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Analysis Winery Operations The proposed winery will employ a total of five employees. The wine tasting room will operate Wednesdays through Mondays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and expects a maximum of 100 customers per day. The proposed thirty(30) marketing events will operate from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and expects a maximum of 150 attendees per marketing event. The site plan depicts an indoor and outdoor eating area. The marketing plan indicates food will be prepared off-site only for marketing events. The indoor and outdoor eating area consists of a seating area and no commercial kitchen is proposed. Marketing Events If the project is approved, there will be thirty marketing events per year. The applicant anticipates a maximum attendance of 150 people per marketing event and the marketing events will operate between 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The winery ordinance permits marketing events as an accessory use to a winery (Development Title Section 9-1075.3(m)). Marketing events shall end by 10:00 p.m. pursuant to Development Title Section 9-1075.3(m)(2). The project complies with the winery ordinance contained in the Development Title. Development Title Section 9-1075.1 states "The intent of the Wineries and Related Facilities Chapter of the Development Title is to establish regulations that will acknowledge the distinctive pairing of wine grape growing, wine making, and tourism. The challenge is to provide for agricultural tourism and marketing activities while ensuring that agricultural resources remain vital. A major purpose is to guarantee that both winery and wine cellar marketing events are accessory and are subordinate to the primary agricultural use". Marketing events can take many forms, but they all must promote wine and have wine from the associated vineyard for sale. The applicant has indicated the marketing events are specifically geared to sell their wine. Marketing event overflow parking spaces will be contained on-site. "Marketing event" means the congregation of persons for the purpose of promoting the wine industry and marketing wine. Marketing events always include wine tasting and the sale of wine pursuant to Development Title Section 9-110.4. The winery must first be able to produce the wine that will be promoted at the marketing events prior to the marketing events taking place. Parking Development Title Table 9-1015.3(a) states for the Wineries and Wine Cellars use type that 2.5 parking spaces shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of building. The applicant proposes to construct 24,550 square feet of building square footage. This would require that sixty-three (63) parking spaces be provided for the winery, including three accessible spaces, one of which shall be van accessible. Additionally, fifty overflow spaces would be required for marketing events(one parking space for every three marketing event attendees). However, Development Title Section 9-1015.9 permits the modification of these requirements by the Director in cases, which due to the unusual nature of the establishment proposed or the development proposal submitted for it, the requirements may be considered insufficient or excessive. The applicant submitted a letter dated October 30, 2012 requesting a reduction in the number of total parking spaces to ninety-seven (97) parking spaces because the majority of buildings will be used for warehouse and storage. The Community Development Department has reviewed the request and has determined that a reduction in the number of parking spaces to ninety- seven (97) is sufficient for the proposed use. Twenty-four(24) parking spaces shall be required in Phase One and twenty-three (23) parking spaces shall be required in Phase Two. As a Condition of Approval, San Joaquin County PA-1200200\M2 Winery Community Development Page 3