BOB BARBARICK / BALLOONS ABOVE THE VALLEY / USE PERMIT #P19-00303-USE

CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Negative Declaration. According to the Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts. The project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5.

Request: The Use Permit would allow daily launching of up to eight hot air balloons. Hours of operation would be 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. with launches starting no earlier than 7:00 a.m. Guests are picked up from prearranged locations such as lodging facilities or public sites (i.e. Oxbow Public Market) and driven to the site. Multiple balloons can be launched simultaneously depending on the weather. Following the launch, the transport vehicle(s) and equipment truck follow the balloon to the landing site, and then return guests to their pick up location and equipment to the equipment storage location. The project is located on a 2.03-acre parcel within the Agricultural Preserve zoning district, with a General Plan land use designation of Agricultural Resource (AR). The site address is 5360 Washington Street, Napa. APN: 036-130-029

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed Negative Declaration and approve the requested Use Permit as conditioned.

Staff Contact: Emily Hedge, Planner III, 707-259-8226 or Emily.Hedge@CountyofNapa.org

Applicant Contact: Bob Barbarick, 603 California Boulevard, Napa, CA 94559, (707) 258-8888, bob@balloonrides.com

HYDE WINES LLC - HYDE WINERY - USE PERMT MAJOR  MODIFICATION NO. P17-00026-MOD

CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Negative Declaration. According to the Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant impacts. The project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government Code Section 65962.5.

Request: Approval of a Major Modification to an existing 30,000-gallon per/year winery approval to allow the following: 1) increase daily tours and tastings by appointment only from 20 visitors per day, 120 visitors per week (6,240 visitors per year), to 125 visitors per day, 875 visitors per week (45,500 visitors per year); 2) increase marketing events from 10 per year with up to 30 guests at each event and one (1) per year with up to 100 guests at each event (400 guests per year) to eight (8) events per year with up to 55 guests at each event, two (2) events per year with up to 150 guests at each event, one (1) per year with up to 100 guests at each event (840 guest per year); 3) increase previously approved on-site parking from 12 parking spaces to 35 parking spaces; 4) increase employees from two (2) full-time and two (2) part-time to five (5) full-time and four (4) part-time; 5) construct a 3,659 sf outdoor, uncovered patio (near the existing barn); 6) on-premise consumption of wines produced on site in the tasting room and the existing and proposed outdoor patios in accordance with Business and Professions Code Sections 23358, 23390 and 23396.5; 7) appointment of a winery staff member as Travel Demand Management (TDM) coordinator to schedule the additional tastings so none would end during the weekday and Saturday P.M. peak, facilitate reducing auto commuting trips and promote use of shuttle buses to all marketing events in order to reduce overall vehicle trips to the site and lessen Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) associated with the winery; and, 8) driveway improvements, signage, and landscape improvements. No increase to annual wine production and no construction of new buildings or expansion of existing buildings is proposed. The project is located on a 12.26 acre property on the southeast corner of State Route 12/121 and Los Carneros Avenue. 1044 Los Carneros Avenue, Napa. APN: 047-220-013.

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the negative declaration and approve the use permit modification with the proposed conditions of approval.

Staff Contact: Sean Trippi, (707) 299-1353 or sean.trippi@countyofnapa.org

Applicant Contact: Jeff Dodd, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP (415) 772-5724 or jdodd@coblentzlaw.comams@dpf-law.com

FRANK BALLENTINE C/O THE WM VAN & BETTY P BALLENTINE TRUST ET AL / BALLENTINE VINEYARDS / USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION NO. P18-00382 AND VARIANCE P19-00006

CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration. According to the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts after implementation of mitigation measures (or MM’s). MM’s are proposed for the following area(s): cultural resources, transportation/traffic, and tribal cultural resources. The project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5.

Request: Approval of a Use Permit Major Modification to an existing 50,000 gallon per year winery to allow the following: A. Components Necessary to Remedy Existing Violations: (1) recognition of daily tastings of 21 persons per day, 147 visitors maximum per week. Currently authorized for 10 weekly visitors; (2) recognition of an existing marketing program of six events per year (325 guests). Currently authorized for two events per month (120 guests); and (3) recognition of 11 full-time employees. Currently authorized for four full-time employees. B. Expansion Beyond Existing Entitlements: (1) Construction of a 3,500 square foot freestanding covered crush pad and outdoor work area; remodel the existing tasting room including the addition of a 1,200 square foot outdoor tasting area adjacent to the tasting room; construction of a 240 square foot attached ADA compliant restroom, 215 square foot attached private tasting room, 250 square foot attached employee break room, and a 225 square foot pomace bin; (2) Increase in maximum annual permitted wine production from 50,000 to 125,000 gallons; (3) Increase existing daily tastings from 21 persons per day, 147 visitors maximum per week (existing conditions to be recognized via the County’s Code Compliance Program) to 40 persons per day Monday through Friday and 95 persons per day Saturday and Sunday; 390 visitors maximum per week. All visitation would be by appointment only; (4) Modification of an existing Marketing Program to increase events from six events per year (325 guests) (existing conditions to be recognized via the County’s Code Compliance Program) to 112 events per year (3,400 guests) as follows: (a) Ninety-Six (96) annual events for up to 25 guests; (b) Twelve (12) annual events for up to 50 guests; (c) Four (4) annual events for up to 100 guests; and (d) Closure of the winery for daily tastings during all 100 person events. (5) On-premises consumption of wines produced on site in the open air patio, tasting room, and private tasting room in accordance with Business and Professions Code Sections 23358, 23390 and 23396.5; (6) Change the winery’s tasting room hours of operation from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM to 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Seven days a week); (7) Increase parking spaces from 15 spaces to 37 spaces and provide a minimum of two on-site bicycle parking spaces; (8) Increase the number of employees from 11 (existing conditions to be recognized via the County’s Code Compliance Program) to 15; (9) Construct a new gate and re-configure the existing on-site circulation pattern; (10) Upgrade existing landscaping and the façade of the existing winery building and the provision of an accessible path of travel; (11) Potential relocation of the existing overhead power lines; (12) Improvement of the existing driveways to county standards; and (13) Upgrade the existing water system permit from a Transient Non Community (TNC) water system to a Non-Transient Non-Community (NTNC) water system. A Variance application (P19-00006) is also requested to allow construction of the proposed covered work area approximately 375 feet from the centerline of State Highway 29 and the proposed covered pomace bin approximately 430 feet from the centerline of State Highway 29. Both would be located within the minimum 600-foot winery setback from State Highway 29. The project is located on an approximately 21 acre site within the AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district with a General Plan land use designation of AR (Agricultural Resources) and AWOS (Agriculture, Watershed & Open Space) at 2820 State Highway 29, Saint Helena, CA; APN: 022-200-003.

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Variance and Use Permit Major Modification, as conditioned.

Staff Contact: Jason R. Hade, Principal Planner, (707) 259-8757 or jason.hade@countyofnapa.org

Applicant Contact: Jeffrey Redding, AICP, Land Use Planning Services, 2423 Renfrew Street, Napa, CA 94558, (707) 255-7375 or jreddingacip@comcast.net