<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Here’s the meeting announcement I just received from the county (attached).<div class="gmail-"><br class="gmail-"></div><div class="gmail-">Thanks, —Mark</div><div class="gmail-"></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:59 PM Mark Porter <<a href="mailto:mark.porter@lagolomita.com">mark.porter@lagolomita.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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). </div><div><br></div><div>At this meeting, they want to get input from the Winery Community:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/DocsForms/Documents/ZOAmendments_RuralResources_WineryOutreachMeeting_Notice.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Winery Focused Community Outreach Meeting</a></b></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Wednesday, February 20, 2019</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">1:00 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Santa Clara County South County Office</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">80 W. Highland Avenue</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">San Martin, CA. 95046</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>I believe it is worthwhile to attend this meeting if you have or plan to have a winery in Santa Clara County.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards, </div><div><br></div><div>Mark Porter</div><div>Lago Lomita Vineyards</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Link to Planning Dept. Outreach Meetings: <a href="https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/PlansOrdinances/Studies/Pages/zo_amendments.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/PlansOrdinances/Studies/Pages/zo_amendments.aspx</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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