MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF NAPA
1. Call to Order.
THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2003
AT 9:45 A.M.
2.
Roll Call.
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE
PRESENT: CHAIRPERSON TERRY SCOTT, COMMISSIONERS BOB FIDDAMAN AND JIM KING. COMMISSIONER
DAVID GRAVES WAS
EXCUSED.
3.
Pledge of
Allegiance.
THE
SALUTE TO THE FLAG WAS HELD EARLIER IN THE DAY.
4.
Citizen Comments and
Recommendations.
NONE
5. Approval of
Minutes.
APPROVED MINUTES OF MEETING OF APRIL 16, 2003.
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APPROVED MINUTES OF MEETING OF MAY 7, 2003.
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THE MINUTES FOR MAY 21, 2003 AND MARCH 20, 2002 WERE CONTINUED TO THE
AUGUST 20, 2003 MEETING.
6. Agenda Review.
BOB NELSON, SUPERVISING
PLANNER, STATED THAT ITEMS 10 AND 11 ARE CONSIDERED ONE ITEM UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA).
THE COMMISSION SHOULD OPEN THE ITEMS, TAKE ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL,
USE PERMIT AND PARCEL MAP IN THAT ORDER.
ITEM 11 SHOULD BE HEARD FIRST.
7. Items to be decided without additional testimony.
NONE
8. Napa Cultured Stone
Plant Expansion / Syar Industries, Inc. – Use Permit Major Modification Request
#03073-MOD
California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Status: Categorically Exempt. Class 1, Existing Facilities and Class 2, Replacement and
Reconstruction.
Request: Approval of a Major
Modification to the Napa Cultured Stone Plant Use Permit
(#U-717778) to expand the facility (now located on Assessor’s Parcel #057-110-070) onto two adjoining lots and to convert the existing truck terminal facility (Use Permit #97426) located on the two adjoining lots into a paved pallet storage area including: 1) a truck loading area; 2) plant vehicle and forklift maintenance within the existing 4,000 square foot shop building; 3) a distribution center office within the existing 2,680 square foot office building; 4) establish a 150 foot development setback from Fagan Creek, located on two parcels totaling 11.91-acres on the north side of Tower Road approximately 425 feet west of Napa Vallejo Highway 29 within an GI:AC (General Industrial: Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #057-110-018 & #057-110-019) 200 and 260 Tower Road, Napa. (Continued from July 16, 2003)
PUBLIC HEARING HELD –
TESTIMONY PRESENTED
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF CEQA UNDER CLASS 1, SECTION 15301 (MINOR ALTERATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES) AND CLASS 2, SECTION 15302 (REPLACEMENT OR RECONSTRUCTION). JK-BF-DG-TS
X
X
9.
Bouchaine
Vineyards, Inc. / CIT Communications Finance Corporation - Use Permit
Modification Request #03092-MOD
CEQA Status: Categorically Exempt.
Class 1, Existing Facilities.
Class 3, New Construction or Conversion of small Structures. Class 4, Minor Alteration to the Land.
Request: Approval to modify an existing
225,000-gallon per year winery (originally approved under Use Permit #U-367374)
to include: (1) increasing custom
crushing activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel aging and bottling) from
four to ten custom producers utilizing 44.4% (100,000 gallons per year) of the
total approved winery capacity; (2) removing the prohibition that prevents the
winery from advertising public tours and tasting; (3) adding one private,
catered lunch/dinner marketing event per month for a maximum of 80 people per
event and allowing “Holiday in Carneros” (currently a licensed Temporary Event)
to be added as a public marketing event with a maximum total attendance of 300
people for the two day event; (4) adding two off-site directional signs near
the intersections of Duhig Road/Las Amigas Road and Milton Road/Las Amigas
Road; (5) adding a 300 linear-foot septic leach line expansion, approximately
100 feet X 100 feet, with an approximate land area of 10,000 square feet. No increase in the winery production
capacity limit of 225,000 gallon per year and no new building construction is
proposed. The parcel is located on a
103.21 acre parcel on the west side of Buchli Station Road approximately
one-quarter mile south of its intersection with Las Amigas Road within an AW:AC
9. Continued
(Agricultural Watershed:Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #047-320-029) 1075 Buchli Station Road, Napa.
