Saint Helena, California · General provision
17.19.030, Table 17.19.030(B); 17.19.040(C)
WineryAll Saint Helena districts0
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right12
- Agricultural employee housing
- Single-family dwelling
- Community garden
- Cultivated agriculture
- Animal keeping
- Beekeeping
- Cottage food operations
- Garages, carports, workshops, pool houses, gazebos, patio covers, and other accessory buildings and structures
- Family day care, large
- Family day care, small
- Swimming pools
- Uses accessory to a winery enclosed within a building
Conditional / special use12
- Manufacturing, packaging and processing
- Tanks associated with winery uses
- Warehousing, wholesale, and distribution
- Wine warehousing
- Processing of agricultural products primarily produced on the premises
- Wineries, large
- Roadside stands
- Tasting room affiliated with small winery
- Winery event center
- Winery, small
- Winery visitor center
- Uses and equipment accessory to a winery located outdoors
Accessory1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Maximum noise level at property line55 db
Winery operations shall generate sound levels no greater than fifty-five (55) decibels at any property line more than ten percent (10%) of the time (L 10).
Other
- Bottling, warehousing, retail must be indoors
Bottling, warehousing and retail sales activities shall be conducted within structures specifically designated for such uses.
- No discernible sewerage odors
Winery operations shall generate no discernible odors of sewerage or putrefying organic material origin, other than normal fermentation odors, at the property lines.
- Retail must be integrated with visitor center
Retail sales and food and drink facilities must be integrated with a visitor center, and no advertising or other exterior evidence of such use shall be visible from any public right-of-way.
From the ordinance
Density Max. 1 unit per parcel; Lot Area Min. 20 acres; Lot Width Min. 300 ft; Max. Lot Coverage (Includes Accessory Structures) 50%; Maximum Building Height Max. 30 ft; Accessory Structure Height Max. 20 ft; Front Setback Min. 50 ft, measured from the centerline of abutting street; Street Side Setback Min. 50 ft, measured from the centerline of abutting street; Interior Side Setback Min. 20 ft; Rear Setback Min. 20 ft; Min. Setback from Abutting Waterway Min. 20 ft from top of bank of all other waterways; Max. Paved/Hardscaped Area 0.5 acre; Winery operations shall generate sound levels no greater than fifty-five (55) decibels at any property line more than ten percent (10%) of the time (L 10).