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Analysis Background On July 16, 1998, the Planning Commission approved Use Permit No. UP-98-0008 for a large winery to be built in six phases over a seven-year period. On May 17, 2007, the Planning Commission approved a Revisions of Approved Actions for UP-98-0008 to extend the phasing for an additional ten years. Approval of the current permit will allow Sutter Home Winery to move most of its Napa Valley operation to San Joaquin County. The current permit is for the processing of up to 100,000 tons of grapes per year. The new permit would double the tons per year to 200,000. Traffic The Community Development Department referred the application to the Department of Public Works on February 25, 2011. The Department of Public Works responded with a memo dated March 24, 2011 that required a traffic study. A traffic study was completed by Dowling Associates, Inc. dated January 4, 2012. The traffic study analyzed the traffic impact of 660 employees and 410 trucks per day during the busiest (harvest) season. One mitigation measure was identified. The study recommends that the applicant add a stop sign and a painted stop bar to the project access approach to Jacob Brack Road at a location far enough back from Jacob Brack Road to ensure that northbound left-turning and opposing eastbound right- turning vehicles do not conflict or collide. The Department of Public Works has added this mitigation as a recommended condition of approval. Parkin The site plan shows a large new parking lot and several smaller lots for employees and occasional visitors. The large parking lot would be able to park more than 300 automobiles and there are 105 existing parking spaces. Development Title Table 9-1015.3(b) requires 0.5 parking space for every 1,000 square feet of warehouse and 2.5 parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet of winery space. This results in a total of more than 1800 required parking spaces. However, Development Title Section 9-1015.9 states that"the requirements of this Chapter may be modified by the Director in cases in which, due to the unusual nature of the establishment proposed or the development proposal submitted for it, the requirements set forth herein may be considered insufficient or excessive." The applicant has submitted a parking modification request for 488 vehicles. This number of parking spaces would be sufficient for all employees from the largest shift and the employees from the next shift. The facility is not open to the public and will not have marketing events. The Community Development Department has determined that the 488 parking spaces requested in the parking modification are sufficient for on-site parking during shift change of the largest shift during peak season. Delta The project is located within the Primary Zone of the Delta. In order to approve the proposed expansion of the existing winery given its location in the Primary Zone, specific findings must be made in the affirmative San Joaquin County PA-1100024\Sutter Home Community Development Page 3 _,