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Commissioners consider allowing distilleries, breweries and wineries to use crops from parcels under common ownership
Summary
The commission debated expanding 'grown on the parcel' language so producers may source crops from parcels under common ownership — including noncontiguous parcels — and staff suggested adding a note to require common ownership or an equivalent test.
Commissioner comments focused on whether the phrase “grown on the parcel” should require physical contiguity. One commissioner said the rule needs to be broadened because operations often use agricultural products from multiple parcels under common ownership and sometimes those parcels are not adjacent.
As one commissioner put it, “They, somebody may have gone out and bought a 2 acre parcel here or a 4 acre parcel here in order to grow the grapes, but they can bring them to a central location that's a g 1, a g 2 they also own and have their winery.” Staff responded that the consultants and county council can refine wording and suggested a working note such as “a parcel under common ownership” to capture that intended flexibility.
No formal ordinance language was adopted at this meeting; the commission flagged the item for the board with a recommendation that the team add language allowing product sourcing across parcels under common ownership when part of a recognized agricultural operation.
