Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

OCTOBER 02, 2002

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	David Graves	Tony Holzhauer	Jim King
SECRETARY-DIRECTOR Charles Wilson

The Commission welcomes you to its meeting which is regularly scheduled the first and third Wednesday of the month. The Commission meets at 1195 Third Street, Room 305, Napa. The following information is provided to ensure your understanding and participation in the Commission's meeting and decision making process. Your comments and participation in the meeting are invited and would be welcomed. It is our desire to give everyone an opportunity to speak and be heard in a timely manner and within an atmosphere of respect and diplomacy. These procedures are meant to foster an atmosphere of respect .

Assistive listening devices are available for the hearing impaired from the office of the Clerk of the Board. If an ASL interpreter or any other special arrangement is required, please provide the Clerk of the Board with 24-hour notice by calling 253-6088 TDD.

ORDER OF BUSINESS:

Agenda items that do not have a specified hearing time listed on the agenda may be heard at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the Commission. Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered at the beginning of the meeting. Items that generate a large turnout of interested citizens at a Commission meeting may be heard early in the meeting as an accommodation to the public.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

Consent Agenda Items as identified with a symbol (þ) on the agenda are regular items which are recommended for approval or continuance by staff with the applicant's consent concerning conditions of approval, when the applicant has signed any required project revision statement and when no member of the Commission or public indicates a desire to comment or ask questions about the item. Consent items, regardless of their agenda assigned number will be acted upon by the Commission in one motion at the beginning of the meeting.

Applicants having items listed on the Consent Agenda need not speak unless they disagree with the staff recommendation or wish to comment. Items removed from the Consent Agenda, will be heard in the numerical order listed on the agenda.

If you arrive after the meeting has started and have any question concerning whether or not an agenda item has already been heard by the Commission, please check with the Secretary of the Commission.

PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM:

If you wish to speak on an item on the Agenda and under discussion by the Commission, you may do so upon receiving recognition from the Chairperson. After being recognized by the Chairperson, please step to one of the microphones and state your name and address and make your presentation. No comment or testimony shall be shouted from the audience. All comments are to be directed to the Commission, including inquiries requiring staff response.

CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND TESTIMONY:

When speaking on an item, try to limit comments and testimony to 5 minutes. If there is a controversial item with many speakers from the public, the Chairperson may set exact time limits to allow everyone time to be heard. For Public hearing items “applicants” are allowed 10 minutes to speak to make their formal presentation of their project and will be given the opportunity to rebut all other testimony.

Written testimony should be limited; any lengthy reports or materials submitted may result in the Commission, upon consideration, continuing the item to a subsequent meeting.

When speaking, please keep to the topic at hand and try not to repeat comments. This is to allow all projects on the agenda to be heard and to allow everyone present time to speak.

STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

Copies of all staff reports and recommendations to be considered by the Commission are usually available at the Planning Department Offices on the Friday preceding the meeting and at the meeting. Individual copies of staff reports and recommendations are placed on the table located inside the meeting room door. The red binder, placed on the table, contains copies of all reports. If you are unable to obtain a copy of the report(s) you are interested in or cannot locate the red binder, please contact the Commission Secretary. The secretary is seated on the right hand side in the front of the room.

Items that are shaded, will be heard together.

APPEAL PROCEDURE:

If you do not agree with the Commission's decision or the conditions that may have been imposed by the Commission in approving an agenda item, you may appeal the Commission's action to the Napa County Board of Supervisors. Appeal must be filed within ten (10) working days from the date of the Commission's action. Appeals may be limited to those issues raised at the public hearing relating to the agenda item or to written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at or prior to the public hearing.

For additional information concerning the County's Ordinance requirements for filing an appeal or to obtain the required forms to file an appeal, please stop at the front counter in the County Executive Office/Clerk of the Board, Room 310, 1195 Third Street in Napa. If you have any question concerning the appeals procedure, please call (707) 253‑4580 and request assistance.

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT and

PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

OCTOBER 02, 2002

9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

1195 THIRD STREET, ROOM 305, NAPA

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	David Graves	Tony Holzhauer	Jim King
SECRETARY-DIRECTOR Charles Wilson

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CITIZEN COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (10 minutes)

The Commission invites Citizen comments and recommendations concerning current problems and future prospects of a planning nature which are within the jurisdiction of the Conservation, Development & Planning Commission. Anyone who wishes to speak to the Commission on such a matter, if it is not on the agenda, may do so at this time. The Commission may not be able to take action on any such presentation. Commission action or non-action will be based on the specifics of the individual presentation.

5. AGENDA REVIEW

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED
AND APPROVED, DENIED OR CONTINUED

Public Hearings:

6. CONSENT AGENDA - item þ

Items listed for the Consent Agenda will be acted upon by the Commission on one motion at the beginning of the public hearings, regardless of their numbered position on the agenda. Persons wishing to speak to any items listed on the Consent Agenda should indicate so during this time.

