San Diego County Zoning Ordinance (as of January 2009)

1735 PACKING AND PROCESSING.
Packing and Processing refers to packing and processing of fresh agricultural products and does
not include cooking. canning, tanning, rendering and reducing operations which are general
industrial uses. Following are categories of Packing and Processing use types:

a. Packing and Processing: Limited. The customary preparation for market of fresh produce,
flowers, feed, fiber, milk, eggs, rabbits, poultry and other similarly sized small or specialty
animals raised for human consumption, produced on the same premises as the packing
and processing operation. These products shall be considered to be produced on the same
premises if they are solely grown or produced on land owned or operated by the same
person who owns or operates the packing and processing facility.

b. Packing and Processing: General. The customary preparation for market of fresh produce,
flowers, feed, fiber, milk, eggs, rabbits, poultry and other similarly sized small or specialty
animals raised for human consumption, produced on premises other than that upon which
the packing and processing operation is located.

c. Packing and Processing: Support. Fabrication, assembly, reconditioning and sale of
boxes, cartons, crates and pallets for handling and transporting crops provided this use is
secondary to agricultural or horticultural production on the premises.

d. Packing and Processing: Winery.
[C Harris note: this classification requires a major use permit.]
Crushing of grapes, berries and other fruits and
fermentation, storage and bottling of wine from fruit grown on or off the premises. A Winery
may also include a tasting room and retail outlet as secondary uses.

e. Packing and Processing: Boutique Winery.
[C Harris note: this classification requires an administrative use permit. See the attachment below for a copy of the County's Guide for Administrative Use Permits for Wineries.]
Crushing of grapes, berries and other fruits
and fermentation, storage and bottling of up to 12,000 gallons of wine per year. Of the total
fruit used in winemaking: a minimum of 50% shall be grown within San Diego County, a
minimum of 25% shall be grown on the premises and a maximum of 50% may be grown
outside of San Diego County. A Boutique Winery may also include a tasting room and retail
outlet as secondary uses.

f. Packing and Processing: Wholesale Limited Winery.
[C Harris note: this classification is available as a right of zoning (no use permit required)
in the A-70 and A-72 zoned areas of the County, so long as the 4 limitations listed below are observed:]
Crushing of grapes, berries and
other fruits for the fermentation, storage, bottling and wholesaling of wine from fruit grown
on or off the premises, subject to the following criteria.

1. On-site sales to the public, tasting rooms, and/or special events associated with the
winery operation are prohibited. Internet sales, phone sales and mail-order sales are
allowed.

2. The maximum floor area of non-residential structure(s) used to crush, ferment, store
and bottle fruit, wine and other products and equipment used in winemaking is limited
to 1,000 square feet where the lot is less than one gross acre. A maximum floor area
of 1,500 square feet is permitted where the tot is one acre or more but less than 2
acres gross, and 2,000 square feet of floor area is permitted where the lot is 2 to 4
acres gross. An additional 200 square feet of floor area is permitted for each acre
over 4 acres, up to a maximum of 5,000 square feet.

3. Up to 75 percent of the fruit used in winemaking may be imported from off the
premises while the remainder shall be grown on the premises.

4. Wine production shall be limited to not more than 7,500 gallons annually.