Sec. 5.1.59
Uses
Permitted by right14
- production and harvesting of agricultural products
- manufacturing of alcoholic beverages other than wine or beer
- on-premises sale, tasting, or consumption of alcoholic beverages
- sale and shipment of alcoholic beverages
- storage and warehousing of alcoholic beverages
- sale of items related to alcoholic beverages
- exhibits, museums, and historical segments
- guest distillers and trade accommodations
- hayrides
- kitchen and catering activities
- picnics
- providing finger foods, soups, and appetizers
- tours of the farm distillery
- farm distillery events, weddings, wedding receptions, and other events (up to 200 persons)
Conditional / special use1
- farm distillery events, weddings, wedding receptions, and other events (over 200 persons)
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum acreage for events5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Any farm distillery use established in the county on and after January 18, 2017 or which had not submitted an application to the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms for licensure in the county before January 18, 2017, is eligible to hold the events authorized by subsections (c)(2) and (c)(3) if it has: (i) on-site distillation and bottling processes; (ii) an on-site tasting room with regular hours in which it is open to the public; and (iii) a minimum of five acres of fruits, grains, or other agricultural products planted on-site, or on any abutting lot under the same ownership, at least one growing season each calendar year and used or to be used in the production of the establishment's beverages.
- Notice to abutting owners
The farm distillery shall provide written notice that an application for a zoning clearance for one or more events allowed by this subsection has been submitted to the owner of each abutting lot under different ownership than the lot on which the proposed event would be located.
- Outdoor amplified music prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. times
Sound generated by outdoor amplified music is prohibited between 10:00 p.m. each Sunday through Thursday night and 7:00 a.m. the following morning, and between 11:00 p.m. each Friday and Saturday night and 7:00 a.m. the following morning.
- Parking area yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. from abutting lots125 ft
Off-street parking areas established on or after January 18, 2017 shall comply with the minimum front yard requirements in section 10.4 and the minimum side and rear yards shall be 125 feet from any abutting lot not under the same ownership as the farm distillery.
- Tent and portable toilet yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. from abutting lots125 ft
The minimum front, side, and rear yard shall be 125 feet from any abutting lot not under the same ownership as the farm distillery for tents and portable toilets used in whole or in part to serve any permitted use at a farm distillery.
- Zoning clearance for events
For each farm distillery licensed on and after December 9, 2015, the owner shall obtain a zoning clearance under section 31.5 prior to holding any events if either the lot or the abutting lots on which the events allowed in this subsection occur is less than 21 acres in size or the event will generate more than 50 visitor vehicle trips per day.
From the ordinance
The following operational uses, events and activities (hereinafter, collectively, "uses") are permitted at a farm distillery: ...