To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Carlyce Banayat, Imaging Clerk
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Polvora Card Room
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve the second reading and final passage, and adopt an ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code Chapters 5.16, 17.10, and 17.52 to authorize a card room as a conditionally permitted use in the Community Commercial District, to increase the number of card tables permitted in the City from five to nine, to increase the allowable number of patrons at a card table from 10 to 15 and to allow alcohol to be consumed in a card room and determining that the actions authorized by this ordinance are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
This is the Second Reading and Final Adoption of an ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code Chapters 5.16, 17.10, and 17.52 to authorize a card room as a conditionally permitted use in the Community Commercial District, to increase the number of card tables permitted in the City from five to nine, to increase the allowable number of patrons at a card table from 10 to 15 and to allow alcohol to be consumed in a card room and determining that the actions authorized by this ordinance are exempt from CEQA. The introduction and First Reading was held at the Regular City Council meeting on June 16, 2020. If approved the Ordinance will become effective thirty days following adoption.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
No direct financial impacts to the General Funds have been identified with this application.
CEQA:
At their regular meeting on June 16, 2020, City Council determined that the potential environmental effects of the Recommended Action are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines (Categorical Exemptions; Class 1), which exempts the operations of existing private structures which involves negligible or no expansion of the existing or former use; and in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines which exempts an activity that does not have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment.
The City Council further determined that the exceptions to categorical exemptions identified in Section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines are inapplicable because the land is in an urbanized area with no environmentally sensitive habitats or species of concern on the property, there has been no successive effort to intensify land uses in the area, and no unusual circumstances exist that would pose a reasonable possibility of having a significant effect on the environment. Based on this analysis, no significant environmental effects would result from this project and the exemptions are appropriate.
The proposed use would operate within an existing structure which formerly housed a similar use (a restaurant) that exhibited a similar level of intensity and function. No expansion of the building footprint is proposed. In addition, the amendments to the NMC proposed by the project would merely clarify that a card room is a conditionally allowed use within the Community Commercial District and slightly expand operational characteristics to be consistent with State Law. Under the project, the number of card rooms allowed within the City would continue to be limited to one and no additional card room permits would be issued beyond the existing permit which would be transferred to the Applicant.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Ordinance
NOTIFICATION:
Mailing by US Postal Service was provided to all property owners within a 500-foot radius of the subject property; legal notices of public hearings were published in the Napa Valley Register.