VASCM: Santa Clara County Winery Community Outreach Meeting next week! - for Zoning Amendments

[Mark Porter]

Here’s the meeting announcement I just received from the county (attached).

Thanks, —Mark

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:59 PM Mark Porter <mark.porter at lagolomita.com>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I just returned from a Community Outreach Meeting for Santa Clara County
> Planning Commission.  They are quickly creating some Zoning Amendments
> regarding Commercial uses in Rural Districts.  These would include
> properties zoned for Agricultural, Rural Ranch (RR), Hillside (HS), etc.
> zoned parcels. They are trying to make the rules more consistent across all
> the uses and rural base zoning districts.
>
> This seems to be on an accelerated timeline due to a proposed Religious
> Institution project in San Jose.  The county planning department plans to
> to create these new amendments in the next month, and push through
> approvals in the April time-frame.
>
> Why does this matter?  Although Santa Clara County enacted new winery
> regulations a few years ago, there appears to have been some push back from
> other institutions that feel that wineries may have gotten a better deal on
> hosting events, etc.  The planning department has not decided on what
> direction they will suggest (whether to let these regulations stand, or
> adjust them to make them more "equitable" to other institutions).
>
> At this meeting, they want to get input from the Winery Community:
>
> *Winery Focused Community Outreach Meeting
> <https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/DocsForms/Documents/ZOAmendments_RuralResources_WineryOutreachMeeting_Notice.pdf>*
> Wednesday, February 20, 2019
> 1:00 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.
> Santa Clara County South County Office
> 80 W. Highland Avenue
> San Martin, CA. 95046
>
> I believe it is worthwhile to attend this meeting if you have or plan to
> have a winery in Santa Clara County.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Porter
> Lago Lomita Vineyards
>
> Link to Planning Dept. Outreach Meetings:
> https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/PlansOrdinances/Studies/Pages/zo_amendments.aspx
>
>
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