Benjamin Ranch Winery, Use Permit Application No. P13-00371-UP
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020080261
- Lead Agency
- Napa County
- Document Title
- Benjamin Ranch Winery, Use Permit Application No. P13-00371-UP
- Document Type
- MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
- Received
- Project Applicant
- Frank Family Vineyards, LLC
- Present Land Use
- Vineyards
- Document Description
- Request for a Use Permit to establish a winery with development on 12.8 acres of an approximately 85.1-acre project site. The winery would produce up to 475,000 gallons of wine per year in approximately 87,292 square feet of building area that would house business/administrative functions, a commercial kitchen, and rooms for conducting winery tours and tastings, in addition to barrel storage and wine production functions. The proposed winery would: a) operate daily between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; b) include a wine marketing program consisting of up to 357 events per year for up to 16 to 150 guests per event; c) offer wine tours and tastings by appointment for up to 400 people per day, inclusive of guests attending marketing events, with tours and tastings offered daily between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; d) offer retail sale of wine and wine-related items, along with allowance for consumption on-site of wine purchased on the premises pursuant to Business and Professions Code Sections 23358, 23390 and 23396.5; and e) employ up to 61 full-time and part-time staff members. The proposed project would require demolition of an existing barn and shed currently used for vineyard management; redevelopment of a portion of the site with new winery and hospitality buildings, 75 parking stalls, and a new access driveway from Conn Creek Road/State Route 128; and installation of a left-turn lane on Conn Creek Road/State Route 128 at the new access driveway near the southeastern corner of the site.
- Contact Information
-
Brian Bordona, Deputy Planning Director
Napa County
1195 3rd Street Suite 210
Napa, CA 94559
Phone : (707) 259-5935
brian.bordona@countyofnapa.org
Location
- Coordinates
- 38°28'38"N 122°24'30"W
- Counties
- Napa
- Cross Streets
- Conn Creek Road/State Route 128 and Silverado Trail
- Zip
- 94574
- Total Acres
- 85.1
- Jobs
- 61
- Parcel #
- 030-120-016 and 030-120-017
- State Highways
- 128, 29
- Railways
- Napa Wine Train
- Airports
- River Meadow (private heliport)
- Schools
- n/a
- Waterways
- Napa River, Conn Creek
- Township
- 7N
- Range
- 5W
- Section
- 10
- Base
- MDM
- Other Location Info
- 8895 Conn Creek Road, northeast of unincorporated Rutherford community
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Agriculture (Winery)
- Local Action
- Use Permit
- Project Issues
- Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Drainage/Absorption Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Job Generation Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Septic System Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Tribal Cultural Resources Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wildlife Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board California Department of Conservation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics California Department of Water Resources California Governor's Office of Emergency Services California Highway Patrol California Native American Heritage Commission California Natural Resources Agency California Public Utilities Commission California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 California State Lands Commission Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality California Department of Transportation, District 4
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- Initial Study_Benjamin Ranch UP PDF 558 K NOI_PHN_Benjamin Ranch UP_081220 PDF 198 K OPR Summary Form_Benjamin Ranch UP PDF 580 K TIS WTrans_Benjamin Ranch UP PDF 15703 K
- NOC
- NOC_Benjamin Ranch UP PDF 257 K
- State Comments
- 2020080261_Caltrans Comment PDF 274 K
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