#P07-00719-UP (Cimarossa Winery Use Permit)

#P07-00719-UP (Cimarossa Winery Use Permit)

Approval of a Use Permits to establish a new 10,000 gallon per year winery with (1) a 3,613 sf two-story winery building (less than 3,600 sf of interior space), a 902 sf covered outdoor work area 2,500 of caves and conversion of an existing 1,360 sf barn to wine barrel storage for a winery totaling 8,375 sf; (2) two full-time and two part-time employees; (3) five parking spaces; (4) tours and tasting by appointment only with a maximum of eight visitors per day and 56 visitors per week; (5) a marketing plan with: two 20-person events per month; two 40-person events per year; and, two 100-person Wine Auction related events per year (all events to be catered); (6) installation of fire protection and winery use water tanks totaling 20,000 gallons on a 400 sf concrete pad; (7) installation of a wastewater treatment system; and (8) approval of an Exception tot he County Road and Street Standards to allow: (A) improvements and routine maintenance to be made to Frieden Drive (an existing private road that is currently 10 to 16 ft wide serving the winery) and, (B) widening the existing private winery driveway to an average of 10 to 14 ft with a 2 ft shoulder and 2 fire turn-around areas (18 ft plus two foot shoulders required for both roads). The winery project located on a 56.81 acre parcel on the south side of Frieden Drive ~1.25 miles northwest of its intersection with North Whit Cottage Road and is accessed via Buckeye Lane which begins 550 ft north of the intersection of Keyes Avenue and North White Cottage Road within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district.

St. Helena

Napa

Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Other (new winery)

Use Permit, exception to road and street standards

Hydrology/Water Quality, Septic System, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian