Stewart Ranch Micro Winery Use Permit P23-00178-UP
Summary
SCH Number
2025080510
Public Agency
Napa County
Document Title
Stewart Ranch Micro Winery Use Permit P23-00178-UP
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/13/2025
Document Description
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.
Contact Information
Name
Kelli Cahill
Agency Name
County of Napa
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Ailene Prichett
Agency Name
Project Applicant
Job Title
Property Owner
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Napa, unincorporated
Counties
Napa
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Golden Gate Drive and Foster Road
Zip
94558
Total Acres
26.99
Jobs
2
Parcel #
043-190-013, 043-103-026, ptn of 043-190-031
State Highways
State Highway 29
Railways
Napa Valley Wine Train
Airports
n/a
Schools
Shearer, Snow, Napa Valley College
Waterways
Napa River, Tulucay Creek, Horseshoe Bend,
Township
5N
Range
4W
Section
55
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
Site Address 2195 Golden Gate Drive, Napa CA 94558
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15303
Reasons for Exemption
The project consists of minor alterations of an existing structure and the replacement in-kind of a second existing structure to serve as the new winery. The changes in use which is exempt under Section 15303. The site of the development is not in an environmentally sensitive area and is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste site enumerated under Government Code Section 65962.5.
County Clerk
Napa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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