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Pitkin County considers threshold of 5,000 attendees for BOCC review of large events; staff to draft code updates
Summary
County staff proposed referring events with more than 5,000 attendees per day in the urban growth boundary to the Board of County Commissioners for a noticed public hearing, after a high‑attendance Buttermilk concert permit prompted broader review of event notice and permitting.
Pitkin County staff opened a work-session discussion Tuesday about tightening public review of large special events after a 2025 concert application for Buttermilk drew attention to the county’s administrative permitting process.
Why it matters: staff told commissioners that the Buttermilk application — which drew media attention because the applicant reported 16,000 attendees across two summer weekends — highlighted gaps between the administrative permit pathway and the public notice and comment the community expects for events with broad off-site impacts. Commissioners and staff discussed thresholds, notice methods and a multi‑year permit approach.
Staff recommendation and board discussion
- Threshold and referral: staff recommended that any proposed event inside the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) with more than 5,000 proposed attendees per day…
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