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As many readers may recall, in December 2014 in response to community outcry, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to prepare options for updating policy on regulating winery events, particularly in the over-concentrated wine areas of Sonoma Valley, Dry Creek Valley and Westside Road, either as a zoning amendment or local event guidelines. Finally, after …
www.winewaterwatch.org May 28, 2021 PRMD-WineryEvents@sonoma-county.org To: Permit Sonoma & Planning Commissioners Greg Carr – greg99pole@gmail.com Jaquelynne Ocana – jacquelynne.ocana@sonoma-county.org Pam Davis – p.davis479@gmail.com Todd Tamura – todd.tamura@sonoma-county.org Kevin Deas – Kevin.Deas@deasproperties.com RE: Winery Event Ordinance Wine and Water Watch is a local organization of over 300 citizens concerned with the overdevelopment of the wine tourism …
Wine & Water Watch letter on winery events (public record) Read More »
And as food producers suffer, wine industry uses 60% of ag water in a typical year….save the water for food! Finally some sanity: PD EDITORIAL Place some limits on disruptive winery events Excerpt: One commenter summed up residents’ frustration and what they thought the county should do about it, writing, “Please STOP permitting winery events …
PD EDITORIAL Place some limits on disruptive winery events Read More »
Everyone is encourage to attend the virtual hearing at: https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Planning-Commission/Calendar/Planning-Commission-Meeting-June-3-2021/ Planning Commission Meeting June 3 2021 | Calendar | Planning Commission… CriCriteria, the Ordinance would help the County to screen out projects that would likely be unable to meet mitigation requirements in the use permit process. This early project screening would protect local residents and …
Preserve Rural Sonoma County sends Supervisors Concerns on Winery Event Ordinance Read More »
PRMD-WineryEvents@sonoma-county.org To: Permit Sonoma & Sonoma County Supervisors: RE: Winery Event Ordinance Wine and Water Watch is a local organization of over 300 citizens concerned with the overdevelopment of the wine tourism industry and promotes ethical land and water use. We oppose the industrialization of agricultural lands not growing food, medicine, fiber or sileage and …
“Our government has the responsibility to protect public health and safety. The briefing from Staff side-stepped the long-awaited results of the 2017 cumulative impact studies, and quickly devolved into recommendations from the Supes that would result in rolling back long-standing protections for neighboring property owners.” (rec-ap of the BOS meeting on May 19th when winery …
Re-cap of Board of Supervisors Meeting May 19th on winery events by local group Read More »