Butte County Planning Land Use Survey
The Butte County Planning Division is gathering community input on potential land uses in the
unincorporated areas of Butte County
. Your feedback will help guide future planning decisions and how certain activities may be regulated.
Home Businesses
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Businesses people run from the comfort of their homes. Common examples: daycares, nail techs, bakers, barbers, groomers, therapists, etc.
1.
Do you, or someone you know, operate a home business?
Yes
No
2.
If you answered yes, what has your experience been?
3.
Have you thought about starting a home business?
Yes
No
4.
If you answered yes, what type of home business have you thought about starting?
5.
If you were making rules regulating home businesses, are the business hours a big deal?
Yes
No
6.
If you were making rules regulating home businesses, how would you limit business hours?
9am-5pm
7am-10pm
No limit
Other (please specify)
7.
If you were making rules regulating home businesses, are the number of customers going to the home a big deal?
Yes
No
8.
How would you limit the number of customers?
(per day, per week, per month, or other)
Enter a number and timeframe. For example:
5 per day, 20 per week, or other.
9.
Should larger properties have fewer rules?
For example:
1 acre property has fewer rules regulating home businesses than a 0.25 acre property.
Yes
No
10.
Should the rules change depending on the type of business?
Yes
No
11.
Other comments:
Short Term Rentals (STR)
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Homes or rooms people rent out for short stays (30 days or less). Usually used by business travelers & tourists on vacation.
12.
Have you used or operated a short-term rental?
Yes
No
13.
If you answered yes, what has your experience been?
14.
Have you thought about renting or operating a short-term rental?
Yes
No
15.
Should people be allowed to rent out homes they don’t live in?
Yes
No
16.
If yes, should an on-site property manager be required?
Yes
No
17.
Should short-term rentals only be allowed on properties if there are no or few neighbors close by?
Yes
No
18.
Should short-term rentals be allowed on any property, no matter the size?
Yes
No
19.
If you were making rules regulating short-term rentals, what concerns would you have?
20.
Other comments:
Recreational Camping:
Camping for fun in tents or RVs on campgrounds or on private rural property.
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Short-term camping:
14 days or fewer per year, no permit required.
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Long-term camping:
180 days or fewer with a permit.
Recreational camping is separate from temporary housing and disaster recovery housing.
21.
Have you gone camping in the County?
Yes
No
22.
If you answered yes, what has your experience been?
23.
If you were making rules regulating recreational camping, should short-term camping require a permit?
Yes
No
24.
If you were making rules regulating recreational camping, should long-term camping require a permit?
Yes
No
25.
If you were making rules regulating recreational camping, should RVs be able to use utilities?
Yes
No
26.
If you were making rules regulating recreational camping, should there be a time limit for RVs to use utilities?
Yes
No
27.
If you answered yes, how many days per year max?
7
14
21
30
60
90
180
Other (please specify)
28.
Should there be a time limit on short-term camping?
Yes
No
29.
If you answered yes, how many days per year max?
7
14
21
30
Other (please specify)
30.
Should there be a time limit on long-term camping?
Yes
No
31.
If you answered yes, how many days per year max?
60
90
180
Other (please specify)
32.
Other comments:
Online Recreational Camping Reservations:
Websites like Harvest Host and Hipcamp let people rent out their land for camping. Right now, the County doesn’t allow any online recreational camping reservations.
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Harvest Host:
businesses rent out spaces for self-contained RVs, for 1 night only stays on-site. Example: golf course rents spaces for overnight RV stays on Saturdays.
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Hipcamp:
Airbnb for campgrounds/ sites for tents and or RVs, on private property (usually no utilities). Example: reserving a campsite while on a weekend cycling trip through the countryside.
Online camping reservations are separate from temporary housing and disaster recovery housing.
33.
Should the County allow people to rent their land for camping?
Yes
No
34.
Have you ever used Harvest Host?
Yes
No
35.
If you answered yes, what has your experience been?
36.
Have you ever used Hipcamp?
Yes
No
37.
If you answered yes, what has your experience been?
38.
If you were making rules regulating online camping reservations, should businesses using
Harvest Host
have to get a permit?
Yes
No
39.
Should property owners using
Hipcamp
have to get a permit?
Yes
No
40.
Other comments:
Recreational Glamping
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A fancier kind of camping where people stay in yurts (nice tents) or cabins. Sort of like at a hotel, meals and activities may be included.
Glamping is separate from temporary housing and disaster recovery housing.
41.
Have you gone glamping in the County?
Yes
No
42.
If you answered yes, what has your experience been?
43.
If you were making rules regulating glamping, should glamping camps need a permit?
Yes
No
44.
Do you think larger size properties should be allowed to have more glamping sites than smaller properties?
For example:
1 acre property allowed 50 sites whereas 0.50 acre property allowed 25.
Yes
No
45.
Should glamping only be allowed for part of the year?
Yes
No
46.
If you answered yes, how many days per year max?
60
90
180
Other (please specify)
47.
Other comments:
