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LAWRENCE FAIRCHILD / STEPHEN and DENISE ADAMS / WHITE COTTAGE RANCH WINERY - USE PERMIT MODIFICATION and ROAD and STREET STANDARDS EXCEPTION No. P12-00162
CEQA Status:
Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the proposed subsequent mitigated negative declaration, if mitigation measures are not included, the proposed project would have potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas: Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Hydrology and Water Quality. The project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government Code § 65962.5.
Requests: Use Permit Major Modification to Use Permit 02130-UP, as previously modified by P04-0504-MOD, to further modify the approved 20,000 gallon per year winery as follows: 1.) alterations to the existing winery building including the addition of +/- 2,450 sq. ft. of floor area, construction of a new +/- 1,885 sq. ft. covered crush pad, addition of outdoor work areas, and the removal of existing tasting facilities; 2.) construction of +/- 2,170 sq. ft. of new hospitality space in 3 new integral structures, including a commercial kitchen; 3.) addition of 17 new parking spaces (2 of which would be ADA accessible), for a total of 25; 4.) addition of a domestic wastewater treatment and disposal system serving the proposed hospitality structure; 5.) realignment and reconstruction of portions of the existing winery access road; 6.) increase in by-appointment tours and tastings visitation from a maximum of 50 per week to a maximum of 32 per day; 7.) expansion of tours and tastings hours of operation from 10am-4:30pm to 10am-6pm; 8.) addition of food and wine pairings to tours and tastings visitation; 9.) a revised and enlarged marketing plan including food and wine pairings with four 24-person events per month, four 50-person events per year, and three 75-person auction-related events per year (in no case shall combined tours and tastings and marketing event visitation exceed 82 persons on any given day); 10.) increase in on-site employment from 2 FT and 3 PT employees to 10 or fewer employees inclusive; 11.) Evans Bill (AB2004) on-premise consumption adjacent to the proposed hospitality building; 12.) 2,947 cubic yards of cut and 1,170 cubic yards of fill with on-site disposal of the net 1,777 cubic yards of cut; 13.) addition of two 10,000 gallon domestic water tanks; 14.) a landscape plan including 45-55 Northern California Black Walnut saplings and 10 specimen-sized oaks; and 15.) like-kind 2/1 replacement of 14 removed trees as further described in a submitted additional environmental commitment. Road and Street Standards Exception to allow the continuing use of an existing 14’ wide winery access driveway between stations 0+00 and 0+50 and between stations 13+70 and 17+78. The remainder of the winery driveway will be improved to the required 18’ width.
The 62.35 and 4.65 acre project parcels (which would be legally merged subsequent to the requested approval) are located on the east side of White Cottage Road at its intersection with College Avenue, within the AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. APNs. 018-120-033 & 024-111-009. 501 & 555 White Cottage Ranch Road North, Angwin, Calif., 94508.
Staff Recommendation: Adopt the subsequent mitigated negative declaration and approve the requested use permit modification and Road and Street Standards exception as conditioned.
Staff Contact: Chris Cahill, (707) 253-4847 or chris.cahill@countyofnapa.org
Applicant Contact: Donna Oldford, (707) 963-5832 or dboldford@aol.com
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GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS BEST MANAGMENT PRACTICES (BMPs): The Board of Supervisors directed staff to work with stakeholders on a list of "best practices" that could be used by project applicants and the Planning Commission to reduce project-related GHG emissions during the time it takes to develop a revised Climate Action Plan. Staff will begin discussions with stakeholders on April 25, 2013 and would like to provide an update to the Commission.
Staff Recommendation: This is an informational presentation and discussion item; no action is requested at this time.
Staff Contact: Hillary Gitelman, Director,253-4805; Kirsty Shelton, Planner 707-299-1377.
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