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Commissioners weigh numeric attendance caps and link to on‑site parking
Summary
Staff proposed tying maximum event attendance to approved on‑site parking capacity and discussed example thresholds for large parcels; commissioners questioned default per‑acre numbers and asked for clearer language tying attendance limits to site plans and CUP conditions.
During the draft review commissioners and staff debated how to set a reliable, enforceable maximum attendance for rural event venues.
Lauren Driscoll said the draft ties attendance limits to approved on-site parking shown on the CUP site plan and offered high-level guidance for larger parcels, noting planners "don't want it to really let it exceed 360 people because that's a lot of people by the time you bring all the cars". Commissioners pushed back on thumb-rule defaults (for example, acreage-based formulas), arguing the commission should retain the flexibility to revise site-specific parking and attendance during CUP review.
Staff recommended using site-specific plans rather than rigid default numbers and left numeric caps adjustable by the planning commission as part of the CUP conditions. The commission signaled support for the site-plan approach but asked staff to clarify the parking language so it cannot be misread as requiring a fixed per-acre parking allocation.
