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was approved for four special outdoor events. Pursuant to Development Title Section 9-110.4, a maximum of four special events can be applied for in one year. The wine garden structure or commercial kitchen can not be utilized until approval of this Site Approval application (PA- 1200063) and proper permits are obtained. The Community Development Department has received eight letters in opposition and a form letter in opposition signed by thirteen people. Neighbors expressed concerns regarding the project's impacts on land use, noise, and traffic. Ordinarily, this item would be approved at staff level but due to neighborhood opposition, has been referred to the Planning Commission for a hearing. Text Amendment On February 28, 2012, the Board of Supervisors formed an Ad Hoc Committee of two Supervisors who directed the Community Development Department to process a text amendment that would, if approved, prohibit marketing events for a proposed winery or off-site wine cellar application and prohibit an application to increase the number of marketing events or the number of attendees for existing approved marketing events at existing wineries and off-site wine cellars within the unincorporated area of San Joaquin County. This Development Title Text Amendment was proposed as an interim measure to a growing concern that some marketing events have not remained accessory to the intended primary agricultural use of wine production. The Department intends to revisit the winery ordinance during the update of the Development Title after the General Plan Update is completed. The proposed Text Amendment will be considered by the Planning Commission for a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on June 7, 2012. Access Development Title Section 9-1015.5(h)(1) states, "Access driveways shall have a width of no less than twenty-five (25) feet for two-way aisles and sixteen (16) feet for one-way aisles except that in no case shall driveways designated as fire department access be less than twenty (20) feet wide." It is unclear on the site plan what the circulation pattern is for the existing winery. The circulation patterns for ingress and egress traffic and aisle widths must clearly be shown on the Improvement Plan. Parkinq Development Title Section 9-1015.3(b) requires 2.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of building for the Winery and Wine Cellars-Winery use type and one parking space is required for every three marketing event attendees. As a result, twenty-one (21) parking spaces would be required for the building square footage and an additional fifty (50) overflow parking spaces would be required for the marketing events, for a total of seventy-one (71) additional required parking spaces. However, Development Title Section 9-1015.9 states that requirements of the 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 in the Development Title may be considered insufficient or excessive. The applicant submitted a letter dated May 2, 2012 requesting a reduction in the number of parking spaces to a total of fifty-two (52) parking spaces because the majority of proposed buildings are used as warehouse and storage of bulk wines. The Community Development Department has reviewed the request and has determined that a reduction in the number of parking spaces can be approved to fifteen (15) parking spaces for the wine garden. In addition to the fifteen (15) parking spaces required for the winery expansion, fifty additional overflow parking spaces shall be required on-site for the marketing events 2