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Agricultural Department recommending the Board:
1) Receive and file an update on the Ranch Marketing and Winery Ordinance;
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 166-2024 to Amend Title 130 of the County Zoning Ordinance and initiate a Zoning Ordinance Update for Chapter 130.44 -Ranch Marketing, and Section 130.40.400 Wineries, Section 130.40.700 Lodging Facilities; and
3) Provide conceptual approval for the following changes to the Ranch Marketing and Winery Ordinances:
A) Require an annual administrative permit, to be processed by the Agricultural Department, to hold special events under the Ranch Marketing Ordinance or the Winery Ordinance;
B) Reduce the special events authorized by the Ranch Marketing Ordinance or Winery Ordinance to 12 per year, unless authorized by a special use permit or temporary use permit;
C) Create a process that an operator of a ranch marketing area or winery owner to hold an additional 2 special events per year, up to a maximum of 24 special events a year, for every confirmed additional 5 acres of crop cultivated;
D) Eliminate the requirement for a winery owner or the operator of the ranch marketing area to keep and provide to the County a complaint log during special events;
E) Establish a real estate disclosure requirement for agricultural properties related to ranch marketing;
F) Provide that contiguous properties under common ownership can be included for purposes of determining the acreage cultivated for qualifying for ranch marketing activities under the Ranch Marketing Ordinance or special events under the Winery Ordinance;
G) Other necessary or convenient changes to accomplish those goals and to promote economic development while ensuring agricultural production remains the primary use or function of the property; and
4) Provide conceptual approval for staff, in collaboration with the Agricultural Community, to address, if appropriate, changes related to Vacation Home Rentals and other forms of lodging a...
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