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Extraído del Informe Consolidado
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Napa County Grand Jury
• 2014-2015
Consolidated Final Reports Consolidated Final Reports Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Findings 5 findings
F1
The code compliance audit does not review or inspect the following: Water usage and wastewater treatment, which are essential to the production of wine. The accessory uses of facilities to determine if they meet the 40% or less square footage requirement of the area of the production facilities.
F2
In the audit years 2011-2013, the number of wineries that were out of compliance on one of more activities audited varied from 29% to 40%. The names of the non-compliant wineries are not released to the public.
F3
The County’s ability to expand the audit program is limited because only 30% of one code enforcement inspector has been devoted to winery audits. An additional inspector was hired in January 2015, but will have other code enforcement duties besides winery compliance inspections.
F4
Penalties or restriction of wineries’ activities for non-compliance is determined by county officials. Since the penalties are decided on a case-by- case basis, wineries have no way of knowing the cost of code infractions. 124
F5
The lack of specificity in the winery database for actual production quantities makes it extremely difficult to determine if the growth of wineries is in conformance with the General Plan. The Planning Department is developing a more extensive winery database.
Recommendations 5
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R1By January 1, 2016, the Planning Department to increase the number of yearly winery code enforcement audits from the current rate of 20 audits per year so that every winery would be audited at least every five years or at such intervals that the Planning Commissioners or County Supervisors deem to be appropriate.
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R2By June 30, 2016, the Planning Department and the Planning Commissioners to develop a process for monitoring and inspecting winery water treatment and disposal. A plan for monitoring water usage should also be implemented.
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R3By January 1, 2016, the Planning Department to make the inspection reports of non-compliant wineries more transparent to the public in much the same fashion as health code violations of restaurants are reported.
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R4By June 30, 2016, the county Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commissioners to determine whether the WDO as written provides the regulatory framework necessary to maintain a winery industry that is consistent with the Agriculture Preserve Ordinance.
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R5By June 30, 2016, the Planning Commissioners to establish and publish a range of penalties and/or operating restrictions for non-compliance infractions of use permit requirements. Such action should encourage wineries to be more cognizant of the cost of non-compliance.