SCH Number 2006122036

Project Info

Title

Use Permit Application No. 2006-36 - Fiscalini Cheese Co.

Description

Request to relocate and expand an existing farmstead cheese processing facility on a 38 acre parcel. The new facility will consist of an 81,800 square foot building designed to provide a visitor's center, processing and packaging rooms, cheese storage, and an equipment room. The building footprint will be 45,100 square feet. A depressed loading dock will be added to the eastern section of the building. The applicant is proposing to conduct tours of the facility to educate professional and public officials about the cheese making process as well as innovations and conservation methods available to the dairy industry. Tours are not expected to exceed two per day, Monday thru Friday, during normal business hours. The visitor center will include a research and development kitchen and 3,500 square foot retail store. Retail items are limited to Fiscalini cheese, locally grown processed food items (25%), and promotional non-food items intended to educate the public and advance agricultural sales (5%).

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