Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

DECEMBER 03, 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 (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

 

DECEMBER 03, 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 ž

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.

 

8.                              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 relating to regulation of groundwater including requirements of hook-up and/or usage of public water/recycled water when available.

                     CEQA STATUS:  Categorically Exempt, Class 8 (California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15308), Action taken by a regulatory agency for the protection of the environment.  (Continued from November 19, 2003)        CS(E.Man)

 

ITEMS    9    AND    10   WILL    BE    HEARD    TOGETHEr

9.                                    MADRIGAL VINEYARDS / JESUS MADRIGAL - VARIANCE REQUEST #02171-VAR
CEQA STATUS:  See item #10.

                     REQUEST: Approval of a Variance to the winery road setback requirements set forth in Section 18.104.230 (A) of the County Code to allow a winery building to encroach 338 feet into the required 600 foot setback for State Highways and 30 feet into the required 300 foot setback for private roads. The project is located on a 12.23 acre parcel on the northeast side of St. Helena Highway North approximately 1,800 feet north of its intersection with Bale Lane within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel # 022-010-032)   3718 St. Helena Highway North, Calistoga.      NB

 

10.                               MADRIGAL VINEYARDS / JESUS MADRIGAL – USE PERMIT REQUEST #02170-UP

                     CEQA STATUS:  Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.  According to the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, a potentially significant environmental impact in the following area:  cultural resources. 

                     REQUEST: Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 36,000-gallon per year winery with:  (1) a 5,400 square foot rebuilt existing building and utilization of a detached 752 square foot office (located in the residence) for a winery totaling 6,152 square feet;  (2) a 1,000 square foot covered work area and a 300 square foot covered mechanical pad;  (3) custom crushing activities for up to two custom producers utilizing 25% (9,000 gallons per year) of the total approved winery production capacity;  (4) four full-time and two part-time employees;  (5) six parking spaces;  (6) tours and tasting by appointment only with a maximum of 20 visitors per week;  (7) a marketing plan with six events per year with an average of 20 and a maximum of 25 people per event and one event with a maximum of 50 people;  (8) construction of a special design sewage system.  The project is located on a 12.23 acre parcel on the northeast side of St. Helena Highway North approximately 1,800 feet north of its intersection with Bale Lane within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #022-010-032)  3718 St. Helena Highway North, Calistoga.                                                                                      NB

 

  ITEMS    11    AND    12    WILL     BE     HEARD    TOGETHEr

11.                               SHIFFLETT ESTATE WINERY / ESTATE OF WADE SHIFFLETT, JR. – VARIANCE REQUEST #03333-VAR                                                                                   
CEQA STATUS:  See Item #12.                                                                                             
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 an existing 1,800 square feet building to be converted to winery to encroach approximately 250 feet into the required 300 foot setback for private roads.  The project is located on a 50.07 acre parcel on the west side of Solano Avenue on a private access road at the terminus of Darms Lane within an AW / AP (Agricultural Watershed / Agricultural Preserve) split zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #034-190-037)  1201 Darms Lane, Napa.                                       NJ

12.                               SHIFFLETT ESTATE WINERY / ESTATE OF WADE SHIFFLETT, JR. – USE PERMIT REQUEST #03331-UP

                     CEQA STATUS:  Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.  According to the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, a potentially significant environmental impact in the following area:  noise.

                     REQUEST:  Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 40,000 gallon per year winery with:  (1) 2,700 square feet of building(s) including the conversion of an existing 1,800 square feet barn and 5,000 square feet of caves for a winery totaling 7,700 square feet; (2) custom crushing activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel aging and bottling) for up to four custom producers utilizing 25% (10,000 gallons per year) of the total approved winery production capacity; (3) three full and/or part-time employees; (4) five parking spaces; (5) tours and tasting by appointment only for a maximum of 56 visitors per week; (6) a marketing plan with 12 activities per year with a maximum of 30 people per event; (7) two release events per year with a maximum of 100 people per event; and (8) construction of a special design sewage system.  The project is located on a 50.07 acre parcel on the west side of Solano Avenue on a private access road at the terminus of Darms Lane within an AW / AP (Agricultural Watershed / Agricultural Preserve) split zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #034-190-037)  1201 Darms Lane, Napa.            NJ

 

13.                               BRENT MORGAN PROPERTIES / NAPA VALLEY GATEWAY LIMITED – USE PERMIT REQUEST #03370-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:  traffic, light/glare, geology/soils.

REQUEST:  Approval of a Use Permit to construct a 37,500 square foot building for an enclosed rifle/pistol range, training facilities and ancillary office space, located on a 2.7 acre  portion of a 41.19 acre parcel at the northern terminus of Technology Way within an IP:AC / I:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility / Industrial: Airport Compatibility) split zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #057-250-018).                                                 NJ

 

 iTEMS     14     AND     15     WILL     BE     HEARD     TOGETHEr

 

14.                                LAKE STREET VENTURES / NAPA VALLEY GATEWAY LIMITED – TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP REQUEST #03429-PM

                     CEQA STATUS:  See Item #15.

                     REQUEST:  Approval to divide two, 14,100 square foot buildings into twelve (12) industrial condominium buildings ranging in size from approximately 2,100 to 2,400 square feet, located on a 2.64 acre parcel on the north side of Sheehy Court approximately 600 feet west of its intersection with Devlin Road within an IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #057-250-020).                                                                           NJ

 

15.                               LAKE STREET VENTURES / NAPA VALLEY GATEWAY LIMITED – USE PERMIT REQUEST #03428-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 area:  traffic

                     REQUEST:  Approval of a Use Permit to construct two, 14,100 square foot buildings for warehousing, light manufacturing and ancillary office space, located on a 2.64 acre parcel on the north side of Sheehy Court approximately 600 feet west of its intersection with Devlin Road within an IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #057-250-020).                                                                                    NJ

 

16.                               PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT #03453-ORD OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA making technical corrections to Chapters 1.24, 8.04, 18.08, 18.28, and 18.124 and changes to Chapters 5.36 (Temporary Events) and 18.104 (Second Units, Guest Houses, and Winery Setbacks) of the Napa County Code.

CEQA STATUS:  Categorically Exempt, Class 5. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15303) Minor alterations to land use limitations.                                                                             SL

 

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

17.                               CITY REFERRALS:  None

18.                               PLANNING DIRECTOR REQUESTS COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND INPUT ON A POTENTIAL ALLOWED USE IN A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT (WINE STORE WITH ACCESSORY WINE TASTING)

19.                               DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE DECEMBER 17, 2003 MEETING

20.                               COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

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

22.                               ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ACTIONS FOR NOVEMBER 2003

23.                               FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

·              COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (#02339-UP, FEBRUARY 04, 2004)

(#02362-MOD, MARCH 17, 2004) (#02082-UP, 1 YEAR AFTER OPENING)

·              HOUSING ELEMENT

 

24.                               ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                       COMMISSION CALENDAR

 

 

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

                                                           Special Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

 

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

 

JANUARY 21, 2004                    !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

JANUARY 27, 2004                    !Tentative date for Special Meeting of the                    10:00 AM

Commission and the Board of Supervisors

 

FEBRUARY 04, 2004                !Regular Commission Meeting and                                 9:00 AM

                                                           Airport Land Use Commission Meeting