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p4 'y SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY r COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT S_O • r• 1810 E HAZELTON AVE,STOCKTON,CA 95205-8232 4 /kcad` PHONE209/4885121 FAX:209/488-3185 September 20, 2012 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commissioners FROM: Kerry Sullivan SUBJECT: Other Business: Special Permits Recently, the Community Development Department has received an influx of special event applications proposing three separate and non-related events on three consecutive days as one special event (i.e. a charity luncheon on Friday, wedding on Saturday, and an art fair on Sunday). The question arises as to whether these three events should be counted as one special event or three special events. There are two types of special events, indoor and outdoor. Development Title Section 9-110.4 defines the two types of events as the following: Special Indoor Event. "Special indoor event"means any temporary event or activity generally attracting large numbers of people, that is conducted within a structure, is subject to compliance with specific Uniform Building and Fire Code requirements, and is not already defined within a specified zone as an �— allowable"temporary' use activity. Included in this definition are Halloween haunted houses and home craft fairs. Excluded from this definition are marketing events. Special Outdoor Event."Special outdoor event"means any temporary event or activity generally attracting large numbers of people, requiring the importation of temporary facilities such as portable bleachers, food stands, and portable toilet facilities, conducted out-of-doors and not already defined within a specified zone as an allowable"temporary'activity. Excluded from this definition are parades, carnivals, circuses, and marketing events. A maximum of either four(4)special indoor events or four(4)special outdoor events or four(4)of any combination of special indoor events and special outdoor events shall be permitted within a calendar year. In the R-L (Low Density Residential) and R-M (Medium Density Residential)zones, an additional four(4)special outdoor events shall be permitted within a calendar year. Each special outdoor event may not exceed a length of three(3)consecutive days pursuant to Development Title Section 9-110.4. The Community Development Department would like to receive direction from the Planning Commission on whether to count three separate special events on three consecutive days as one special event or three special events.