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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT • 1810 E.HA ELTON AVE.,STOCKTON.CA 96205-0292 9O eb840P PHONE:209146&-3121 FAX:2091I0-9189 November 6, 2012 Board of Supervisors Administration Building 44 N. San Joaquin St., Suite 627 Stockton, CA 95202 Dear Board Members: PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE APPEAL BY JUDY AND ROMANO ISOLA OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF SITE APPROVAL APPLICATION NO.PA-1200063 OF VERN AND JENISE VIERRA(C/O ST.JORGE WINERY) (FOURTH DISTRICT) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors deny the appeal and uphold the Planning Commission's approval of Site Approval No. PA-1200063. BACKGROUND: This is an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of a Site Approval application for the expansion of an existing small winery and to increase the number of marketing events and attendees per marketing event. (Use Type: Wineries and Wine Cellars—Winery, Small) The applicant is seeking to legalize a wine garden structure and commercial kitchen that were built without benefit of the required permits. The expansion includes the construction of a 5,652 square foot wine garden comprised of a stage, dining, and seating area, a 300 square foot commercial kitchen, a 1,600 square foot storage building, a 336 square foot wine storage building, a 288 square foot covered patio, a 420 square foot restroom facility, and increase the number of marketing events from the previously approved four marketing events to twenty-four marketing events per year and increase the number of attendees from the previously approved 25 people to 150 people per marketing event. The Community Development Department opened an enforcement case (EN-1200170) for this property on April 12, 2012. Enforcement action was taken due to the construction of the wine garden without the benefit of required permits and expansion of the land use without benefit of required permits.Upon further review of the property, a commercial kitchen was also