TO: Napa County Planning Commission
FROM: Brian Bordona - Interim Director Planning, Building & Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Emily Hedge, Planner III - (707) 259-8226
SUBJECT: Piazza Del Dotto Winery P18-00143-MOD
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YOUNTVILLE VINEYARDS LLC / PIAZZA DEL DOTTO WINERY / USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION P18-00143
CEQA STATUS: Consideration and possible adoption of a Negative Declaration. According to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts. This project is not on any lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government Code Section 65962.5.
REQUEST: Approval of a Major Modification to increase production, number of employees, and number of visitors. The project would add additional events to the existing marketing plan, permit on-premises consumption in additional areas on site, and allow outdoor speakers for background music. Physical changes on site include construction of an approximately 45,500 s.f. winery building with a 700 s.f. lounge building, increase the existing cave from 8,000 s.f. to 24,600 s.f., cabanas in the hospitality building patio, additional parking spaces, and improvements to an existing driveway off Yount Mill Road for non-public, emergency access. The project site is located on a 20.1-acre parcel at 7466 St. Helena Highway/State Route 29, Yountville, CA 94558. The General Plan designation is Agricultural Resource (AR) and the Zoning is Agricultural Preserve (AP). APN: 031-120-035.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Continue the item to the July 13, 2023, Planning Commission Special Meeting.
STAFF CONTACT: Emily Hedge, Planner III, (707) 259-8226 or emily.hedge@countyofnapa.org
APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT: Dan Westphal, O'Malley Wilson Westphal, Inc, 555 Fifth Street, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95401; (707) 636-0828; dan@omalleywilsonwestphal.com
CONTINUED FROM APRIL 19, 2023; TO BE CONTINUED TO THE JULY 13, 2023, PLANNING COMMISSION SPEC...
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