TO: Airport Land Use Commission
FROM: Dana Morrison, Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Dana Morrison, ALUC Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Countywide Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Consistency Determination (P25-00196) for the County of Napa updates to the General Plan and Zoning Code (P25-00195)
RECOMMENDATION
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Airport Land Use Compatibility Review and Consistency Determination for the Napa County General Plan and Zoning Code Updates, as required pursuant to the State Aeronautic Act and Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 21676. Napa County is proposing changes to the existing General Plan and Zoning Code to ensure their consistency with the recently adopted 2024 Napa Countywide Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP).
Staff recommends that the Commission find the project consistent with the Countywide ALUCP.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 2024 ALUCP created additional ALUC Zones, with each zone detailing what types of development can be found 'Normally Compatible," "Conditionally Compatible," and "Incompatible" with airport operations at the Napa County Airport and Angwin Airport- Parrett Field. There are 6 zones for Angwin Airport (Zones A, B, C, D1, D2, and E) and 8 Zones for the Napa County Airport (Zones: A, B1, B2, B3, C, D1, D2 and E). Previously, the 1999 adopted ALUCP contained only 5 zones total (Zones: A, B, C, D and E).
Napa County is considering a general plan amendment to achieve consistency with the ALUC's recently adopted ALUCP. Napa County's General Plan serves as a long-term framework for future growth and development in the County. The General Plan represents the community's view of its future and contains the goals and policies upon which the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, staff, and the entire community will base land use and resource decisions. The County is currently initiating an update to the entire General Plan; however, this is simply an amendment to the existing 2008 General Plan's ...
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