ENVIRONMENTAL
DETERMINATION: CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CEQA CLASSES 1, 3, AND 4.
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10.
Rossi
Development / J.P. Rossi Properties, LLC
– Tentative Parcel Map Request
#03029-PM
CEQA Status: See Item 11
Request: Approval to divide a 25,360
square foot, single-story office and warehouse building into five industrial
condominium buildings ranging in size from approximately 4,100 square feet to
6,200 square feet, located on a 1.63 acre parcel on the west side of Napa-Vallejo
Highway approximately 400 feet north of its intersection with Tower Road within
the IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district.
(Assessor’s Parcel #057-110-015)
120 Tower Road, Vallejo.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD –
TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION FOUND THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PREPARED FOR THE USE PERMIT ADDRESSES THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP #03029-PM.
JF-BF-DG-TS
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THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP #03029-PM
BASED ON FINDINGS 7 THROUGH 12, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 5. JF-BF-DG-TS
X
11.
Rossi Development / J.P. Rossi
Properties, LLC – Use Permit Request
#03190-UP
CEQA Status: Mitigated Negative
Declaration prepared and previously noticed on June 26, 2003. 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: traffic, housing, light and
glare.
11. Continued
Request: Approval to construct a 25,360 square foot single-story office and warehouse building divided into a maximum of five tenant spaces including a maximum of 4,200 square feet of office space with a decorative stucco exterior finish, standing seam metal roofing, and a 38-
space parking lot, located on a 1.63 acre parcel on the west side of Napa-Vallejo Highway approximately 400 feet north of its intersection with Tower Road within the IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #057-110-015)
120 Tower Road, Vallejo.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD – NO
TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS
1 THROUGH 6 AND ADOPTED THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION INCLUDING THE
PROJECT REVISION STATEMENT WITH INCORPORATED MITIGATION MEASURES AND ADOPTED
THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM. JK-BF-DG-TS
X
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #03190-UP.
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12. 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).
PUBLIC HEARING HELD –
TESTIMONY PRESENTED
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO AUGUST
20, 2003.
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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 –
NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE #03109-ORD
BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR ADOPTION.
JK-BF-DG-TS
X
14. City Referrals.
15.
Discussion of items for the
August 20, 2003 meeting.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, ADVISED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE AUGUST 20, 2003 MEETING:
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 13.15, 15.08, 18.124 AND 18.128 OF THE NAPA COUNTY CODE REGARDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXTRACTION AND USE OF PUMPED GROUNDWATER
KEEVER
WINERY / WILLIAM & OLGA KEEVER TRUST ETAL - VARIANCE REQUEST #02586-VAR AND
USE PERMIT REQUEST #02587-UP
WILLIAM AND BETTY BALLENTINE / BALLENTINE WINERY– USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #03215-MOD
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE VIEWSHED ORDINANCE
HOWARD SIEGEL, COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP MANAGER, IS SCHEDULED TO
PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE NAPA COUNTY LEAGUE OF
GOVERNMENTS AND HOUSING.
16. Commissioner Comments.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, STATED THE LISTING
OF COMPLIANCE REVIEWS WILL BE REFERENCED BY NUMBER, NOT NAMES.
17. Zoning Administrator action for July
2003.
STEVE
LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, STATED THE PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WAS APPROVED.
18.
Director’s report on Board of
Supervisors’ actions.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, STATED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE JOHN AND LINDA MILLER WINERY USE PERMIT #02082-UP (CASA LAS TRANCAS) ON TRANCAS STREET.
SILVA DARBINIAN, DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL, ADVISED A LAWSUIT WAS
SERVED ON THE COUNTY REGARDING THE COUNTY’S
HOUSING ELEMENT. SHE STATED IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS MATTER TO PLEASE REFER THEM TO
COUNTY COUNSEL, ROBERT WESTMEYER.
19. Future Agenda Items.
PREPARE FOR NEXT MEETING WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH MAY
BE HELD IN DECEMBER, 2003.
Adjournment.
ADJOURNED TO REGULAR CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2003 AT 9:00 A.M.
ATTEST: CHARLES
WILSON, Secretary-Director
SHERRY VATTUONE, Deputy Secretary
Vote: JK = Jim King; BF = Bob Fiddaman; 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