1. Project: A two-day festival scheduled on Saturday, September 2nd
BUTTE COUNTY
Board of Supervisors
July 25, 2017 AGENDA ITEM 5.01
Project #: MISC (Festival Application – Slow Theatre – Butcher Shop Theatre)
Project: A two-day festival scheduled on Saturday, September 2nd
and Sunday, September 3rd.
Applicant: Slow Theatre
Owner: Gregory Amaral and Albert & Ann Warren
Address: Estes Road, east of Chico
APN:
Development Services

2. Festival Description
The festival is schedule for Saturday, September 2nd and Sunday,
September 3rd.
Festival hours are from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day.
The event is described as the Butcher Shop Theatre Festival. The festival puts on outdoor plays that are free to the community.
It will include food trucks and beverage booths.
The festival is proposing to have an estimated 500 to 600 attendees each day, which includes volunteers.

3. Festival Location

4. Festival Site Plan

5. Surrounding Uses

6. Aerial

7. Environmental Analysis
Planning Staff determined the proposed festival is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15304(e) Minor Alterations to Land:
(e) Minor temporary use of land having negligible or no permanent effects on the environment, including carnivals, sales of Christmas trees, etc.

8. Comments
Public Comments
Staff did not receive any public comments.

9. Staff Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of Supervisors take the following action on the requested outdoor festival license for Slow Theatre:
1. Find the festival to be Categorically Exempt under Section 15304(e) of the California Environmental Quality Act; and
Approve the application for an outdoor festival license MISC subject to recommended conditions.