Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

AUGUST 20, 2003

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS

COMMISSIONER

COMMISSIONER

CHAIRPERSON

VICE-CHAIRPERSON

COMMISSIONER

David Graves

Jim King

Terry Scott

Bob Fiddaman

Vacant

 

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, Suite 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.

 

ITEMS TO BE DECIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY:

These Items identified with a symbol (ž) 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.  These 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 so listed need not speak unless they disagree with the staff recommendation or wish to comment.  If an Item requires discussion, it 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, 1195 Third Street, Suite 310 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

 

AUGUST 20, 2003

 

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

1195 THIRD STREET, SUITE 305, NAPA

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS

COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
CHAIRPERSON
VICE-CHAIRPERSON
COMMISSIONER

David Graves

Jim King

Terry Scott

Bob Fiddaman

Vacant

 

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.                  ITEMS TO BE DECIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY - item ž 10

Items marked with a ž 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 so listed should indicate so during this time.


 

iTEMS   7   AND   8   WILL   BE   HEARD   TOGETHEr     

 

7.                  KEEVER WINERY / WILLIAM & OLGA KEEVER TRUST ETAL - VARIANCE REQUEST #02586-VAR                                                                                                               
CEQA STATUS:
  See Item #8.                                                                                                     
REQUEST:  Approval of a Variance to the winery road setback requirements set forth in Section 18.104.230 (B) of the County Code to allow both a new winery building to encroach
±210 feet and an existing 1,504 square foot barn (proposed to become a wine storage building) to encroach ±85 feet into the required 300 foot setback for private roads, located on a 21.11 acre parcel on the east side of Vineyard View Drive approximately 1 1/4 miles northwest of its intersection with Solano Avenue within an AW/AP (Agricultural Watershed / Agricultural Preserve) split zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel # 034-150-016)   11 Vineyard View Drive, Napa.  (Continued from June 04, July 02, and July 16, 2003). BK

8.                  KEEVER WINERY / WILLIAM & OLGA KEEVER TRUST ETAL – USE PERMIT REQUEST #02587-UP                                                                                                                  
CEQA STATUS: 
Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.  According to the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas:  aesthetics, geology and traffic.                                                                                                                          
REQUEST:  Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 20,000 gallon per year winery that includes:  (1) removing an existing
±8,000 square foot barn/stable building, constructing a 3,296 square foot new winery building, converting an existing 1,504 square foot barn/garage to a wine storage building, and excavating 2,500 square feet of cave for a winery totaling 7,300 square feet; (2) installing a 2,674 square foot covered crush pad; (3) custom crushing activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel aging and bottling) for up to one custom producers utilizing 25% (5,000 gallons per year) of the total approved winery production capacity; (4) one full-time and two part-time employees; (5) five of parking spaces; (6)  tours and tasting by appointment only with a maximum of eight visitors per day and 40 visitors per week; (7) a marketing plan with 24 private promotional food and wine events per year with a maximum of 20 people per event, two open house events per year with a maximum of 40 people per event, and two wine auction events per year with a maximum of 150 people per event; (8) construction of an engineered pressure distribution septic system for a reserve area requiring a permit; located on 21.11 acre parcel on the east side of Vineyard View Drive approximately 1 1/4 miles northwest of its intersection with Solano Avenue within an AW/ AP (Agricultural Watershed / Agricultural Preserve) split zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel # 034-150-016)   11 Vineyard View Drive, Napa.  (Continued from June 04, July 02, and July 16, 2003).                                                   BK


 

9.                  WILLIAM AND BETTY BALLENTINE / BALLENTINE WINERY– USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #03215-MOD                                                                                
CEQA STATUS:
 Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.  According to the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas:  aesthetics.    
REQUEST:  Approval to modify Use Permit #93080-UP to:  (1) construct a 3,500 square foot building for winery and agricultural equipment storage, use an existing 3,750 square foot building for winery storage, convert an existing ±570 square foot vineyard operation office into winery office space and convert a 720 square foot winery office into a retail sales and tasting area bringing the total winery area to 25,160 square feet; (2) add private tasting (no tours) by prior appointment only with no increase in the existing average of ten visitors per week; (3) add four parking spaces for a total of nine spaces; (4) increase full-time employees to a total of five employees and reduce part-time employees to zero.  The project is located on a 21.12 acres parcel on the east side of St. Helena Highway approximately 900 feet north of Deer Park Road within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #022-200-003) 2820 St. Helena Highway North, St. Helena. NB

10.       ž PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Napa amending chapters 13.15, 15.08, 18.124 and 18.128 of the Napa County code establishing permit requirements for the extraction and use of pumped groundwater as a water source on affected properties and exemption from said permit requirements.

CEQA STATUS:  Categorically Exempt, Class 8 (California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15308).  (Continued from August 06, 2003)  (Recommend continuance to September 03, 2003).                                                                 CS(E.Man.)

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 SEPTEMBER, 2003 MEETING

13.                   COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

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

15.                   FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 

·         COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (#02339-UP, FEBRUARY 04, 2004) (#02362-MOD, 6 MONTHS AFTER OPENING) (#02082-UP, 1 YEAR AFTER OPENING)

·         PREPARE FOR NEXT MEETING WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER, 2003)

 

16.                   ADJOURNMENT TO SEPTEMBER 03, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMISSION CALENDAR

 

 

SEPTEMBER 03, 2003             !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2003             !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

OCTOBER 01, 2003                  !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

OCTOBER 15, 2003                  !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

NOVEMBER 05, 2003               !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

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