Updated VESCO BMP Manual and Technical Report Guidelines
Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures, PERMIT SONOMA
The Best Management Practices and Technical Report Guidelines document (BMP manual) for those undertaking vineyard or orchard development or replanting under the Sonoma County Vineyard and Orchard Site Development Ordinance (VESCO), has been updated. Standards and requirements have not changed, but the new manual includes some updated language and outlines the Low Impact Vineyard Replanting and Permit Extension application processes.
For the first time, the manual itself has been translated into Spanish. Both the English and Spanish versions of the updated BMP manual can be viewed or downloaded here: Vineyard and Orchard Grading and Drainage
Growers planting new vineyards or orchards, or replanting existing vineyards or orchards, are to use the BMP manual as a guide to achieve the standards required by the VESCO Ordinance in Chapter 36 of the Sonoma County Code.