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Board approves Marlboro Springs event‑facility CUP with amplified‑music and subwoofer limits
Summary
After neighborhood discussion and conditions negotiated at the podium, the Board approved Conditional Use Permit 4‑24 for Marlboro Springs LLC (a special‑event facility) with limits on amplified music (no amplified music after 10:00 p.m.) and a prohibition on subwoofers; the permit caps attendance and requires an approved illustrative sketch plan before operation.
The Board of Supervisors approved Conditional Use Permit 4‑24 for Marlboro Springs LLC, allowing a special‑event facility on a 102‑acre RA‑zoned parcel at 1147 North Piper Road, after the applicant agreed to conditions addressing hours, amplified sound and neighbor concerns.
Planning staff described the CUP proposal: use of an existing barn as an event facility with hours that require outdoor music to end by 9 p.m. Sunday–Thursday and by 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and holidays; an illustrative sketch plan and implementation of shown improvements would be required before the use begins; and events would be capped at no more than 250 guests at any one time.
Applicant Sam Smith answered questions on operations and sound mitigation and agreed to several neighbor requests during an extended Q&A. In response to concerns about booming low‑frequency sound, the applicant accepted a prohibition on subwoofers as a condition and agreed to limits on amplified outdoor music. One supervisor proposed a 9:15 p.m. limit for amplified music but the board amended the motion to preserve a 10:00 p.m. cutoff for amplified music while banning subwoofers; the amendment passed, and the final motion to approve the CUP (with conditions including no subwoofers and the amplified‑music time limit) passed on a recorded vote (Supervisor Dunn opposed).
Supporters from the immediate neighborhood told the board that the applicant had taken decibel readings, met with neighbors, adjusted operations in response to concerns and that the venue would provide needed farm‑based income and local event options.
The conditions recorded in the board motion require compliance with review‑agency comments, an approved illustrative sketch plan and adherence to the amplified‑music and subwoofer restrictions. The applicant may operate after the sketch plan and site conditions are implemented and county inspections confirm compliance.
The CUP moves the property from an inactive barn use into a regulated special‑event use with documented neighbor accommodations and enforceable conditions.
