MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE
CONSERVATION,
DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF NAPA
May 21, 2003
1.
Call to
Order.
THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE
COUNTY
OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2003, AT 9:00 A.M. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY ACTING
CHAIR JIM KING AT 9:03 A.M.
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: COMMISSIONERS
BOB FIDDAMAN, DAVID GRAVES AND JIM KING. CHAIRPERSON
LARRY SCHOENKE AND VICE-CHAIR TERRY SCOTT WERE EXCUSED.
THE COMMISSION ELECTED COMMISSIONER JIM KING TO ACT AS CHAIRPERSON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
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3. Pledge
of Allegiance.
CATHY ROCHE, ATTORNEY
FOR DICKENSON, PEATMAN AND FOGARTY, LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
4. Citizen
Comments and Recommendations.
NONE
5.
Approval of Minutes.
6. Agenda Review.
NO
CHANGES
Public Hearings
7. Items to be decided without additional
testimony.
8. Arroyo Creek Vineyards
/ Michael & Chyrle Crane
Trust Etal – Use Permit
Request
#02150-UP
California Environmental Quality Act (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, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils,
hydrology and water quality, noise and transportation/traffic.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to
establish a new 125,000-gallon per year winery with: (1) a 6,400 square foot
building for fermentation and bottling, wine laboratory and administration
office; a 1,024 square foot hospitality building including a kitchen and
tasting area; and 23,050 square feet of caves for barrel storage for a winery
totaling 30,474 square feet; (2) a 9,500 square foot work area for a crush pad,
crusher and press; (3) custom crushing activities (crushing,
fermentation, barrel aging and bottling) for up to seven custom producers utilizing 60% (75,000 gallons per year) of the total approved winery production capacity; (4) two full-time employees
with six additional part-time employees during crush
and bottling; (5) eight parking spaces; (6) one tour and tasting by appointment
only per day with a maximum of 20 people (140 visitors per
week); (7) a marketing plan with four wine trade
events per month with a maximum of 25 people; two wine trade events per year
with a maximum of 40 people and two auction related events per
year with a maximum of 250 persons (no events shall
occur at the same time); (8) two wastewater ponds; (9) septic and leach field
improvements; (10) improvements to the existing access road
from Napa Vallejo Highway (State Highway 221) to the winery development areas; and (11) installation of a deceleration lane on the Napa Vallejo Highway and other minor improvements as required by CALTRANS, located on a 86.09 acre parcel on the east side of the Napa Vallejo Highway, approximately 750 feet north and 3,000 feet east of its intersection with Kaiser Road within an AW / AW:AC (Agricultural Watershed / Agricultural Watershed: Airport Compatibility) split zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #046-370-031).
PUBLIC HEARING HELD –
TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE
COMMISSION APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1 THROUGH 6 AND ADOPTED THE
MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING
PROGRAM.
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THE
COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #02510-UP BASED ON FINDINGS 9 THROUGH 13,
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 6, AS MODIFIED. BF-DG-JK-TS-LS
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9. Milat Vineyards / Michael and Carolyn
Milat Trust Etal – Use Permit Modification Request #02627-MOD
CEQA Status: Categorically Exempt.
Request: Approval to modify Use Permit
#U-508485 to construct a 2,500 square foot addition to an existing 2,400 square
foot winery building for barrel storage resulting in a winery totaling 4,900
square feet and cover a crush pad area of 440 square feet. No increase in the existing 20,000 gal per
year in production capacity, marketing or other activities (as previously
modified and approved) is requested.
9. Continued
The project is located on a 10.50-acre
parcel west of St. Helena Highway (State Highway 29) approximately 1,000 feet
north of Zinfandel Lane within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning
district. (Assessor’s Parcel
#027-160-001) 1091 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD – NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED
ENVIRONMENTAL
DETERMINATION: THE PROJECT MEETS CEQA
GUIDELINES SECTION 15303; CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT; CLASS 3(c), NEW CONSTRUCTION OR
CONVERSION OF SMALL STRUCTURES.
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THE
COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #02627-MOD BASED ON FINDINGS 6 THROUGH 11,
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 16.
