TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Matthew Ringel, Planner III
SUBJECT: Arrow and Branch Winery Appeal
RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct a public hearing to consider an appeal filed by Water Audit California (Appellant) concerning the Arrow and Branch Winery Use Permit Major Modification and the decisions made by the Napa County Planning Commission on December 3, 2025, to approve the Use Permit Major Modification Application No. P23-00057-MOD and adopt the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Appellant, Applicant, and staff request that the Board consider and adopt the revised conditions of approval to resolve the appeal. (No Fiscal Impact.)body
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BACKGROUND
The matter before the Board involves a joint request by the Appellant and Applicant to resolve the appeal by adopting additional conditions of approval on the Winery Use Permit Major Modification No. P23-00057-MOD and adopting the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and revised Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for Arrow and Branch Winery.
The approval of Use Permit Major Modification authorizes and includes the following:
(1) an increase in wine production from 30,000 gallons per year to 45,000 gallons per year;
(2) increase employment;
(3) increase daily tours and tastings by appointment only;
(4) increase marketing events;
(5) expansion of an existing winery building to create additional production and accessory space construction of an covered terrace with outdoor tasting, installation of an approximately 81,000 gallon process water storage tank; and
(6) reconfiguration of existing parking.
The project is located on an approximately 10.09-acre site within the Agricultural Preserve (AP) zoning district with a General Plan land use designation of Agricultural Resource (AR) at 5215 Solano Ave, Napa, CA 94558; APN: 034-190-040-000.
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