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Analysis Background This project began as an enforcement case for having a Special Event (rodeo)without the benefit of the proper permit. A rodeo is classified by the Community Development Department under the Recreation- Outdoor Entertainment Use Type. This Use Type is assigned to facilities used for outdoor recreational activities and for presenting entertainment and athletic events to spectators. A Use Type is assigned to each use on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics, thereby providing a basis for regulation of uses in accordance with criteria which are directly relevant to the public health, safety, and general welfare. The Recreation-Outdoor Entertainment Use Type (rodeo) is not permitted in the AG-40 zone (General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum). A Special Event permit for up to four events per year may be permitted for Special Outdoor Events. A rodeo may be a Special Outdoor Event. Each of the four events may be up to three (3) days in length. An approved Improvement Plan for a Special Event is required. There is a fee for this application. The applicant has stated that there have been no rodeos held on the property. The applicant trains horses for racing. The facility has a straight, quarter-mile track with starting gates that are used for this training. The training;generally takes place on Sundays. People bring their horses and race them down the quarter-mile track, The horses practice their starts and racing against unfamiliar horses. These races help the owners determine which horses they want to enter in focal races (generally northern California). Horse training is ass+ ned to the Commercial Stable Use Type. A commercial stable may be conditionally permitted in the AG-40 zone with an approved Use Permit. Boarding, training, and exercising horses are considered to be a part of a commercial stable. A concession stand (outdoor kitchen facilities with a seating area) may be.accessory to a stable as long as it remains subordinate to the main use. Stables cannot charge an admission fee to watch the training or for any other reason. The applicant has decided to add boarding for up to 20 horses and to modify the training,sessions to fewer than 20 horsesat one time and to spread the training out over the week. Any events where admission was charged or any event that would have more than 150 people would be done with an Outdoor Special Event permit. s, a .S San Joaquin County" PA-09001511Mandujano Community Development Page 3