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Owner of Sparrow Estate disputes repeated nuisance complaints, offers fence after board hearing
Summary
Everett Sparrow, owner of Sparrow Estate, told supervisors he has complied with permit conditions, installed trees and decibel monitors, and accused a neighbor of repeatedly filing false complaints; he asked the board to note the call logs he provided and said he plans to install a six‑foot fence to reduce conflict.
Everett Sparrow, owner of the Sparrow Estate event venue, appeared before the Board of Supervisors to respond to neighbor complaints and to present documentation he said showed repeated, unjustified calls about his property.
Sparrow said he purchased the 17‑acre property four years ago, obtained special‑use permits two years ago, and has since run about 16 events this year. He said one event ran later than 6 p.m. on one occasion and that an adjacent resident, identified as Cheryl Moore, has repeatedly called the sheriff’s office to complain. Sparrow said he obtained call logs from the sheriff’s office — "there's over 80 calls" he said — and provided a packet to the board, arguing many calls did not align with his event calendar and that deputies sometimes responded when his venue was not hosting an event.
Sparrow denied allegations that he "shot at a school bus" (he said, "If I was shooting at a school bus, I would not be here today") and said the claims and a protective order had been "BS" in his view. He said his operation uses decibel readers (the same models used by the sheriff's office) and that he has installed more than 90 trees and twice replaced trees along the complaining neighbor's property line; he suggested someone may be killing those trees.
Sparrow told the board he plans to erect a six‑foot fence around parts of the property "if it's okay with you guys" to try to end the dispute and limit intrusion. Supervisors questioned the timing of deputies' responses and produced sheriff’s office documents that indicated deputy contacts at times that Sparrow initially disputed; Sparrow acknowledged some days matched his event days and said the logs included a mix of event and non‑event calls.
Chair members thanked Sparrow for presenting his materials and indicated staff and the sheriff's office will continue to monitor and coordinate. No formal enforcement action was initiated by the board at the meeting; supervisors encouraged continued dialogue and mitigation steps such as the proposed fence.
