Local News in Brief : Renaissance Faire Site Decision Stalled
The Board of Supervisors delayed voting Thursday on a proposal to develop the 320-acre Agoura site of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire after opponents said the project would cause severe environmental damage to the area.
The supervisors postponed a decision to Jan. 12, saying the environmental and planning issues raised by both sides in the dispute require time to be evaluated.
Developer Brian Heller is seeking approval for 159 homes on the property, which has been the site of the fair for six weekends a year since 1965.
“They’ve got thousands of cars parked there, and it is not a pristine park site,” Heller said of the popular annual event, showing photographs of parked cars. “The time for the Renaissance Faire has passed.”
Supporters of the fair want the National Park Service and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to buy the land for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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