TO: Napa County Planning Commission
FROM: Brian Bordona, Interim Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Charlene Gallina, Supervising Planner
SUBJECT: Residential Development Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE ORDINANCE AND TEXT AMENDMENT FOR PARCELS LOCATED IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE ZONING DISTRICT
CEQA STATUS: Consideration and possible adoption of Categorical Exemptions: Categorical Exemption Class 3 ("New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures") which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the CEQA at 14 CCR ?15303; Categorical Exemption Class 4 ("Minor Alterations to Land") which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the CEQA at 14 CC?15304; Categorical Exemption Class 7 ("Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources") which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the CEQA at 14 CCR ?15307; Categorical Exemption Class 8 ("Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment") which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the CEQA at 14 CCR ?15308; and General Rule in that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the proposed action may have a significant effect on the environment and therefore CEQA is not applicable. [See Guidelines for the Implementation of the CEQA 14 CCR ?15061(b)(3); and CEQA Guidelines ?15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning), those portions require no additional environmental review).
REQUEST: County-sponsored Zoning Ordinance amending Title 18 (Zoning) to limit new residential development and accessory structures on lands in the Agricultural Preserve (AP) Zoning District to one contiguous acre, and allow limited administrative exceptions for non-contiguous envelopes not exceeding one-acre in aggregate area when warranted by certain environmental or legal constraints. For development envelopes that do no...
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