The Chaffee County Board of Commissioners convened as the Board of Health on Monday morning to discuss issues affecting events planning in the county and raised capacity limits. Tuesday, Live
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The Chaffee County Planning Commission held a public hearing over the land use application filed in February that, if approved, would enable the farm west of Buena Vista to increase the number of large special events it hosts per year from 3 to as many as 12.
The commission voted to continue the discussion until July 27 to allow the applicant, Meadows owner Jed Selby, to address concerns raised in comments from government agencies and local citizens alike.
At various points throughout the nearly 3-hour Planning Commission meeting held over Zoom Tuesday evening, commissioners noted as many as 90 people were on the teleconference listening in.
And, no, the applicant strenuously states, that does not mean one Dierks Bentley-sized production per month.
The 277-acre farm west of Buena Vista along Crossman Avenue is used for hay production and cattle-grazing for most of the year, but itâs also the site of the music festivals Campout for the Cause and Bentleyâs Seven Peaks Music Festival, as well as the Society for Creative Anachronismâs Battlemoor event.
Under the Meadowsâs current zoning, the property is limited to three special events. The proposal for the Meadows Farm Outdoor Theater submitted to the countyâs planning and zoning department requests up to 12 large-scale events â events with more than 1,000 attendees â and the ability to host events with 1,000 attendees or less as a use by right â meaning the property could host an unlimited number of these small-scale events.