To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith Community Development Director
Prepared By: Michael Allen, Senior Planner, and Carlyce Banayat, Imaging Clerk
TITLE:
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Old Sonoma Road Mixed Use Development
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve the second reading and final passage, and adopt an ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code (NMC) Title 17 to add a new Chapter 17.33 establishing the Old Sonoma Road Mixed-Use Master Plan zone district (MP: OSR-MU) and amending the zoning map to rezone an 8.6 acre parcel at 2344 Old Sonoma Road, APN: 004-291-015, and an adjacent parcel of approximately 2,911 square feet from Public, Quasi-Public (PQ-P) district to the MP: OSR-MU, and determining that the actions authorized by the ordinance were adequately analyzed by a previous CEQA action.
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DISCUSSION:
This is the Second Reading and Final Adoption of an ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code (NMC) Title 17 to add a new Chapter 17.33 establishing the Old Sonoma Road Mixed-Use Master Plan zone district (MP: OSR-MU) and amending the zoning map to rezone an 8.6 acre parcel at 2344 Old Sonoma Road, APN: 004-291-015, and an adjacent parcel of approximately 2,911 square feet from Public, Quasi-Public (PQ-P) district to the MP: OSR-MU, and determining that the actions authorized by the ordinance were adequately analyzed by a previous CEQA action.
The introduction and First Reading of the ordinance was held at the Regular City Council meeting on May 2, 2023. If approved the Ordinance will become effective thirty days following adoption.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
No direct financial impacts to the General Fund have been identified with this application; however, on October 4, 2022, the City Council approved a loan reservation of $3,761,224 million from the City’s 1% Transient Occupancy Tax Fund to fund housing affordable to households earning up to 120% of AMI.
CEQA:
At their regular meeting on May 2, 2023, City Council determined that the Project is consistent with the development density established by the 2040 General Plan, for which the City certified the City of Napa General Plan Update Final EIR (SCH #2021010255) (the “2040 General Plan EIR”), and that no additional environmental review is required because the Project meets the requirements of Section 21083.3 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code §§ 21000-21189.70.10) and Section 15183 of the its implementing regulations (the “CEQA Guidelines”) (California Code of Regulations §§ 15000-15387), and the requirements of Section 15168(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines. The findings and substantial evidence to support this determination are documented in that certain 2344 Old Sonoma Road Mixed Use Initial Study and Consistency Checklist included as Attachment 2 and are summarized as follows:
1. The Project is consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified.
The Project would develop a mixed-use development consistent with the use types and residential densities envisioned for the site by the 2040 General Plan.
2. There are no project specific effects which are peculiar to the Project or its site, and which the 2040 General Plan EIR failed to analyze as significant effects.
The subject property is not significantly different than other properties in the surrounding area, and there are no project specific effects which are peculiar to the Project or its site. The Project site is in an urbanized area developed with similarly sized institutional and residential lots with associated accessory uses. The property does not support any peculiar environmental features, and the Project would not result in any peculiar effects.
3. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which the 2040 General Plan EIR failed to evaluate.
The Project is consistent with the density and use characteristics of the development considered by the 2040 General Plan EIR. The EIR considered the incremental impacts of the Project and no potentially significant off-site or cumulative impacts have been identified which were not previously evaluated.
4. There is no substantial new information which results in more severe impacts than anticipated by the 2040 General Plan EIR.
No new information has been identified which would result in a determination of a more severe impact than what had been anticipated by the 2040 General Plan EIR.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - ORD - Zoning Amendment and CEQA with Exhibits “A”, “B”, “C”, “D1”, and “D2”
ATCH 2 - 15183 Consistency Analysis
NOTIFICATION:
Notice of the scheduled public hearing was provided on April 20, 2023, by US Postal Service to all property owners within a 500-foot radius of the subject property. Notice of the public hearing was also published in the Napa Valley Register on April 21, 2023, and provided to people previously requesting notice on the matter at the same time notice was provided to the newspaper for publication. The Applicant was also provided a copy of this report and the associated attachments in advance of the public hearing on the project.