Prior and as a condition to the opening for business of an alcoholic beverage manufacturing use, the alcoholic beverage manufacturer shall submit a fully dimensioned site plan and floor plan to the planning department.

Alcoholic beverage manufacturing uses in any of the commercial zones identified in this section may not exceed six thousand square feet, unless otherwise permitted by conditional use permit.

A tasting room may not exceed a total of seven hundred fifty square feet, unless otherwise permitted by conditional use permit. The area permitted for a tasting room shall not include any outdoor patio area. A tasting room consists of the floor area where alcoholic beverages are consumed, including any bar and seating areas but shall not consist of area within the alcoholic beverages manufacturing licensed premises devoted to restrooms serving the tasting room. An outdoor patio area may be permitted provided it is not located in any required parking space or access way. An outdoor patio area may not exceed one thousand square feet.

A grain silo may be permitted to be located outside of the building serving as the alcoholic beverage manufacturing use. The grain silo may not be located in any required parking space or access way. One sign may be permitted on the grain silo with a maximum size of nine square feet. The silo sign is permitted in addition to any permitted wall signs or monument signs.

Outdoor storage is prohibited in any commercial zone except as described in this section.

The property upon which an alcoholic beverage manufacturing use is operated shall be permanently maintained in an orderly fashion by the provision of regular landscape maintenance, removal of trash and debris, and removal of graffiti within twenty-four hours from the time of occurrence.

Any proposed roof-mounted equipment shall be completely screened from view. This screening information shall be specifically shown on the plans submitted for a building permit.

A security plan in a form satisfactory to the Hawthorne police department shall be submitted to and approved by the Hawthorne police department. The plan shall be formulated to deter unlawful conduct of employees and patrons, to promote the safe and orderly assembly and movement of persons and vehicles, and to prevent disturbances to surrounding uses and the neighborhood by excessive noise created by patrons entering or leaving the alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licensed premises.

Parking lots, driveways, circulation areas, aisles, passageways, recesses and grounds contiguous to buildings making up an alcoholic beverage manufacturing use shall be provided with enough lighting to illuminate and make clearly visible the presence of any person on or about the alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licensed premises during the hours of darkness and shall provide a safe and secure environment for all persons, property, and vehicles on site.

There shall be no admission fee, cover charge, nor minimum purchase required.

Signs shall be posted inside the business near the exit door stating: "No alcohol allowed past this point."

The number of persons shall not exceed the maximum occupancy load as determined by the fire department. Signs indicating the occupant load shall be posted in a conspicuous place on an approved sign near the main exit from the room.

There shall be no live entertainment, amplified music or dancing permitted on the alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licensed premises at any time without issuance of proper permits as required by the Hawthorne Municipal Code.

The display of alcoholic beverages shall not be located outside of a building or within five feet of any public entrance to the building.

An alcoholic beverage manufacturer shall not serve brands of alcoholic beverages distributed by a competing alcoholic beverage manufacturer. The alcoholic beverages served shall be limited to the products that are authorized to be sold by the alcoholic beverage manufacturer under its license issued by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

A licensed alcoholic beverage manufacturer may, at the alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licensed premises of production, sell to consumers for consumption off the alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licensed premises alcoholic beverages that are produced and bottled by, or produced and packaged for, that manufacturer. A licensed alcoholic beverage manufacturer may also sell such alcoholic beverages to consumers for consumption in the alcoholic beverage manufacturer's tasting room.