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Board approves zoning changes to allow amplified music at boutique wineries and extend health-care trailer permits
Summary
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Feb. 11 to amend the county zoning code to allow amplified live music at boutique wineries subject to setbacks and noise analysis, and to extend permit terms for health-care trailers to up to five years; the board directed staff to return with additional analyses.
San Diego County supervisors on Feb. 11 voted unanimously to amend the county zoning code to allow expanded operations at boutique wineries — including outdoor amplified live music under specified conditions — and to extend the maximum permitting period for health-care trailers.
County planning staff told the board the changes respond to prior direction and extensive outreach and are designed to balance economic opportunities for small wineries with protections for nearby residents. The draft ordinance establishes a minimum 200-foot setback from property lines for amplified music but allows winery operators to apply for a ministerial zoning verification permit and a noise study to request a reduced setback if property-line noise standards can be met. Staff said some parameters, such as setback distance, vary with modeled noise levels and that any reduced setback would require a county-approved…
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