TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works - Airport
REPORT BY: Mark Witsoe, Airport Manager
SUBJECT: Certificate of Acceptance for Avigation and Hazard Easement - Napa Sanitation District
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize a Certificate of Acceptance of Avigation and Hazard Easement Deed from the Napa Sanitation District for the Laketricity Floating Solar Project within the Napa Sanitation District complex to preserve the Napa County Airport's right to engage in and support aviation uses and to prevent the subject property from being used in a manner which creates avigation hazards. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
The purpose of an Avigation and Hazard Easement Deed is to preserve for the Napa County Airport, the right to continue to engage in, and support aviation uses at the Airport; even though, when reasonably operated, such uses may incidentally result in noise, vibrations, fumes, dust, and the emission of fuel particles affecting the property subject to the easement, when such uses are occurring in the airspace above such property. These easement deeds also prevent properties adjacent to the Airport from being used in a manner which creates avigation hazards such as glare, radio interference, and excessively tall ground-based obstructions. As a recorded easement, the deed will also serve to formally notify the property owner and their successors in interest that the parcel is close to an airport, and due to such proximity may be subject to such noise, vibrations, fumes, and building/ landscaping restrictions.
The subject Avigation and Hazard Easement Deed, attached, is required as a prerequisite to the County’s issuance of a building permit for the Laketricity Floating Solar Project because the Project parcels lie within Zone B2 and D1 of the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan for the Napa County Airport. Government Code section 27281 requires that the Certificate of Acceptance be signed by the County, as owner of the Airport, prior to recordation. Parcels requiring avigation and hazard easement deeds are those having an Airport Compatibility Combination District zoning designation as defined in County Code Chapter 18.80. These easements are required by Napa County Code Chapter 18.80 and Section 15.08.040(A)(4) as a prerequisite to issuance of a building permit for the property subject to the easement. In addition, an avigation easement is required for commercial renewable energy production facilities located within an Airport Influence Area under Napa County Code Chapter 18.117.
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Certificate of Acceptance of Avigation and Hazard Easement Deed from the Napa Sanitation District for the Laketricity Floating Solar Project within the Napa Sanitation District complex (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 057-010-010; 057-050-003; 057-010-038; 057-010-039; 046-400-016; 046-400-011 and) to preserve the Napa County Airport's right to engage in and support aviation uses and to prevent the subject property from being used in a manner which creates avigation hazards.
FISCAL IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Discretionary |
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Discretionary Justification: |
Acceptance of the Avigation and Hazard Easement Deed protects operation of the Napa County Airport. |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
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Future fiscal impact: |
None |
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Consequences if not approved: |
Project building permit for Napa Sanitation will be delayed. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations section 15301 - Class 1: Operation or maintenance of existing facility, in that the purpose of the easement is to facilitate continued operation of the existing Napa County Airport by preventing future interference with aviation on, over, and in the immediate vicinity of the Airport from uses conducted on the property subject to the easement.