TO: Napa County Planning Commission
FROM: Brian D. Bordona Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Kelli Cahill, Planner III, (707) 265-2325
SUBJECT: William Cole Winery Use Permit Major Modification No. P19-00101-MOD and Variance P19-00441-VAR
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WILLIAM COLE WINERY (WILLIAM BALLENTINE JR. AND JANE SORENSON TR) / USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION NO. P19-00101 - MOD & VARIANCE P19-00441-VAR
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. State Clearinghouse No. SCH 2024030466.
REQUEST: This application was submitted to participate in the County's Code Compliance Program as described in Resolution No. 2018-164 adopted by the Napa County Board of Supervisors on December 4, 2018. The proposal is to modify an existing winery Use Permit and subsequent modifications to recognize and approve items that are out of compliance with the permitted entitlements and for expansion beyond existing entitlements such as production, number of employees, weekly visitation, marketing activities, on-premises consumption of wine produced on-site, parking, conversion of an existing agricultural barn for winery use, outdoor hospitality areas, and necessary infrastructure improvements and upgrades. The request also includes a Variance to the road setback requirement of 600 feet from Highway 29, where the existing barn is located less than 320 feet from Highway 29. The project is located on a 5.72-acre site within the Agricultural Watershed (AW) zoning district and General Plan designated as Agriculture, Watershed, and Open Space (AWOS). The site is accessed via an existing shared private driveway off State Highway 29, approximately 485 feet north of the St. Helena city limi...
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