Chapter 19.01
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 (1)    “A” Definitions.
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Agricultural tourist operation, (ATO)	“Agricultural tourist operation” refers to a working farm, including an approved winery, brewery, or distillery (domestic or micro) or any agricultural, horticultural, or agribusiness operation that is open to the public for the purpose of enjoyment, education, or active involvement in the activities of the farm or operation. These activities must be related to the agricultural products grown or produced on-site and incidental to the primary operation on the site. This term includes farm tours, hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, classes related to agricultural products or skills, picnic and event facilities offered in conjunction with the above and similar uses. The retail sales of agricultural related products are considered accessory and subordinate to the agricultural operation when the products sold are grown or produced on-site.

(1) Retail Agricultural Tourist Operation: is one that may include eating and food preparation facilities with event facilities for seminars or other social gatherings.

(2) Destination Agricultural Tourist Operation: is one that consists of an assortment of uses over and above any uses associated with retail level operation but may include overnight lodging facilities up to 6 (six) guest rooms, and a restaurant serving meals to the public, including a commercial kitchen.

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brewery, Domestic	“Brewery, domestic” means a facility where 60,000 (sixty thousand) barrels or more of beer are processed and manufactured per year. A domestic brewery can include hop fields, grain fields, tasting and sales rooms, and limited food service necessary to meet the requirements of the brewery’s liquor license. (Definition based on RCW 66.24.240(1).)	
brewery, Micro	“Brewery, micro” means a facility where less than 60,000 (sixty thousand barrels) of beer are processed and manufactured per year. A microbrewery can include hop fields, grain fields, tasting and sales rooms, and limited food service necessary to meet the requirements of the brewery’s liquor license. (Based on RCW 66.24.244(1).)	
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Distillery	“Distillery” means a facility where more than 60,000 (sixty thousand) gallons of spirits are processed and manufactured per year. A distillery can include fields, tasting and sales rooms, and limited food service necessary to meet the requirements of the distillery’s liquor license. (Based on RCW 66.24.140(1)).	
Distillery, craft	“Distillery, craft” means a facility where 60,000 (sixty thousand) gallons or less of spirits are processed and manufactured per year. A craft distillery can include fields, tasting and sales rooms, and limited food service necessary to meet the requirements of the distillery’s liquor license. (Based on RCW 66.24.140(1)).	
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Overnight lodging facility	“Overnight lodging facility” means a commercial establishment consisting of motel and hotel units, cabins, that are permanently established on-site and in which there are up to 6 (six) or more guest rooms for transient lodging accommodations on a daily rate, but not to exceed 30 (thirty) consecutive days, to the general public. Such establishments may include additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, spas, concierge services, and recreational facilities. This definition is inclusive of “glamping,” but does not include mobile homes, camping or recreational vehicles. Overnight lodging facilities are licensed under the Department of Health’s transient accommodation license.	
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Winery 	“Winery” means a facility where wine is processed and manufactured. A winery is specifically designed to include, at a minimum, two or more of the following: vineyards, crushing, fermentation, and barrel aging of wine. A winery may also include any of the following: barrel rooms, bottling rooms, tank rooms, laboratories, and offices. Uses that are clearly incidental to the production of wine are allowed accessory uses to a winery. These may include, but are not limited to, the following: bottling, case goods storage, retail and/or wholesale sales of wine, employee daycare, tours, tasting and sales rooms when they are accessory to the on-site production facility and, ancillary retail sales, picnic areas, event facilities, and food service. Food service is limited by the type of Yakima Health District License, Agricultural Tourist Operation, or commercial zoning district where the winery is located.	
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Events (Ancillary Entertainment/Special Events)	“Events” means something that happens at a given place and time, generally a planned social occasion to bring people together in a group for a public or private performance, entertainment, affair, function, occasion, social function or special occasion.  Such events may include, but not limited to weddings, receptions, meetings, retreats, and outdoor festivals.

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