Supervisors approve Sirah Vineyard development

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a Temecula Valley Wine Country development which will subdivide 290 acres into 14 parcels. The supervisors voted 5-0, Tuesday, July 7, to approve the tentative parcel map and a zoning change from Citrus/Vineyard – 5 Acre Minimum to Wine Country – Winery. Although the land use designation remains as Agriculture: Agriculture a general plan amendment involving the plan's circulation element changed La Serena Way from a secondary highway to a collector. The supervisors’ action also removed 43.27 acres from an agricultural preserve and disestablished a second agricultural preserve which had been 82.73 acres. Sirah Vineyard Development Corporation owns the land south and west of La Serena Way, north of Rancho California Road and ea