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MANZANITA & DOGWOOD / DUNN VINEYARDS / RANDALL L DUNN / USE PERMIT P12-00199
CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Categorical Exemption. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Section Section 15303 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures & Napa County's Local CEQA Procedures, Appendix B, Class 3: New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures, Number 10 - Small Wineries.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to: 1) convert an existing 5,000 gallon per year Small Winery Exemption with no visitation or marketing events to a 20,000 gallon per year winery with visitation; 2) recognize and upgrade existing improvements including: an outdoor uncovered crushpad (1,900 square feet), winery production areas (2,050 square feet), caves (6,000 square feet) and update an existing wastewater system; 3) employ 10 or fewer employees, and; 4) allow visitation for a maximum of twenty persons per week by appointment only. The 39 acre project site is located on the northwest side of White Cottage Road 1.0 mile north of its intersection with College Avenue within the Agricultural Watershed (AW) Zoning District at 805 N. White Cottage Rd., Angwin (APN: 018-180-040).
Staff Recommendation: Find the project Categorically Exempt from CEQA and approve the requested use permit as conditioned.
Staff Contact: Linda St. Claire, Planner linda.stclaire@countyofnapa.org
Applicant Contact: Randy Dunn (707) 965-3642
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2155 PICKETT ROAD PARTNERS / ARAUJO ESTATE WINERY - USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION AND ROAD AND STREET STANDARDS EXCEPTION APPLICATION NO. P12-00412
CEQA Action:
Consideration and possible adoption of a Negative Declaration. According to the proposed negative declaration, the project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts. The project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government Code Section 65962.5.
Requests:
Major Modification to Use Permit U-91-13, as previously modified by 93049-MOD, P05-0353-VMM, and P11-00009-VMM to further modify the approved and operating 20,000 gallon per year winery as follows: 1.) no new structural development; 2.) no increase in wine production; 3.) increase in by-appointment tours and tastings visitation from a maximum of 25 per week to a maximum of 18 per day; 4.) a revised and enlarged marketing plan including food and wine pairings with four 24-person events per month but not exceeding 12 such events per calendar year, two 80-person events per year, one 125-person auction-related event per year, and participation in Auction Napa Valley; 5.) addition of food and wine pairings to tours and tastings visitation; 6.) addition of Evans Bill (AB2004) on-premise consumption adjacent to the existing caves and winery structure; 7.) expansion of tours and tastings hours of operation from 10am-4pm to 10am-6pm; 8.) recognition of winery production hours of operation from 6am-6pm; 9.) increase in on-site employment from 3 FT and 2 PT employees to 12 FT and 2 PT employees; and 10.) expansion of and modifications to an existing domestic/process wastewater treatment and disposal system to accommodate additional employees and visitation as requested hereby. Road and Street Standards exception to allow the continuing use of an existing 12’ wide winery access driveway and its conversion into a commercial one-way loop road with turnouts as required.
The 162 acre project parcel is located on the east side of Pickett Road, approximately 1/3 mile north of its intersection with the Silverado Trail, within the AP (Agricultural Preserve) and AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning districts. APN 020-340-030, 2155 Pickett Road, Calistoga, Calif., 94515.
Staff Recommendation: Adopt the 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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VERIZON WIRELESS/GREYSTONE SITE—USE PERMIT (#P13-00078-UP)
CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Class 3 (“New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures”) which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act at 14 CCR §15303; see also Napa County’s Local Procedures for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, Appendix B
REQUEST: Approval to: (1) construct a 130-foot lattice tripod telecommunication tower; (2) install 12 panel antennas attached to the tower, each measuring 75 inches (6.2 feet) in length, 12 inches in width and 7 inches in depth; (3) install two mesh microwave dishes with a diameter of 2.5 feet on the tower; (4) place the tower and associated ground-mounted equipment on a 50-foot by 50-foot lease area on the southwest corner of the property; (5) construct a 6 -foot tall wooden fence to screen the ground-mounted equipment area; (6) install both a battery back-up array and a 30KW emergency generator within the fenced leased area; (7) construct a graveled 12-foot wide access road from an existing on-site drive to the leased area, approximately 2,060 feet in length, with a Fire Department turn around near the leased area; (8) grading of the leased area and proposed roadway with the average cross-slope of the road extension being 24.9 percent; (9) remove 19 mature trees on the leased area and proposed roadway; (10) install underground power and telecommunication lines within the proposed road extension; (11) install emergency notification signs on the site; and (12 ) install temporary erosion control improvements. The facility is proposed to be located on a portion of an approximately 13.69-acre site on the west side of St. Helena Highway (State Route 29), within an Agricultural Watershed (AW) zoning district, Assessor’s Parcel 022-080-020 at 3269 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena CA, 94574.
Staff Recommendation: Find the project Categorically Exempt and approve the Use Permit subject to recommended conditions.
Staff Contacts: John McDowell (john.mcdowell@countyofnapa.org) (707) 299-1354, or Jerry Haag, staff planning consultant, (510) 644-2105 (jphaag@pacbell.net)
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10A
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2012 WINERY PRODUCTION AUDIT
Presentation, discussion and direction to staff regarding the outcome of a confidential review of wine production and visitation at wineries selected randomly by the Planning Commission in 2012, followed by selection of 2013 audit participants.
Staff Recommendation: Review and comment on the results of the 2012 winery use permit monitoring program and select 2013 participants.
Staff Contact: Linda St. Claire, 299-1348; Linda.StClaire@countyofnapa.org
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