Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

APRIL 07, 2004

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

APRIL 07, 2004

9:00 A.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 10

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.

8. þ 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, December 03, 2003, January 07, January 21, and March 17, 2004) (Staff request this item be removed from calendar for re-noticing) CS(E.Man)

9. þ ELAINE BELL CATERING COMPANY INC. / JOHN MERRITT AND ELAINE BELL - USE PERMIT REQUEST #03503-UP
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Previously Prepared and Adopted on 02/06/2002. The proposed modifications to this project are within the scope of the analysis of the previously approved mitigated negative declaration.
REQUEST: Approval of a new Use Permit to replace expired use permit #01124-UP to construct a 21,184 square foot industrial building for a catering company. This project is located on a 1.43 acre parcel in the Napa Valley Gateway Business Park at the southeast corner of Technology Way and Gateway Road West within the IP:AC (Industrial Park:Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district.
(Assessor’s Parcel # 057-210-058) JMc

10. þ SEVEN STONES WINERY / RON AND ANITA WORNICK TRUST – USE PERMIT REQUEST #04015-UP
CEQA STATUS: Categorically Exempt, Class 3. (Conversion of small structures)
REQUEST: Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new 1,000 gallon per year winery with: (1) conversion of an existing 1,158 square foot storage building into a winery for a winery totaling 1,158 square feet (no caves); (2) one full-time and one part-time employee; (3) two parking spaces; (4) tours and tasting by appointment only for a maximum of 4 persons per month; and (5) expand the existing engineered septic system. This project is located on a 45 acre parcel on the north side of Meadowood Lane approximately 1.5 miles from its intersection with Howell Mountain Road, within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # 025-080-031) 840 Meadowood Lane, St. Helena. NB

11. DOMINUS ESTATE WINERY / DOMINUS ESTATE CORPORATION – USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #04043-MOD
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have no potentially significant environmental impacts.
REQUEST: Approval to modify existing Use Permit #95576-UP to: (1) increase production levels from 75,000 gallons per year to 125,000 gallons per year with no increase in the existing winery square footage that now totals 48,000 square feet; (2) add two full-time and two part-time employees; (3) add six employee parking spaces; and, (4) expand the existing septic system to accommodate the increase in production capacity. The project is located on a 61.74 acre parcel on the west side of Napa Nook Road approximately 300 feet southwest of its intersection with Saint Helena Highway and Madison Street, within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #027-421-014 & 013) 2570 Napa Nook Road, Yountville. NB

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

12. CITY REFERRALS: None

13. STATUS REPORT ON BIGHORN USE PERMIT COMPLIANCE

14. DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE APRIL 21, 2004 MEETING

15. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

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

17. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ACTIONS FOR MARCH 2004

18. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

· #02082-UP, 1 YEAR AFTER OPENING; HOUSING ELEMENT (April/May)

19. ADJOURNMENT

COMMISSION CALENDAR

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

MAY 05, 2004 !Regular Commission Meeting and 9:00 AM

Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

MAY 19, 2004 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 AM

JUNE 02, 2004 !Tentative Joint Meeting with 2:30 PM

City of St Helena Planning Commission

JUNE 16, 2004 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 AM