Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

OCTOBER 15, 2003

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER	CHAIRPERSON	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER
David Graves	John Dickson	Terry Scott	Bob Fiddaman	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, 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 (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. 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

OCTOBER 15, 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	John Dickson	Terry Scott	Bob Fiddaman	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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

6. AGENDA REVIEW

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

Public Hearings:

7. ITEMS TO BE DECIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY - item þ 8 & 9, and 12.

Items marked with a þ 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 8 AND 9 WILL BE HEARD TOGETHER

8. þ ROBERT W. LONG / LONG FAMILY PARTNER LTD. / TWO ROCK WINERY – USE PERMIT REQUEST #02157-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, hydrology & water quality, noise and transportation/traffic.
REQUEST: Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 50,000-gallon per year winery with: (1) a 4,000 square foot building for fermentation and bottling, crusher and press; a 2,400 square foot accessory building for office areas, wine laboratory and storage; and 18,600 square feet of existing caves for barrel storage and marketing activities for a winery totaling 25,000 square feet; (2) a 550 square foot covered crush pad area; (3) custom crushing activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel aging and bottling) for up to five custom producers utilizing 60% (30,000 gallons per year) of the total approved winery production capacity; (4) two full-time employees with two additional part-time employees during crush and bottling; (5) seven parking spaces; (6) tours and tasting by appointment only with a maximum of six people daily and an average of 15 per week; (7) a marketing plan with ten wine trade events per year with an average of 40 people; two auction related events per year with a maximum of 150 persons; three Vintage release events for a maximum of 100 persons (no events shall occur at the same time); (8) catered events for custom crush not to exceed six events per year with a maximum of 40 person per event; (9) septic and leach field improvements; and (10) improvements to the existing access road from the private driveways intersection with the private access road to the winery development areas. The project is located on a 46.66 acre parcel on a private road on the south side of Sage Canyon Road, approximately 2.3 miles southwest of the its intersection with Sage Canyon Road within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # APN 030-220-026) (Staff requests a continuance to the meeting of December 17, 2003 to allow the applicant to resolve Caltrans comments) HMc

9. þ ROBERT W. LONG / LONG FAMILY PARTNER LTD. / TWO ROCK WINERY – VIEWSHED REQUEST #03176-VIEW
CEQA STATUS: See Item # 8.
REQUEST: Review and approval under the Viewshed Protection Program to construct a 25,000 square foot winery with an outdoor covered crush pad on a major ridgeline as defined in 18.106.020 located on a 46.66 acre parcel on a private road on the south side of Sage Canyon Road, approximately 2.3 miles southwest of the its intersection with Sage Canyon Road within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # APN 030-220-026). (Staff requests a continuance to the meeting of December 17, 2003 to allow the applicant to resolve Caltrans comments) HMc

10. ART FINKELSTEIN / JONATHAN AND DEBORAH GOLDMAN, TRUST – USE PERMIT REQUEST #03274-UP
CEQA STATUS: Negative 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 30,000 gallon per year winery with: (1) a 5,608 square foot winery building (2) 2,372 square feet of covered work areas; (3) two full and one part-time employees; (4) five parking spaces; (5) tours and tasting by appointment only with 28 (maximum) visitors per week; and, (6) construction of a special designed sewage system requiring a permit. No custom crushing activities or marketing plan are proposed. The project is located on a 20 acre parcel on the east side of Silverado Trail approximately 3/4 of a mile north of its intersection with Trancas Avenue within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #039-190-034) 2300 Silverado Trail, Napa. NB

11. NEAL FAMILY VINEYARDS / MARK AND ASA NEAL TRUST - USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #03297-MOD
CEQA STATUS: Categorically Exempt, class 1, 4, & 5.
REQUEST: Approval to modify Use Permit #99026-UP and #99447-MOD to increase the winery production from 25,000 to 35,000 gallons per year and, (1) add an additional 2,800 square feet of caves for a total cave area of 7,132 square feet which will result in a winery totaling 13,242 square feet; and, (2) add of a minimum of 662 linear feet of septic leach lines. No changes in structures, roads, employment, tours & tasting, or marketing are proposed. The project is located on a 12.71-acre parcel at the end of Liparita Avenue, approximately ± 2,300 feet from its intersection with White Cottage Road South, within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #024-040-035) 700 Liparita Avenue, Angwin. BK

12. þ THOMAS WEINERT / WEINERT – REZONING REQUEST #03298-RZG

CEQA STATUS: Categorically Exempt, class 5.

REQUEST: Approval to rezone a 18.84 acre parcel from TP (Timber Preserve) to an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district, located on the west side of Big Ranch Road, approximately 800 feet south of its intersection with Garfield Lane. (Assessor’s Parcel #038-180-020) 2130 Big Ranch Road, Napa. (Requested to be continued to December 17, 2003) HMc

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

13. REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF COMMISSION 2004 SCHEDULE

14. REPORT BY FIRE MARSHALL KATE DURGAN ON NAPA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT/CDF ISSUES

15. CITY REFERRALS: None

16. DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE NOVEMBER 05, 2003 MEETING

17. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

· DISCUSS UPCOMING MEETING WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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

19. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

· COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (#02339-UP, FEBRUARY 04, 2004) (#02362-MOD, MARCH 17, 2004) (#02082-UP, 1 YEAR AFTER OPENING)

20. ADJOURNMENT

COMMISSION CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 04, 2003 !Special Commission Meeting for the 2:30 PM

purpose of Attending Brown Act Training

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

Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

NOVEMBER 19, 2003 !Regular Commission Meeting and Possible 9:00 AM

Special Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

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

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

JANUARY 07, 2004 !Tentative Commission Meeting 9:00 AM

JANUARY 13, 2004 !Tentative date for Special Meeting of the 10:00 AM

Commission and the Board of Supervisors