. San Luis OpisPO COUNTY ) DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND BUILDING VICTOR HOLANDA, AICP. DIRECTOR December 8, 2005 Bob Pusanik Avila Valley Advisory Committee PO Box 65 Avila Beach, CA 93424 ‘Subject: Letter dated November 14, 2005 regarding temporary events at the Avila Boach Rosort, and letter dated November 18, 2005 regarding recommendations to. modify county documents Dear Mr. Pusanii: We appreciate your continuing interest in working with the County on improving coordination for events that occur in the Avila Beach area. As you are aware, our office is currently in the early process of revising the temporary events section of the land uso ordinance and would like to thank AVAC’s representative, Sherri Gooding, for her help in giving comments and recommendations for the revised ordinance. With regard to current events at the Avila Beach Resort, you wanted to know about the “grandfathered” nature of the events. The Board of Supervisors did not discuss “grandfathering”, but rather at the August 17, 2004 meeting gave a general approval for the non-profit events until such time as the new ordinance is in place. The Board's motion did not direct staff to interpret the current temporary Svents ordinance, and it did not include “grandfathering” of temporary events; but rather the approved motion stated the following: “A motion by Supervisor Pinard, seconded by Supervisor Achadjian to direct that this be a general approval fo cover all other non-profits that have been traditionally served". As this was an action taken by the Board of Supervisors, itis not an appealable action, AVAC has also had questions regarding the handling of future permits for temporary events in the Avila Beach aroa. This type of application will normally require a discretionary permit that would always be referred to AVAC for comment prior to approval. However, for existing facilties such as the Aviia Resort that have authorization for nonprofit events, there is no discretionary permit requirement. As previously discussed, the larger nonprofit events that have historically occurred on the property are allowed to continue until such time as the ordinance is changed. However, we have passed along your request to the property owner that providing advance notice of major events to AVAC would be useful for keeping the community aware of upcoming activities. Regarding your other letter dated November 18, 2005, our office greally appreciates comments and recommendations from community members with “hands on experience” implementing ordinances, conditions of approval for projects, and updates of new ordinances. tis helpful for us to know what is and is not working in the field so Counry Government CENTIR - SAN Lu's Oaispo_- _CauirorwA93408 + (805) 781-5600 FMA: planning@cosloca.us + FAX: (B05) 781-1242 + WLBSITE: NEIp//wWw.sloplanning.orgBob Pusanik December 9, 2005 Page 2 Wwe can make informed and tested recommendations to our decision makers for future projects. We will also save your recommendations for parking in urban areas wi narrow streets and your comments regarding commercial standards in the “inland’ ordinance. We can hopelully incorporate these comments into future projects and/or ordinance amendments as necessary. We will continue to keep you informed if we receive new discretionary permit applications and will also let Sherri Gooding know when there is a revised draft available of the proposed changes to the temporary events standards. Please feel free to contact our office with any further questions. Sipe, Mi feck Pat Beck Assistant Director