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10. Christina Winery
/ Christina Vineyards – Use Permit Request #03004-UP
CEQA Status: Declaration
Prepared. 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 with: (1) a 4,705 square foot winery building within an existing barn
and construct a ±160 square foot addition for a bathroom and laboratory for a
winery totaling ±4,865 square feet; (2) ±801 square
foot covered work area; (3) two full-time employees;
(4) tours and tasting by appointment only with a maximum of 10 visitors per
day; (5) four parking spaces; (6) a marketing plan with 12
private events per year with a maximum of 30 people
per event, two release events per year with a maximum of 100 people per event;
and (7) the construction of an engineered septic system,
located on a 13.52-acre parcel on the north side of
Oak Knoll Avenue approximately 1/4 of a mile west of its intersection with Big
Ranch Road within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s
Parcel #036-150-052) 1300 Oak Knoll Avenue, Napa.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD –
TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE
COMMISSION APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1 THROUGH 6 AND ADOPTED THE
NEGATIVE DECLARATION. BF-DG-JK-TS-LS
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THE
COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #03004-UP BASED ON FINDINGS
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THROUGH 14, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 20, AS MODIFIED. BF-DG-JK-TS-LS
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11. Cucina Italian
Restaurant (Sharyn Simmons & Stefano Gusberti – Proprietors) /
Charles Gardyn - Use
Permit Request #03077-UP
CEQA Status: Categorically Exempt.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to
convert an existing 1,505 square foot commercial building to a 38 seat
restaurant that includes: (1) a limited number of outside dining tables
(no meeting
room or bar); (2) construction of a 120 square foot
outside trellis; (3) days and hours of operation:
five days per week (Wed – Sun) from 11 AM to 9 PM;
(4) two part-time employees; and, (5) 16 on-site existing parking spaces,
located on a 0.43-acre parcel on the northeast corner of Berryessa-Knoxville
Road and the southern entry of Spanish Flat Loop Road within a CN (Commercial
Neighborhood) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # 019-261-022) 4310 Knoxville Road, Napa.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY PRESENTED
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT
BASED ON CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15301, CLASS 1(a).
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THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #03077-UP BASED ON FINDINGS 5
THROUGH 10, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 10.
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12. Biale Estate
Winery / Robert Biale Etal – Use Permit Request #03088-UP
CEQA Status: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared and Adopted. A Mitigated Negative Declaration was
previously adopted by the Planning Commission on May 2, 2001.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 40,000 gallon per year
winery with: (1) 15,412 square feet of
building (s) for a winery totaling 15,412 square feet; (2) 5,849 square feet of
covered work areas; (3) four full-time and three part-time employees; (4) ten
parking spaces; (5) tours and tasting by appointment only with a maximum of ten
visitors per week; (6) a marketing plan with two activities per year with a
maximum of 100 people per event; and, (7) construction of a special design
wastewater system, located on a 10.84 acre parcel on the northeast corner of
Big
Ranch Road and Salvador Avenue within an
AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district.
(Assessor’s Parcel #036-190-007) 4024 Big Ranch Road, Napa.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD – NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE
COMMISSION FOUND THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION REMAINS. BF-DG-JK-TS-LS
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THE COMMISSION APPROVED
USE PERMIT #03088-UP BASED ON FINDINGS
10 THROUGH 14, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 20.
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13. Proposed Ordinance
#03109-ORD making technical corrections to
Sections 18.12.010, 18.104.230, 18.104.305 and 18.140.050 and amending Sections
18.104.270, 18.116.020 and 18.124.120 of the Napa County Code relating to
standards and permits for fences, signs for agricultural parcels, setbacks for
wineries located in open space areas, and revocation of use permits due to
abandonment of use.
CEQA Status:
Categorical exemption pursuant to Class 5 (CEQA Guidelines Section
15303),
Minor alterations to land use limitations.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY PRESENTED
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Other
Business
14. City Referrals
15. Discussion
of Items for the June 04, 2003 Meeting.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY
PLANNING DIRECTOR, ADVISED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE JUNE 4,
2003 MEETING:
16. Commissioner Comments.
COMMISSIONER KING
THANKED PATRICK LYNCH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING AND RENEE LEDERER, PLANNING ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST, FOR THE UPDATED
INFORMATION AND NEW DATABASE COMPILED FOR THE CALIFORNIA COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSIONER’S ASSOCIATION.
17. Director's Report on Board of
Supervisors' Actions.
LAURA ANDERSON, DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL, ADVISED A LAWSUIT HAD BEEN FILED AGAINST THE COUNTY REGARDING THE SETBACK ORDINANCE ON BEHALF OF THE NAPA VALLEY LAND STEWARDS CLAIMING THE SETBACK ORDINANCE WAS NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSESSED. MS. ANDERSON STATED THAT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE IS SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 16, 2003 AND THAT ON JUNE 3, 2003 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE OR PLACE THE SETBACK ORDINANCE ON THE BALLOT. ALL EROSION CONTROL PLANS (ECP) WILL BE PROCESSED UNDER THE 1991 CONSERVATION REGULATIONS.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, SUGGESTED THE COMMISSION JOIN THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION (APA), AND THE COMMISSION CONCURRED.
18. Future Agenda Items.
NONE
Adjournment.
ADJOURNED TO REGULAR CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2003 AT 9:00 A.M.
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ATTEST: CHARLES
WILSON, Secretary-Director
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SHERRY VATTUONE, Deputy Secretary
Vote: JK = Jim King; BF = Bob Fiddaman; LS = Larry
Schoenke; DG = David Graves; TS = Terrence Scott
The
maker of the motion and second are reflected respectively in the order of the
recorded vote.
Notations under vote: N = No; A =
Abstain; X = Excused