7. þ VERIZON WIRELESS & NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS I-80

SITE/JOSEPH HENSLEY - USE PERMIT REQUEST #01097-UP
CEQA STATUS: Categorical Exemption.
REQUEST: To establish an unmanned communications facility on a 20 by 30 foot leased area on the west side of the I-80 Freeway consisting of: (1) a 49 foot tall ground-mounted structure designed as a water tank with 12 sector panel arrays attached inside the structures, each having a width of 15 inches, a depth of 12 inches and a length of 96 inches; (2) installation of one four foot diameter dish mesh antenna located inside the structure; (3) construction of a 240 square foot, 12 foot tall prefabricated ground-mounted equipment structure containing emergency battery power back-up and similar support equipment enclosed by a six foot chain link fence; (4) construction of a new eight foot wide gravel private access road approximately 880 feet in length; (5) installation of approximately 760 linear feet of new overhead electrical power and telecommunication cables to serve the new facility; (6) construction of a small GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) antenna on the proposed equipment building; and, (7) installation of a new facility sign as required by County ordinance, located on a 20.44 acre parcel on the south side of American Canyon Road and northeast of Canyon Road within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district (Assessor’s Parcel # 059-060-026). (Continued from July 3, 2002) (Continued indefinitely). JH

8. Opus One Winery – USE PERMIT REQUEST #02373-UP

CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to modify Use Permit #U-88889 to expand wine production from 82,000 gallons per year to 110,000 gallons per year. There is no increase or modification of the production facility or infrastructure including building size, parking footprint, wastewater treatment system, operations, employees or events. The parcel is located on a 98.65 acre parcel on the north side of Oakville Cross Road 1600 feet east of its intersection with St. Helena Highway. (Assessor’s parcel # 031-020-007 & 009) 7900 St. Helena Highway, Napa. PL

9. þ HOWELL AT THE MOON WINERY / MARC COHEN - USE PERMIT

REQUEST #02114-UP
CEQA STATUS: According to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have no potentially significant environmental impacts.
REQUEST: Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 20,000-gallon per year winery within an existing structure of 1,955 square feet for fermentation, barrel storage, bottling, retail sales and laboratories and convert an existing shed structure of 140 square feet for office building, administration offices for a winery totaling 2,095 square feet that includes: (1) converting an existing covered carport of 400 square feet for a crush pad, (2) custom crushing activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel aging and bottling) for up to four custom producers utilizing 50% (10,000 gallons per year) for the total approved winery production capacity; (3) two full and/or part-time employees (two additional employees at harvest); (4) five parking spaces; (5) tours and tasting by appointment only; (6) a marketing plan with three private wine and food events/tastings per year for trade representatives only with a maximum of 15 people per event, three private wine and food events per year with a maximum of 25 people and one private harvest event with a maximum of 50 people per event; (7) expanding the existing leach field and, (8) road and access improvements, located on a 20.30 acre parcel on the east side of Cold Springs Road approximately 3,177 feet southeast of its intersection with Las Posadas, within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #024-332-013) 425 & 427 Cold Springs Road, Angwin. (Continued indefinitely). HMc

10. PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REQUEST (#02304-ORD)

11:00 am to amend Chapter 18.108 (Conservation Regulations) by amending

Sections 18.108.020 (General Provisions), 18.108.025 (General Provisions-Intermittent/Perennial Streams), 18.108.030 (Definitions), 18.108.040 (Exceptions), 18.108.050 (Exemptions), and 18.108.055 (Exemption from Discretionary Permit) and to amend Chapter 16.04 (Floodplain Management) by repealing Section 16.04.750 (Riparian Zones-Restricted Activities) of the Napa County Code. The proposed ordinance will:

a) Establish for County regulatory purposes a new biologically-based stream classification system similar to that used by the State Department of Forestry and the State Department of Fish & Game;

b) Increase stream setbacks to 150 feet on all Class I & II streams as defined under the ordinance and 25 feet on all Class III streams;

c) Limit the activities that are allowed within a portion of the stream setbacks;

d) Establish procedures and criteria for approving reduced stream setbacks;

e) Provide new definitions and clarify existing definitions; and,

f) Repeal certain out-dated provisions of the Floodplain Management Ordinance that may conflict with the new regulations being established hereunder.

CEQA STATUS: Categorically Exempt, Class 8 (CEQA Guidelines Section 15308). (Continued from September 25, 2002) WS

Other Business: (The following matters, unless otherwise noted, may be heard at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the Chairperson).

11. CITY REFERRALS: None

12. DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE OCTOBER 16, 2002 MEETING

13. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

14. DISCUSSION REGARDING SECOND UNITS AND GUEST COTTAGES

15. DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' ACTIONS

16. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ACTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2002

17. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

COMMISSION CALENDAR

OCTOBER 16, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

OCTOBER 30, 2002 !Special Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

(Stream Setback Ordinance)

NOVEMBER 06, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting and 9:00 A.M.

Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

NOVEMBER 20, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

DECEMBER 04, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.