Bella Oaks Winery Use Permit Minor Modification (P23-00032-MM) and Administrative Permit (P25-00284-ADMIN)

Bella Oaks Winery Use Permit Minor Modification (P23-00032-MM) and Administrative Permit (P25-00284-ADMIN)

Request for a Winery Use Permit Minor Modification and Administration Application to allow the winery to: 1) replace the existing +/-8,177 square foot winery and 3,740 square foot crush pad with a two-story, +/-17,192 square foot facility that features a main production building and an auxiliary building joined by a covered crush pad, allocating +/-12,288 square feet to production space (includes a 2,750 square foot covered crush pad and 9,538 square feet of enclosed space for expanded fermentation area, barrel storage, and a lab), and +/-4,903 square feet to accessory uses (including tasting room space, employee break rooms, and offices); 2) install new water storage and distribution systems for domestic use and fire protection, and replace existing wastewater treatment systems; 3) add six (6) standard and two (2) accessible parking spaces, plus 12 valet overflow spaces; 4) install two (2) EV charging stations and bike racks, and upgrade existing driveways to Napa County Road and Street Standards; 5) modify existing landscaping by replacing 14 trees with a refreshed landscape of new sycamore trees, grasses, shrubs, and perennials; 6) increase full-time staff from four (4) to ten (10) and extend daily visitation hours to 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; 7) maintain a 25-vehicle daily limit while clarifying the winery is permitted an average of 60 visitors per day (420/week) and a maximum of 75 visitors per day (525/week); 8) eliminate full-sized tour buses in favor of "sprinter-van" style vehicles; and, 9) establish a marketing plan allowing ten (10) annual events for up to 40 attendees and one (1) annual event for up to 80 attendees. No changes are proposed to existing permitted production capacity, production hours, or maximum daily visitation limits.

Unincorporated area - Rutherford

Napa

San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 3, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 4, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Commercial (Winery)(Sq. Ft. 17192, Acres 0.39, Employees 10)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire