MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
COMMISSION
COUNTY OF NAPA
July 17, 2002
1. Call to Order.
THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2002, AT 9:00 A.M.
2. Roll Call.
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE
PRESENT: VICE-CHAIRPERSON LARRY SCHOENKE, COMMISSIONERS, TERRY SCOTT
AND JIM KING. CHAIRMAN GRAVES AND
COMMISSIONER HOLZHAUER WERE EXCUSED.
3. Pledge of Allegiance.
COMMISSIONER KING LED
THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
4.
Citizen Comments and Recommendations.
NONE
5.
Agenda Review.
STAFF RECOMMENDED CONTINUANCE OF ITEM #13 IN ORDER TO MEET WITH THE FULL COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AN APPOINTEE TO THE FARMWORKER HOUSING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND NAPA RIVER WATERSHED CONSERVANCY/WATERSHED INFORMATION CENTER (WIC) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
STAFF RECOMMENDED CONTINUANCE OF ITEM #7 - STONEY
SPRINGS VINEYARDS WINERY/GLENN COOK AND GAYLE SHURTZ – USE PERMIT REQUEST
#01148-UP TO AUGUST 7, 2002.
STAFF RECOMMENDED CONTINUANCE OF ITEM #9 - PEANUT
WINERY/PEANUT LLC – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00323-UP TO AUGUST 21, 2002.
STAFF RECOMMENDED MOVING ITEM #11 - FOLIE A DEUX WINERY
USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
Public Hearings
6. Consent Agenda.
SEE ITEM 11.
7. Stoney Springs Vineyards
Winery/Glenn Cook and Gayle Shurtz - Use Permit Request #01148-UP
California Environmental Quality (CEQA) Status: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval to modify Use Permit
Exemption #SW-198889 to: (1) increase the production capacity from 6,500 to
20,000 gallons per 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 who will utilize 30% (6,000 gallons per year)
of the proposed production capacity; (4) modify custom production activities to
include retail wine sales, one administrative office, distribution and
shipping, tours and tasting by appointment only; (5) allow a maximum of two of
the four employees for custom production activities; and, (6) add a marketing
plan to recognize one private marketing event and add two custom producer
marketing events for a total of 3 annual private promotional events with a maximum
of 150 person per event, 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. (Continued from June 5, 2002 and to be
continued to August 7, 2002)
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED – NO TESTIMONY
PRESENTED
PUBLIC HEARING
CONTINUED TO AUGUST 7, 2003.
TS-JK-TH-DG-LS
X
X
8. Richard Perry Winery/Richard and Shiela Perry
Trust – Use Permit Request #02108-UP CEQA Status: Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to
establish a new 12,000 gallon per year winery with: (1) a 3,000 square foot winery building; (2) custom crushing
activities (crushing, fermentation, and bottling) for up to one custom producer
utilizing 30% (3,600 gallons per year) of the total approved winery production
capacity; (3) two part-time employees; (4) an average of 2.5 visitors per week;
(5) four parking spaces; (6) tours and tasting for members of the wine trade by
appointment only with no other marketing activities proposed, located on a
20.06 acre parcel west of Green Valley Road approximately 4,500 feet south of
its intersection with Wild Horse Valley Road, within an AW (Agricultural
Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s
Parcel # 045-310-037) 1187 Green Valley
Road, Napa. (Continued from July 3,
2002)
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD - TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION APPROVED
ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1 THROUGH 6 AND ADOPTED THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION.
TS-LS-JK-TH-DG
N
X X
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE
PERMIT #02108-UP BASED ON FINDING 14, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1
THROUGH 17.
TS-LS-JK-TH-DG
N X X
9. Peanut Winery/Peanut LLC - Use Permit Request
#-00323-UP
CEQA Status: Mitigated Negative
Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to
establish a new 15,000-gallon per year winery with: (1) a 4,223 square foot building for fermentation, storage and
lab, a 2,632 square foot building for administration and storage and 4,885
square feet of caves for barrel storage for a winery totaling 11,740 square
feet; (2) two full-time employees with five additional full-time employees during crush; (3) a maximum of 30 visitors
per week; (4) six parking spaces; (5) tours and tasting by appointment only for
two to four people, four times per month; (6) a marketing plan with four
activities per year with a maximum of ten people per event and one luncheon
related to the wine auction for a maximum of 30 people; (7) construction of a
standard sewage system and storage tanks for domestic water storage and fire
protection; and, (8) improvements to the drainage at the intersection of North
Fork Crystal Springs Road and Silverado Trail, located on a 30.37-acre parcel
on the east side of North Fork Crystal Springs Road, approximately 1,738 feet
from its intersection with Silverado Trail within an AW (Agricultural
Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s
Parcel #021-420-007) 230 North Fork
Crystal Springs Road, St. Helena. (To
be continued indefinitely due to Urgency Ordinance)
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED – NO TESTIMONY
PRESENTED
PUBLIC HEARING
CONTINUED TO AUGUST 21, 2003.
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X
X
10. Boeschen Vineyards/Daniel & Susan
Boeschen - Winery Use Permit #02119-UP
CEQA Status:
Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval of a Use Permit to establish a new
20,000 gallon per year winery with: (1)
use of a 1,360 square foot portion of an existing barn and 5,000 square feet of
caves, with two portals (one inside the barn) for a winery totaling 6,360
square feet; (2) 1,400 square feet of crush, press and fermentation tank pads
on existing hillside terraces; (3) custom crushing activities (crushing,
fermenting, barrel aging and bottling) for a maximum of one custom producer
utilizing 50% (10,000 gallons per year) of the total approved winery capacity;
(4) one full-time employee; (5) a maximum of 50 visitors per week; (6) 12
parking spaces; (7) tours and tasting by appointment only; (8) limited on-site
wine sales; and, (9) a marketing plan with four private tastings per year
(quarterly) with catered meals with a maximum 20 people per event, located on a
18.47 acre parcel on the east of Silverado Trail approximately 1,000 feet from
its intersection with Glass Mountain Road, within an AW (Agricultural
Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s
Parcel # 021-200-004), 3242 Silverado Trail, St. Helena.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD - TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION APPROVED
ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1 THROUGH 6 AND ADOPTED THE MITIGATED
NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
JK-TS-TH-DG-LS
X
X
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE
PERMIT #02119-UP BASED ON FINDINGS 7 THROUGH 20, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 17.
JK-TS-TH-DG-LS
X X
11. Folie `a Deux Winery– Use Permit Modification
Request #00395-MOD
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption
Request: Approval to modify Use Permit
# U-18182 to allow the previously approved winery to the following: (1) increase production capacity from 85,000
gallons per year to 100,000 gallons per year; (2) revise the previously
approved #95081-MOD marketing plan which permitted 6-12 promotional events per
year with an average of 9 to 6-12 per year (removing the average of 9). No other changes
to the winery are proposed. The parcel
is located
on a 21.03-acre parcel on the east side of Highway 29, approximately 1,250 feet
southeast of Ehlers Lane within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district.
(Assessor’s Parcel #022-100-010) 3070
St. Helena Highway North.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD –
NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED
ENVIRONMENTAL
DETERMINATION: NONE REQUIRED
(CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT).
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE
PERMIT #00395-MOD BASED ON FINDINGS 4 THROUGH 13, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 6.
JK-TS-TH-DG-LS
X X
Other Business
12. City
Referrals.
NONE
13. Recommend to the Board of Supervisors an
appointee to the Farmworker Housing Oversight Committee and Napa River
Watershed Conservancy/Watershed Information Center (WIC) Board of Directors.
THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT THEY
APPOINT COMMISSIONER SCOTT TO THE FARMWORKER HOUSING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND
CHAIRMAN GRAVES TO THE WIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
JK-TS-TH-DG-LS
X
X
14.
Discussion of items for
the August 7, 2002 meeting.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY
PLANNING DIRECTOR, ADVISED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE AUGUST
7, 2002 MEETING:
SAVIEZ WINERY/PAUL SAVIEZ ET
AL – USE PERMIT REQUEST #01099-UP
OAKVILLE LLC/ROBERT AND
VERONIQUE YEAKEY TRUST – USE PERMIT REQUEST #99141-UP
14. Continued
STONEY SPRINGS VINEYARDS
WINERY/GLENN COOK AND GAYLE SHURTZ – USE PERMIT REQUEST #01148-UP
INTERMEDIATE SETBACK ORDINANCE
PROPOSED
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT #02305-ORD TO REFLECT A CORRECTION FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROHIBITION ON THE
GHOST WINERY ORDINANCE
THE NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT LAND
USE COMMISSION (ALUC) WILL BE MEETING AUGUST 7, 2002, AND THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS APPOINTED A NEW ALUC COMMISSIONER, DEAN STAHR. HE FURTHER ADVISED THE ALUC WILL REVIEW THE
NEW SHERIFF’S FACILITY.
15. Commissioner
Comments.
COMMISSIONER KING REQUESTED
STAFF ADD TO THE ALUC AGENDA FOR AUGUST 7, 2002 AN UPDATE REGARDING THE STANLEY
RANCH PROJECT.
COMMISSIONER KING REQUESTED
STAFF PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT PHILOSOPHY REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT
EFFORT AND STAFFING, INCLUDING SUBSTANTIATION BEHIND THE PHILOSOPHY.
16. Director's
Report on Board of Supervisors' Actions.
BOB NELSON, SUPERVISING
PLANNER, ADVISED THE FIREWORKS POLICY HAS BEEN CHANGED. FIREWORKS ARE NOW HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND
ARE SEPARATE FROM TEMPORARY EVENTS LICENSES.
IN RESPONSE TO MR. NELSON’S
REPORT REGARDING FIREWORKS, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THIS ITEM BE DISCUSSED
AT THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHEN COMMISSIONER HOLZHAUER IS PRESENT,
SINCE HE INITIATED THE FOLLOW-UP TO THIS ITEM.
MR. NELSON PROVIDED COMMENTS
IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY PROVIDED EARLIER TODAY ALONG WITH
COMMISSIONER’S CONCERNS AS THEY RELATE TO SECOND UNITS AND GUEST UNITS. HE ADVISED THESE UNITS ARE CONSTANTLY
CAUSING PROBLEMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND HE WOULD NOT MIND SEEING CLEAN-UP
LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY CURRENT DEFINITIONS TO THE ORDINANCE.
COMMISSIONER SCOTT SUGGESTED
STAFF PREPARE DRAFT CLEAN-UP LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITIONS OF SECOND
UNITS AND GUEST UNITS FOR DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
16. Continued
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, REPORTED ON THE FOLLOWING:
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT
THEIR MEETING JULY 9, 2002 DECLARED INTENT TO DENY THE APPEAL OF THE GROVER WINERY USE PERMIT NO. 00325-UP AND UPHELD THE DECISION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD REQUESTED THE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY FIRE CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT WHAT PERMITS THE COUNTY APPROVES IN THE HILLSIDES AS THEY
RELATE TO FIRE ISSUES.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WILL CONSIDER AN EXTENSION OF THE STREAM SETBACK URGENCY ORDINANCE AT THEIR
MEETING JULY 23, 2002. THE ORDINANCE
WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED UNTIL AN INTERMEDIATE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT
THEIR MEETING JULY 16, 2002 CONSIDERED A REVISED, SMALLER PROJECT SUBMITTED BY
THE APPLICANT FOR CARNEROS LODGE AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
PREPARATION OF A REVISED FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. STAFF HAD PREPARED A WATER ANALYSIS BASED
ON A 70 PERCENT OCCUPANCY, AND THE BOARD SUGGESTED THE WATER ANALYSIS BE
PREPARED BASED ON 80 PERCENT OCCUPANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MARGIN OF ERROR. THE
BOARD WILL CONSIDER THIS PROJECT AT ITS HEARING SET FOR AUGUST 20, 2002.
17. Zoning
Administrator Actions for July, 2002.
NOT DISCUSSED
18.
Future Agenda Items.
MR. LEDERER ADVISED OF THE
FOLLOWING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER
A PROPOSED DAY CARE CENTER AND HEALTH CLUB IN THE AIRPORT AREA AT THEIR MEETING
AUGUST 21, 2002.
THE MONTALCINO PROJECT WILL PROBABLY
BE BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER WITH A NEW APPLICATION AND
TRAFFIC STUDY.
COMMISSIONER SCOTT ASKED A
QUESTION REGARDING THE LETTER THE COMMISSION RECEIVED FOR THE WATER AND
WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FOR WINERIES COURSE AT U.C. DAVIS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST
13, 2002.
18. Continued
MR. LEDERER RESPONDED THAT TRENT CAVE, DIRECTOR,
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, IS TEACHING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
COURSE, AND HE IS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF MR. CAVE TEACHING AN IN-HOUSE
COURSE.
Adjournment.
ADJOURNED TO REGULAR
CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7,
2002 AT 9:00 A.M.
DAVID
GRAVES, Chairperson
ATTEST: CHARLES WILSON, Secretary–Director
MICHELLE
PRICE, Deputy Secretary
Key
Vote: JK = Jim King; TH = Tony Holzhauer; LS =
Larry Schoenke; DG = David Graves; TS = Terrence Scott
The maker of the motion and second are reflected
respectively in the order of the recorded vote.
Notations
under vote: N = No A = Abstain X = Excused