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3 B.2. "Intent" of County Code to "Wineries and Related Facilities" The County's land use policy for wineries and wine-related"marketing events" is stated clearly in the Code's"Intent" section on Wineries regulation, essentially that: 1) "A major purpose" of the Code "is to guarantee that" winery "marketing events are accessory and are subordinate to the primary agricultural use"; and that 2) The Code's regulations are designed to help the wine industry thrive "while simultaneously discouraging or inhibiting on-going uses that would degrade or that would be incompatible with the ambiance of an agricultural area and the production of wine." (SJC Code § 9-1075.1.) C. Applicants' Behavior Has Already Blatantly Violated the Code and Their 2005 Permit C. 1. The St. Jorge Winery Has Operated as a"Full Service Event Destination" As explained in some detail below (and more extensively in the Isolas' Comment Letter), the St. Jorge Winery business received a permit from the San Joaquin County Community Development Department in 2005. Since then the St. Jorge Winery has been conducting its operations well beyond the terms not only of that permit, but beyond the laws of the San Joaquin County Code as well. These illegal business operations already conducted include: • Advertising the Winery as"a full service event destination" see"Attachment A"),which offers • "All the necessary attention to detail for weddings, banquets, or small gathering,"with • The serving of food at large events, by • "Using our state of the art (uninspected, unlicensed and unapproved] commercial kitchen,"including • The use of amplified music, although prohibited by permit,while • Holding more than its permitted four events a year,with • More than its permitted 25 people per event, none of which is allowed in the Winery's current 2005 San Joaquin County permit. incompatible with the ambiance of an agricultural area and the production of wine." (San Joaquin County Code,Title 9"Development Title of San Joaquin County';Division 10,"Development Regulations'; Chapter 9-1075,"Wineries and Related Facilities," Section 9-1075.1,"Intent." Emphasis added.)