TO: Napa County Planning Commission
FROM: Brian D. Bordona - Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Andrew Amelung - Planner II
SUBJECT: Napa Valley Museum Use Permit and Variance
RECOMMENDATION
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NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM / NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM / USE PERMIT NO. P24-00072-UP AND VARIANCE NO. P24-00241-VAR
CEQA status: It has been determined that this type of project does not have a significant effect on the environment and is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. [See Class 1 ("Existing Facilities") and Class 2 ("Replacement or Reconstruction") which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act at 14 CCR ?15301; see also Napa County's Local Procedures for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, Appendix B.]
Request: That the Napa County Planning Commission consider the following:
1. Approval of a Use Permit to convert approximately 10,775 square feet of combined marketplace use (7,880 square feet) and ancillary use (2,895 square feet) to a reduced marketplace use (1,439 square feet) and an increased ancillary use (3,022 square feet), with the introduction of 6,272 new square feet of quasi-public use in the form of a nonprofit museum, for total proposed use of 10,733 square feet. The marketplace will be operated by The Understudy, an affiliate of the neighboring Press Restaurant, while the quasi-public, nonprofit museum will be operated by the Napa Valley Museum.
2. Approval of a Variance to maintain the existing parking and landscaping as described in the Certificate of the Extent of Legal Nonconformity (CLN 96472) as an exception to the landscaping and parking requirements for the Commercial Neighborhood (CN) base zoning district described in Napa County Code (NCC) ? 18.32.060 and 18.32.070.
The project is located on an approximately 1.41-acre parcel within the Commercial Neighborhood (CN) base zoning district with an Agricultural Resource (AR) Ge...
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