Project #U24-0013 (Smith) — Large Outdoor Special Event Facility
Sutter County
Description
Mike Smith Jr. appealed the Planning Commission's denial of a wedding and event venue on his 80-acre Sutter Buttes parcel. The Board approved it 4-1 but scaled it to 12 events a year — nine at up to 500 guests, three at up to 850 — with fire lane and water-source conditions.
Impact summary
Approval would have brought up to 850 guests, hundreds of cars, amplified music, and alcohol to a rural road already seen as dangerous; denial keeps the land in agriculture unless a revised plan or Board appeal changes that.
Applicant
- Name
- Mike Smith Jr.
- Address
- 13189 Pass Road, Sutter, CA 95982See this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Board of Supervisors
Last discussed May 26, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of Supervisors - Regular Session — May 26, 2026
Mike Smith Jr. appealed the Planning Commission's denial of a wedding and event venue on his 80-acre Sutter Buttes parcel. The Board approved it 4-1 but scaled it to 12 events a year — nine at up to 500 guests, three at up to 850 — with fire lane and water-source conditions.
Planning Commission - Regular — March 19, 2026
A use permit for a mainly outdoor event venue on 80 ag-zoned acres in the Sutter Buttes overlay — up to 16 events a year, 100-850 guests, Thursday-Sunday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. The Commission denied it 4-2, inviting the applicant to revise and resubmit or appeal.
Related issues (3)
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