DATE:
February 11, 2026
05
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
Title
ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE RELATED TO HEALTH CARE TRAILERS AND BOUTIQUE WINERIES, AND ADOPT THE RELATED CEQA ADDENDUM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
This request is for the County Board of Supervisors (Board) to adopt an Ordinance to amend the County Zoning Ordinance related to Boutique Wineries and health care trailers (HCT), referred to as the Project. The Project addresses Board direction to allow amplified live music at Boutique Wineries and to extend the maximum permitting time for HCTs. These two Zoning Ordinance amendments are combined as part of ongoing efforts to update and improve the County's Zoning Ordinance. On February 28, 2024 (13), the Board directed staff to look for ways Boutique Wineries can have live music, with parameters, and to consider expanding wineries into Rural Residential zones, subject to an Administrative Permit. The expansion of wineries into Rural Residential zones is being processed as a separate project, with an anticipated return to the Board in Winter 2026/2027. On September 14, 2022 (3), the Board directed staff to extend the maximum permitting time for HCTs.
The County's Zoning Ordinance regulates different types of wineries and defines four winery tiers, with two winery tiers (Wholesale/Limited and Boutique) allowed by-right and the two other tiers requiring discretionary permits (Small Winery and Winery Tiers). The Boutique Winery Tier is one of four tiers in the County's Tiered Winery regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, and today's item would amend regulations for Boutique Wineries to allow amplified live music, indoors and outdoors, subject to certain parameters. Currently at Boutique Wineries, amplified live music is only allowed indoors subject to specific criteria. These changes will help small, by-right wineries enhance visitor experiences and remain financially viable while ...
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