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PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant proposes to modify the approved Ruby Hill Development plan to allow an event center and winery and to allow the following activities as part of the development plan of the site: 1. Construction of an approximately 19,716-square-foot event center with an approximately 4,800-square-foot winery; 2. Use the existing single-family residence as the caretaker unit for the vineyard; 3. Use the existing farm/accessory buildings as a tasting room, barrel room/production and equipment storage. The new constructions, i.e. the event center and the winery, would be located near the southeast corner of Vineyard Avenue and Isabel Avenue. It is designed to architecturally compliment the existing Palm Event Center located on the west side of the Ruby Hill Development entrance gate and the new commercial building on the east side ofIsabel Avenue (Livermore). It would use similar materials and features as seen on the Palm Event building and the winery building at the Mitchel Katz Winery. The walls would be predominately stucco walls with stone used as an accent element. The entrance is the focal point of the building. The wooden door is placed in the center of the entrance with two wall lamps on either side. The upper portion of the entrance has three windows with an arch on top, and accent tiles on the sides, between and below the window. A faux roof breaks the massing of the building, and this roofline continues across the front elevation and is the roof for the gallery. The gallery connects that Event Center to the winery which would also have stuccoed pillars with decorative wrought iron. The inner courtyard connects the dining room with the winery and is featured with a fountain, pillars with decorative metal grill, lawn areas and various shrubs. Access to the facility would be from Vineyard Avenue via the existing farm road. A deceleration lane and a left-turn pocket, paid by the applicant, would be constructed for access into the site from both east-bound and west-bound Vineyard Avenue, respectively. A two-way driveway to the facility would be aligned with the building's entrance and that it has vineyards on both sides. This driveway would be lined up with decorative colunms with bougainvillea draping down from the top. The driveway and the vineyards form a half circle. The applicant would provide a total of 132 parking spaces. They would be located on the sides of the building and along the half circle on PUD-93-02-08M/PCUP-181 Planning Commission Page - 3-