Stewart Ranch Micro Winery Use Permit P23-00178-UP

Approval of a Micro-Winery Use Permit that would allow for the following: 1) establishment of a 250 gallon per year winery, 2) convert 821 square feet (sf) of an existing structure formerly used as the properties’ dairy storefront which will serve as the proposed tasting room, office, dry good storage and combined guest/employee restroom, 3) demolish 862 sf of an existing, deteriorating garage and replace it in-kind with a fermentation building and add 360 sf crush pad and work area, 4) tours and tastings for up to 10 guests per day Monday through Sunday with a weekly maximum of 70 persons during harvest and non-harvest seasons; 5) on-premises consumption of wines produced on-site inside the winery and outside within a 1,200 square foot patio area in accordance with Business and Professions Code Sections 23358, 23390 and 23396.5 (AB2004-Evans Bill); 6) one (1) full-time and one (1) part-time employee including ownership during harvest and non-harvest seasons; 7) production hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and visitation hours between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Sunday; 8) improvements to widen the existing driveway from 12 to 22 feet in compliance with the Napa County Roads and Street Standards, 9) construction of a parking area with five (5) parking stalls, one of which will be ADA compatible; 10) additional septic reserve area, 11) installed four (4) 5,000 gallon water tanks for fire protection on the southwest side of the proposed fermentation building with construction of a new retaining wall; and, 12) installation of a new wet draft hydrant.