employee and two (2) harvest employees;
6) Approval of an Exception to the Napa County Road and Street
Standards (RSS) to construct a modified driveway design that serves the
same overall practical effect of the RSS; and
7) Approval of an Exemption to the Conservation Regulations to expand
the existing driveway within the stream setback.
B. Expansion Beyond Existing Entitlements:
1) Increase production capacity from 30,000 gallons per year to 65,000
gallons per year;
2) Construct 28,382 sq. ft. of additions to the existing Type 3 Cave,
expanding the new total cave area to 38,782 sq. ft., including 36,573 sq. ft.
of production area (barrel storage, cold room, wine storage, etc.) and 2,209
sq. ft. for uses accessory to a winery (hospitality area, catering kitchen, and
restrooms);
3) Construct a 3,889 sq. ft. utility area, connected to the southeastern cave
portal ingress/egress;
4) Construct a 6,555 sq. ft. hospitality building, including 296 sq. ft. of
production area, and 6,259 sq. ft. for uses accessory to a winery;
5) Construct a 916 sq. ft. hospitality building for uses accessory to a
winery, including a tasting room, patio, and restroom in conformance to
the Viewshed Protection Program (Napa County Code Chapter 18.106);
6) Reconfigure the existing crush pad to accommodate an additional
approximately nine (9) production tanks and associated catwalks;
7) Construct a 65,000 gallon water tank and pump house;
8) Approval of on-premises consumption of wines produced on-site on the
outdoor patios/decks, outside of hospitality buildings, in accordance with
Business and Professions Code Sections 23358, 23390 and 23396.5. No
on-premises consumption was approved for the winery;
9) Excavation of approximately 25,000 cubic yards of spoils associated
with the construction of structural pads for the new accessory structures,
and cave construction;
10) Removal of one (1) oak tree associated with construction of the
proposed utility area, and the planting of 3 replacement oak trees (at a 3:1
ratio) on the project parcel;
11) Increase the number of onsite parking spaces from nine (9) to fourteen
(14);
12) Increase visitation from 18 visitors per day (recognized above) to 20
visitors per day for by-appointment Tours and Tastings with a weekly
maximum of 140 visitors (126 maximum weekly visitors recognized
above);
13) Increase employment from two (2) full-time employees and two (2)
harvest employees (recognized above) to ten (10) full-time employees and
two (2) harvest employees;
14) Increase the marketing program to allow: Fifty-four (54) events per
