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Board adopts tiered winery permitting rules to streamline small producers, directs staff to adapt for legacy 661 zoning
Summary
After multi‑year stakeholder work, supervisors adopted a tiered permit system for wineries (tier 1 land use permit up to 20,000 cases; tier 2 zoning administrator; tier 3 planning commission), with detailed standards on setbacks, tasting rooms, lighting and event caps; board asked staff to produce a focused amendment for properties under legacy ordinance 661.
The Board of Supervisors on July 6 adopted comprehensive zoning text amendments that create a tiered permit process and development standards for winery facilities in unincorporated Santa Barbara County outside the coastal zone and Montecito Planning Area.
Planning staff described the three tiers: tier 1 (land use permit administered by the planning director) for smaller operations (example thresholds: up to 20,000 cases per year, 2 acres planted per 1,000 cases, structural development up to 20,000 sq. ft., up to four special events of 150 attendees), tier 2 (zoning administrator development plan; higher production cap…
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