NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM / NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM / USE
PERMIT NO. P24-00072-UP AND VARIANCE NO. P24-00241-VAR
A.
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) General Plan designation at 607 South St. Helena
Highway, St. Helena, CA 94559. APN: 027-150-001-000.
Staff Recommendation: Find the project categorically exempt from CEQA
and approve the Use Permit and Variance as conditioned.
Staff Contact: Andrew Amelung, Planner II, 1195 Third St, Suite 210,
Napa, CA 94559; (707) 253-4307; andrew.amelung@countyofnapa.org
Applicant Contact: Napa Valley Museum, P.O. Box 3567, Yountville, CA
94599; (707) 944-0500; laura@napavalleymuseum.org
Other Representative: Restaurant 209, 2416 E. Wichita, KS, 67219; (316)
