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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT •��.; 1810 E.HAZELTON AVE.,STOCKTON.CA 962056232 \YiFOR PHONE:209/468-3121 FAX:209/488-3183 August 23, 2012 MEMORANDUM TO: Development Committee FROM: Mo Hatef, Senior Planner CC k SUBJECT: USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PA-1200126 OF WATTS TRUST (C/O MIKE SMITH ENGINEERING)(APN: 051-120-36, -62)(17036 NORTH LOCUST TREE ROAD, LODI) This project is a Use Permit application to expand the production capacity of an existing small winery into a large winery in two phases over a ten year period and to add 30 marketing events for the winery. The production capacity would increase from 36,000 gallons of wine per year to 200,000 gallons of wine per year. Phase One includes the construction of six 3,000 gallon tanks and the addition of thirty marketing events per year with a maximum attendance of 100 people per marketing event. Phase Two includes the construction of a 12,000 square foot case and barrel storage building and a 2,500 square foot wine tasting room. (Use Type: Wineries and Wine Cellars-Winery, Large) There is an existing residence and farm labor mobile home that will continue to operate and are not a part of this project. The project site is located at the southeast corner of State Route 12 and Locust Tree Road, east of Lodi. The General Plan designation of the site is A/G (General Agriculture) and OS/RC (Resource Conservation) and the zoning designation is AG-40 (General Agriculture, 40 acre minimum). The Community Development Department has reviewed the application and has the following comments: Background On October 27, 2003, the Community Development Department approved Site Approval application No. PA-0300388 for an off-site wine cellar (Use Type: Wineries and Wine Cellars- Wine Cellar, Off-Site). On August 26, 2008, the Community Development Department approved Site Approval application No. PA-0800182 to convert the off-site wine cellar into a small winery (Use Type: Wineries and Wine Cellars-Winery, Small). No marketing events were proposed with either application. 1