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Board upholds Viavanto farm permit with conditions after heated appeal
Summary
After a contested four‑hour hearing with dozens of public commenters, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors denied an appeal of a Board of Zoning Adjustments approval for the Viavanto farm (farm retail, lavender processing) and upheld a time‑limited conditional use permit that allows up to 12 agricultural promotional events annually contingent on verified agricultural operations and monitoring.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted to deny an appeal and uphold a Board of Zoning Adjustments decision that approved a permit allowing farm retail, small‑scale lavender processing and up to 12 agricultural promotional events annually at the Viavanto property in southern unincorporated Sonoma County.
Permit Sonoma staff summarized the project as a 56.76‑acre site with roughly 49 acres proposed for agricultural production (lavender, olives and rotational sheep grazing) and an existing barn configured for processing, packaging and a limited retail area. Staff also reviewed the CEQA initial study and mitigated negative declaration and described BZA changes that reduced the original event proposal…
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