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Attorney tells council wedding events on nearby parcels are a county civil matter; residents urged to pursue county process
Summary
A resident complained that a neighboring short-term rental and barn on county property is hosting wedding events on both county and city land. The city attorney advised the council the dispute is a civil matter within county jurisdiction and suggested a nuisance action or county complaint.
Stephanie Brotherson raised concerns during the March 13 meeting that a short‑term rental and associated barn near her property were operating as a wedding-event venue on both county parcels and adjacent city property.
Brotherson said she had photographic evidence she provided to the council showing gatherings at the barn and on city property. She asked where the conditional-use permit or other authorization for wedding events had been granted; Brotherson said she found references to a short‑term rental permit but not an event permit on city records.
The council put the question to the city attorney, who was on the phone. Lisa (identified in the record as the city attorney) said she had reviewed the documents provided and advised that the short‑term rental was licensed and that the city had issued the short‑term rental permit. "When it was approved, they knew there was a possibility that there could be a wedding as a part of it, and that was approved," she said. The attorney explained that the events occurring on the parcel inside county boundaries fall under county jurisdiction and that the city has limited enforcement authority over county parcels.
Lisa advised Brotherson and other concerned residents that their next steps would be to raise the matter with the county or to pursue a civil public-nuisance action. The attorney also noted that residents could attend the county commission meeting; the meeting was identified as a county commission meeting the following Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Council members said they had also briefed the city attorney and the county attorney and that the city would follow the attorney’s counsel.
Council members emphasized they could provide the attorney’s contact information to the complainants and encouraged residents to pursue the county process. No city enforcement action or ordinance change was initiated at the meeting.
