Planning Commission 6/17/2009 Regular Meeting

NAPA VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB 12 AF RESERVOIR / NAPA VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, LLC. - USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION P08-00381-MOD
CEQA Status: Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared – According to the proposed Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration, if mitigation measures are not included, the proposed project would have potentially significant environmental impacts in the following area: Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, and Hydrology and Water Quality. The project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government Code section 65962.5.
REQUEST:  Approval of a Use Permit Major Modification (P08-00381) to modify a prior Use Permit (U-58687), as amended, to add the following improvements to the Napa Valley Country Club Golf Course: 1) construction of a new 12 acre foot reservoir in the northwest corner of APN 052-130-041 to store groundwater for use in irrigating the Front Nine with no increase in the amount of groundwater extracted for golf course irrigation; and 2) the replacement and upgrade of the existing irrigation system for both the Front and Back Nine.  The proposed project is located on a 183.58 acre holding on the south side of Hagen Road, approximately 0.30 miles east of its intersection with 3rd Avenue within an Agricultural Watershed (AW) zoning district, with general plan designations of Agriculture, Watershed, and Open Space (AWOS) and Rural Residential (RR).  (Assessor’s Parcel #s, 052-130-041 and 052-170-044).  3385 Hagan Road, Napa.

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Use Permit Major Modification subject to mitigation measures and conditions of approval.

Staff Contact:  Kelli Felker, 265-2325 kfelker@co.napa.ca.us

ROUND POND, INC. / ROUND POND WINERY – USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION REQUEST #P08-00548-MOD
CEQA Status:  Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the proposed Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, a potentially significant environmental impact in the following area: transportation/traffic. This project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government code section 65962.5.
Request: Approval to modify Use Permit #03529-UP, #P05-0334-ModMin and #P06-0063-ModMin to allow the following: (1) increase production from 20,000 gallons to 100,000 gallons per year; (2) construct a new 14,775 square foot barrel storage building; (3) increase employees from 4 to 10 full-time and 3 to 4 part-time employees (at peak); (4) increase parking from 13 to 43 parking spaces (11 prev. approved); (5) increase tours and tasting by appointment only from a maximum of 15 busiest day visitors to a maximum of 60 on the busiest day; (6) expand the Marketing Plan to include:  3 promotional tastings with meals per week with a maximum of 75 persons per event; 4 Release Events per year with a maximum of 150 persons per event; and, 1 Wine Auction event with a maximum of 100 persons; (7) convert the existing combined process and domestic wastewater system to domestic wastewater only and construct a new pretreatment and subsurface drip disposal system; (8) construct a two way left turn lane on State Highway 128 (Rutherford Rd.) between the existing Round Pond Winery and Honig Winery driveways; (9) provide new landscaping; (10) remove previously approved condition of approval limiting custom production activities.  The project is located on a proposed approximately 46.69 acre parcel (pending a Lot Line Adjustment) on the south side of Rutherford Road (State Highway 128) approximately three quarters of a mile from its intersection with St. Helena Highway (St. Highway 29) within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district.  877 Rutherford Road, Napa (in the Rutherford area) (Assessor’s Parcel #s: 030-140-022 & 023).

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Use Permit Modification as conditioned.
 
Staff Contact: Patricia Hornisher 299-1349 thornisher@co.napa.ca.us

SUSCOL CREEK WINE PRODUCTION FACILITY / FENNELL & McDEVITT - USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION #P09-00101-MOD & TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP #P09-00100-PM
CEQA Status: Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared. According to the proposed Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, a potentially significant environmental impact in the following areas: Biological Resources, Hydrology & Water Quality, and Transportation/Traffic.  Mitigation measures adopted with the previous Use Permit (#P05-0434-UP) have been incorporated into this project. This project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government Code Section 65962.5.
REQUEST: Approval of a Use Permit Major Modification to Use Permit #P05-0434-UP to: (1) increase production capacity from 200,000 gallons per year to 600,000 gallons per year; (2) increase the floor area of the previously approved winery building from approximately 61,281 sq. ft. to approximately 66,338 sq. ft.; (3) construct approximately 7,500 square feet of new floor area for a stand alone wine-making/office building (5,000 sq. ft. with a covered outdoor work area) and a shop building (2,500 sq. ft.); (4) increase the number of full time employees from 13 to 25 and seasonal employees from 8 to 10; (5) increase average weekly visitors from 70 to 100 with the maximum on any given day increasing from 20 to 25 persons; (6) increase the number of on-site parking spaces from 36 to 55; (7) revise previously approved domestic and process wastewater systems; and (8) minor revisions to the covered winery covered process waste treatment area, covered solid waste storage area, water storage tanks and outdoor storage area.  The request also includes a tentative parcel map to subdivide the proposed project into 19 industrial airspace condominium units; 17 units in the main winery building, one unit within the 5,000 sq. ft. stand alone winery building, and one unit encompassing the area of the proposed process wastewater spray field.  The balance of the property and hallways/walkways internal to the main winery building would be common area. The proposed project is located on a 10.32 acre property on the south side of Soscol Ferry Road, approximately 1,000 feet west of its intersection with Devlin Road within the Napa County Airport Industrial Area and a GI:AC (General Industrial: Airport Compatibility) combination zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #: 057-170-018). Napa.

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and approve the Use Permit Major Modification and Tentative Parcel Map with the proposed conditions of approval.

Staff Contact: Sean Trippi 299-1353, strippi@co.napa.ca.us

GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN - INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION
Staff presentation and Commission discussion regarding the County-wide green house gas emissions inventory and development of an emission reduction plan.  Staff will also provide an update on plans to adopt the California Green Building Code.

Staff Recommendation:  This is an informational presentation and discussion item; no action is requested at this time.

Staff Contact:  Hillary Gitelman, Director of Conservation, Development & Planning 253-4805