Devil’s Gulch Ranch has new county limits on special events and the size of shuttles traveling to its Nicasio property, as well as a requirement that vehicles associated with the ranch park on the premises, according to a vote by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Co-owner Mark Pasternak and his neighbors debated at the hearing whether the ranch has violated a use permit and what the new modifications should entail. Mr. Pasternak, who owns the ranch and a nonprofit with his wife, Miriam, hosts educational tours and a youth summer camp. He asked to be allowed to hold fundraisers and provide food and drink for the tours. Fundraising and outreach, he said, is crucial for their viability. “It’s difficult to survive as a small farm,” he said. A big chunk of the nonprofit’s funding, he went on, came from an annual Outstanding in the Field event, but a county judge ruled this year that the event overburdened the neighborhood’s private road and must cease. In that vein, county staff said the ranch could have fundraisers with “family and friends,” but that public fundraisers are too similar to the special events prohibited by the judge. (Supervisors denied a request by Mr. Pasternak to add language to his permit reversing the prohibition if a court were to lift the ban in the future.) Additionally, allowing food and drink “blurs the line” of what an educational tour is, said Community Development Agency director Brian Crawford. Other arguments during the hearing revolved around compliance with the ranch’s use permit. Mr. Pasternak objected to assertions from county staff and the president of the Nicasio Landowners Association that he had violated the permit in the past. Neighbor Kathy Jolson said the permit needed to make absolutely clear that the vehicles associated with the ranch and the nonprofit were not allowed on her and her husband’s property, which supervisors agreed to. Beyond the neighbors’ concerns, two volunteers with a nonprofit called Save the Bunnies protested the fact that Devil’s Gulch raises rabbits for meat, calling educational tours highlighting the practice “a pile of rabbit poop.” Supervisor Steve Kinsey said the board was not going to infringe on the ranch’s right to produce food.