Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

May 1, 2002

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	David Graves	Tony Holzhauer	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, Room 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.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

Consent Agenda Items as 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. Consent 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 listed on the Consent Agenda need not speak unless they disagree with the staff recommendation or wish to comment. Items removed from the Consent Agenda, 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 Conservation Development and Planning Department, Room 210, 1195 Third Street in Napa. If you have any question concerning the appeals procedure, please call (707) 253‑4416 and request assistance.

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT and

PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

May 1, 2002

9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

1195 THIRD STREET, ROOM 305, NAPA

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	David Graves	Tony Holzhauer	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. CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (GC § 54956.9(a) (1 case):

6. CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Potential Litigation (GC § 54954.5(c) (1 case):

7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

8. AGENDA REVIEW

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

Public Hearings:

9. CONSENT AGENDA - item þ

Items listed for the Consent Agenda 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 listed on the Consent Agenda should indicate so during this time.

10. PHELAN WINERY / GERALD & ARLENE PHELAN - USE PERMIT REQUEST #02066-UP
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Approval to establish a new 4,800 gallon/year winery with: (1) a portal and an 800 square foot tank/crush pad located outside the portal; (2) 2,080 square feet of new caves for barrel storage; and (3) one part-time seasonal employee with no visitors, tours and tasting, retail sales or marketing activities proposed, located on a future 13.12 acre parcel created from a Lot Line Adjustment on a private road south of Monticello Road, at the second access drive east of “Man with Pipe”, within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #033-370-023 and 024) 2840 Monticello Road, Napa. WB

11. PHELPS FARMWORKER HOUSING PROJECT / STONEBRIDGE CELLARS / NAPA COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY - USE PERMIT REQUEST
#02028-FLD
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to establish a 60-bed farmworker housing facility and associated infrastructure consisting of four buildings, totaling approximately 12,734 square feet of floor area and 53,367± square feet of total site area including parking and driveways, located on a proposed 7.0± acre portion of a 34.67 acre parcel located on the west side of Silverado Trail approximately one-quarter mile north of its intersection with Taplin Road within the AW zoning district (Agricultural Watershed). (Assessor's Parcel # 025-410-003) 1117 Silverado Trail, St. Helena. HMc

12. ROY ESTATE WINERY / CHATEAU ROY, LLC – USE PERMIT REQUEST #01276-UP
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to establish a new 12,000 gallon/year winery within an existing 3,300 square foot barn with 5,500 square feet of new construction totaling 8,800 square feet and 17,300 square feet of new caves;(total winery area of 26,100 sq. ft.) with: (1) an additional 4,032 square feet of unenclosed covered work and storage areas; (2) one full-time employee and 2 part-time employees; (3) up to 40 visitors per week; (4) private tours and tasting by appointment only; (5) a marketing plan with sixteen (16) marketing events per year; and (6) retail sales to members of the wine trade by prior appointment only, located on a 41.53 acre parcel on the east side of Soda Canyon Road, approximately 1,400 feet northeast of its intersection with Silverado Trail within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #039-150-079) 1220 Soda Canyon Road, Napa. BB

13. STEVEN GROVER WINERY/JOHN STEFFANS – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00325-UP
CEQA STATUS: General Rule.
REQUEST: Approval to correct a previously noticed total winery area from 6,412 square feet to 7,500 square feet with no other corrections to the project located on a 39.66 acre parcel on the north side of Spring Mountain Road at its intersection with the Napa/Sonoma County line within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #020-300-063) 4028 Spring Mountain Road, St. Helena. WB

14. STONEY SPRINGS VINEYARDS WINERY / GLENN AND GAYLE COOK - USE PERMIT REQUEST # 01148-UP
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Modification of Use Permit Exemption #SW-198889 to: (1) increase the production capacity from 6,500 to 20,000 gallons/year; (2) construct a 1,400 square foot winery addition for a total winery floor area of 2,789 square feet; (3) increase the number of custom producers from one to six utilizing 30% (6,000 gallons/year) of the proposed production capacity; (4) modify custom production activities to include crushing, fermentation, barrel ageing, bottling, case goods storage, retail wine sales, administrative offices, wine tasting, distribution/shipping, tours/tasting and two marketing events; (5) add 2 full-time employees for a total of 2 employees; and (6) add a marketing plan to include three 150 person (maximum) private promotional events per year, located on a 18.84 acre parcel at the terminus of North Fork Crystal Springs Road approximately 3,000 feet east of Silverado Trail within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #021-030-032) 264 Crystal Springs Road, St. Helena. WB

15. PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT #02133-ORD amending Title 18 of the Napa County Code to add a new Chapter 18.117 entitled, Small Wind Energy Systems, which is intended to provide for the allowable local level of review, restriction and approval of small wind energy systems under recently enacted State law (Government Code section 65892.13). The State law provides that a local agency may by ordinance, provide for the installation of small wind energy systems upon issuance of an approved use permit. The enacted law further allows a local agency to impose limited conditions on the installation of such a system with respect to local view protection, aesthetics, aviation, and conservation factors. The conditions with respect to notice, tower height, setbacks, noise level, turbine approval, tower drawings, engineering analysis, or line drawings may be no more restrictive than as provided for under the adopted State statute. The State law (Government Code section 65892.13) furthermore provides that if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance in accordance with its provisions by July 1, 2002, it may do so at a later date, but any applications for small wind energy systems that are submitted between July 1, 2002, and the adopted date of the local ordinance must be approved as a matter of right providing the proposed system conforms to the requirements of section 65892.13(f) in State law.
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared. JS

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

16. CITY REFERRALS: None

17. RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AN APPOINTEE TO THE NAPA COUNTY WILDLIFE COMMISSION

18. DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE May 15, 2002 MEETING

19. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

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

21. DISCUSSION OF PLANNED JOINT MEETING WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

22. DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF A MEMORANDUM TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUGGESTING WORK PROGRAM ITEMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 – 2003

23. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ACTIONS FOR APRIL 2002

24. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

COMMISSION CALENDAR

May 15, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

June 05, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting and 9:00 A.M.
Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

June 19, 2002 !No Commission Meeting do to budget hearings

July 03, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

July 17, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.