Napa City Banner
File #: 752-2017    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Evening Public Hearings Status: Passed
File created: 3/3/2017 In control: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA
On agenda: 3/21/2017 Final action: 3/21/2017
Title: General Plan Amendment and Rezoning of property located at 750 Third Street, north of Third Street and east of Soscol Avenue.
Indexes: General Plan
Attachments: 1. ATCH 1 - Draft Resolution Adopting Negative Declaration, 2. ATCH 2 - Draft Resolution with Exs "A1" and "A2" - Amending General Plan, 3. ATCH 3 - Draft Ordinance with Exs "A1" and "A2" Amending Zoning Map, 4. ATCH 4 - Planning Commission Staff Report - 030217, 5. ATCH 5 - Initial Study and Negative Declaration
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council

From: Rick Tooker, Community Development Director

Prepared By: Michael Walker, Senior Planner

TITLE:
Title
General Plan Amendment and Rezoning of property located at 750 Third Street, north of Third Street and east of Soscol Avenue.

LABEL
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendationle

1. Adopt a resolution adopting a Negative Declaration for the Third Street General Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment;
2. Adopt a resolution amending the General Plan Land Use Designation for the property at 750 Third Street from "Traditional Residential Infill" (TRI-190) to "Mixed Use" (MU-532); and
3. Approve the first reading and introduction of an ordinance amending the Zoning Map established under Napa Municipal Code Section 17.04.050 pertaining to the rezoning of property located at 750 Third Street from RT-5, Traditional Residential District, to MU-G, Gateway Mixed Use District.

Body
DISCUSSION:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
City staff recommends approval of a General Plan and Zoning Amendment to re-designate the land use for three parcels at 750 Third Street from Traditional Residential Infill (TRI-190) to Mixed Use (MU-532) and to rezone the parcels from Traditional Residential (RT-5) to Gateway Mixed Use (MU-G) to facilitate the construction of a paved parking lot.
The subject property is comprised of three parcels (1.6 acres) that have been covered with gravel and used in recent years for construction staging, special event parking and parking by nearby uses such as tenants located across the railroad tracks to the west. The lot is mostly flat and with no vegetation. The subject property is bordered by the Napa River on the north, residential uses on adjacent properties to the south and east, and railroad tracks to the west.

Most of the property is anticipated to be remapped out of the floodway by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the letter of map revision (LOMR) process. However, a portion of the propert...

Click here for full text