions; organizers to provide traffic, sanitation and security plans
Summary
The council unanimously approved a temporary use permit allowing an inaugural music festival July 5 with up to 3,500 attendees, subject to 20 staff‑recommended conditions including insurance, traffic control and sanitation requirements.
Woodland Park City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a special event temporary use permit for America’s Mountain Festival, an inaugural music event planned for July 5 at 201 Saddle Club Drive.
The permit, requested by Derek Wagner on behalf of Tava House Properties LLC, covers an event the applicant described as a single‑day festival with staging, vendor areas and off‑site parking served by shuttle. The application listed a capacity of up to 3,500 patrons; the applicant told council they had not yet sold that many tickets.
Nut graf: Council and staff said the event is within the central business district and involves extended hours that require council review. Staff recommended approval with a multi‑point list of conditions intended to address safety, traffic, sanitation and neighborhood impacts.
Planning staffer Karen Schmincke reviewed the application and a staff recommendation that included about 20 conditions. Key conditions require the applicant to provide a certificate of liability insurance naming the city as additional insured (minimum $1 million per occurrence, $2 million general aggregate) covering setup and cleanup days (July 3–7); a traffic control plan coordinated with the city and Colorado State Patrol (a CSP permit was provided May 12); private security coordinated with the Woodland Park Police Department; food vendors to comply with Teller County Public Health requirements; and final sanitation and trash plans with on‑site portable toilets and hand‑washing stations. The event’s music hours were limited to 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on July 5 in the staff recommendation, and generators must be turned off by 11:30 p.m.
Applicant Derek Wagner and operations director Heather Burrows described logistics including off‑site parking at the high school and shuttle service, early site setup and use of temporary surface improvements in parts of the venue. When asked about safety on the adjacent active construction site, Wagner said the construction areas will be fenced and secured: “Everything’s fenced off. I don’t want people on my construction site,” he told council. Operations director Burrows said the organizers will use the WeatherBug app, the ticketing system’s text/email capacity, and loudspeaker announcements to communicate severe‑weather directions.
The permit was approved by motion and second and carried unanimously. Council and staff noted the event is subject to the listed conditions and to city code provisions for noise, signage and vendor licensing.
Ending: Staff said future iterations of the event could be handled administratively if conditions and operations remain substantially unchanged; the city will monitor the inaugural event for compliance and public impacts.
