Rist Canyon Inn event limits expanded

The approved amendment raises the number of permitted Friday, Saturday and Sunday events at Rist Canyon Inn from 48 to 90, while retaining a one-event-per-day limit and the existing event hours. The inn may also hold up to two weekday events a week year-round, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for up to 105 guests and staff, not counting lodging guests. The event center may operate May 1 to Dec. 31 or April 1 to Nov. 30, but its season remains limited to eight months. The site's guest-and-staff cap rises from 109 to 125, or 117 when the additional cabin is in use. The amendment allows an existing structure to be remodeled as a year-round rental cabin for two guests and permits two food-and-beverage trailers for vendors and staff, not the public. Events with more than 109 guests and staff require shuttles. Conditions prohibit outdoor amplified sound at weekday and weekend events, while allowing outdoor speakers for light background music outside the event hall and behind the Farmhouse lodge. Additional sound mitigation must keep events below county noise limits, including below 50 dBA at event-center property lines after 7 p.m.; approval also requires a wildfire inspection and a noxious-weed management plan.

Adopted with the consent agenda (carried, 3-0).