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DATE: June 19, 2006
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an amendment to Section 30, Zoning
Ordinance, to allow wineries and brewpubs in the GC-MD
(General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District,
GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2)
District and CBD (Central Business District)
FILE: 692-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request.
The Planning Division is requesting that the Zoning Ordinance be
amended to allow wineries and brewpubs in the CBD (Central
Business District) by-right and in the GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) District and GC-MD-2
(General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District with a
specific use permit.
Patti Stanley recently contacted the Planning Division about opening a
A personal winery @ in the downtown area or in the West End. A
personal winery involves selecting the type of wine someone would like
to make. Then under supervision, the individual mixes the grape juice
with several ingredients. The vintners nurture the wine through the
fermentation process which takes four to eight weeks. The customer
then returns to bottle and label their wine. In addition to the
individual wine makings, there will be wine making classes, wine
sampling and tastings and a gift shop featuring wine drinking
accessories.
Along with wineries, the Planning Manager decided to include
brewpubs in this ordinance amendment. Under the current Zoning
Ordinance, wine and beer making are classified as a manufacturing
uses (SIC 2082 and SIC 2084). As such, wineries and brewpubs are
not permitted in the CBD, GC-MD or GC-MD-2 Districts.
Therefore, the Planning Manager recommends the following changes
to the Zoning Ordinance:
Sec. 30-4(b) Definitions -
6. BREWPUB: A retail establishment that manufactures, brews,
bottles, cans, packages and labels malt liquor, ale and
beer for sell or offer without charge, on the premises
of the brewpub, to ultimate consumers for consumption on
or off those premises, malt liquor, ale or beer produced
by the holder, in or from a lawful container, to the extent
the sales or offers are allowed under the holder=s other
permits and licenses and sells food on the premises of
the brewpub.
59. WINERY: A retail establishment that manufactures, bottles,
labels and packages wine containing not more than
twenty-four (24) percent alcohol by volume for an adult
in an amount not to exceed fifty (50) gallons annually
for the personal use of the adult and where wine is
dispensed for consumption on the premises of the winery.
Sec. 30-24 B Permitted Use Table -
58 Eating & Drinking Places (as noted)
Brewpubs permitted in the GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District and GC-MD-2 (General
Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District with a specific
use permit and permitted in the CBD (Central Business District)
by-right. Parking Group 26.
Wineries permitted in the GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple
Family Dwelling) District and GC-MD-2 (General
Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District with a specific
use permit and permitted in the CBD (Central Business District)
by-right. Parking Group 26.
Exhibits are attached.