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Mr. Swift replied yes. <br /> <br /> Ms. Mohr assumed that this retail business would not have tables or chairs for customers <br />to sit and linger. <br /> <br /> Mr. Swift replied that was correct. There could be some chairs available for employees <br />or for tasting purposes. The City classifies home brew use as a microbrewery. This kind of <br />use is for people to use the equipment on site. The ales are brewed from raw ingredients that <br />are provided by the proprietor. There is no consumption of alcoholic beverages (other than <br />tastings) and no food is served. <br /> <br /> Ms. Michelotti asked if an establishment had a viewing brew room and also a bar area, <br />would that be considered two different uses'?. <br /> <br /> Mr. Swift replied that would be classified as a brew pub and would require a conditional <br />use permit. The question in the code is the intent and use. The brewing aspect is different from <br />the bar aspect. Brewing is not currently allowed in commercial zones. By creating a new <br />category, it can now exist in retail zones where bars are allowed with a conditional use permit. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pico questioned the definition between a brewery and a distillery. The brewery and <br />distillery are for wholesale sales with no on-site consumption no ancillary retail sales. <br />Microbrewery is primarily retail sales with ancillary wholesale sales. <br /> <br /> Mr. Swift said there is a size difference. A brewery which is primarily retail and not <br />over 10,0130 square feet falls into the brewery category and has to be in an industrial zone. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pico asked if the 10,000 square foot limit is necessary. <br /> <br /> Mr. Swift stated staff is trying to define it for potential users without getting into <br />gradations of what primary and ancillary uses are. Staff felt when the use gets larger than <br />10,000 square feet, the business in terms of the delivery of raw materials to the site belongs in <br />industrial zones. Retail shopping centers, where the microbrewery would be allowed, limits the <br />type of loading and delivery areas to the front door. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pico felt someone could start out to be a brewery, doing a wholesale operation and <br />not wanting to be in a 10,000 square structure. A business in less than a 10,000 square foot <br />structure with 100% wholesale, would be considered a mircrobrewery. It doesn't fit the <br />microbrewery definition because it is primarily retail sales. <br /> <br /> Mr. Swift stated microbreweries are permitted under the IP and IG zones. The smaller <br />brewery would be allowed in any of these locations. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pico commented they don't fit the technical definition of being retail sales. Does <br />the definition need to be modified? Has the possibility of some form of local tax on alcohol <br /> <br />09/19/95 -7- <br /> <br /> <br />