The purpose of the Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan is to:
A. Develop
a low-density, destination resort and winery, using the highest quality,
sustainable development design features, compatible with the existing
agricultural uses which support the economic needs of the community;
B. Protect
agricultural uses, sensitive wetland and creek habitat areas in the
district and facilitate public access to open space within and adjacent
to the district, including new trail connections to the Napa River;
C. Create
a sense of place within the Stanly Ranch planning area through careful
consideration of density, building design and complementary uses that
respond to their geographic context;
D. Create
strong linkages among uses on site, to the river and rest of the city
through provision of pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle connections that
will fit into the planned, area-wide transportation plan;
E. Create
a resort district with a low density, luxury destination resort. The
resort will provide visitors with an unparalleled Napa Valley experience,
including an operational winery. The resort units will be a combination
of traditional hotel units, vacation homes and fractional ownership
units. The resort amenities will include a spa, fitness and recreation
areas (such as tennis and bocce courts and similar facilities), outdoor
pools, restaurants, banquet and event space;
F. Reflect
and amplify the policies of the City of Napa General Plan and implement
the General Plan Land Use Element "Tourist Commercial" designation
for the site;
G. Implement the City of Napa Municipal Code through the incorporation of all applicable controls in accordance with the Master Plan adoption process as set forth in Chapter
17.26;
H. Incorporate
and require implementation of mitigation measures as set forth in
the environmental review conducted as part of the establishment of
the Ranch Resort District;
I. Provide
for the ongoing implementation of the Master Plan development standards
through the establishment of procedures and standards for subsequent
amendments, permitting actions and enforcement measures.
(O2010 7, 5/4/10)
For purposes of this chapter, these specific definitions apply:
"Five star resort"
means a standard of physical features of, and operational
(service expectation) aspects for a hotel that meets or exceeds the
criteria established for the American Automobile Association "five
diamond" properties. Should the American Automobile Association cease
to exist or to publish physical and/or operational criteria for hotels,
or where otherwise necessary to further the purposes of this chapter,
the Community Development Director may utilize a similar set of criteria
that he or she finds will meet the intent of the definition. The five
star resort standard shall also include, without limitation, operation
of the hotel on a seven-day a week basis, with sufficient room service,
housekeeping (including housekeeping of fractional units and whole
ownership dwelling units), food and beverage service, concierge, parking,
bellman banqueting and meeting services.
"Fractional units"
mean attached or detached transient dwellings subject to
a condominium subdivision, which are intended for sale in partial-year
increments.
"Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan EIR"
refers to the document entitled "St. Regis Napa Valley Project
EIR" (State Clearinghouse Number 2009032009) including all documents
incorporated therein by reference.
"Whole ownership dwelling units"
mean attached or detached residential dwellings, subject
to a condominium subdivision, which are intended for sale for the
purpose of occupancy by the owner without limitation as to length
or time of stay, and with full access to resort services and amenities.
(O2010 7, 5/4/10)
The Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan is located within the Stanly
Ranch planning area, and comprises approximately 93 acres described
as Parcels 3, 4, 9 and 10 of the Stanly Ranch Vineyards Subdivision,
Map 5539. The Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan comprises a single zoning
district.
(O2010 7, 5/4/10)
A. Stanly
Ranch Master Use Permit.
1. Stanly
Ranch Master Use Permit Required Prior to Development. All other provisions
of this chapter notwithstanding, no development pursuant to this Master
Plan district shall be allowed prior to the issuance of a Stanly Ranch
master use permit.
2. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of the Stanly Ranch master use permit is to require that any applicant for development within the district be held responsible for meeting the design and operational objectives set forth in Section
17.30.010. In adopting this process, the intent is to provide the means to place conditions on development related to design guidelines, ongoing monitoring of development impacts, operating conditions and standards, and agreed-upon developer and operator fiscal and economic contributions.
3. Authority,
Processing and Findings.
a. The authority to approve, conditionally approve, or deny a Stanly Ranch master use permit shall be the City Council. The Stanly Ranch master use permit shall be subject to processing and to findings as set forth in Chapter
17.60, "Use Permits," of this code, substituting the City Council as the authority, Section
17.60.020, "Authority," notwithstanding.
b. A further finding which must be made prior to the approval of a Stanly
Ranch master use permit shall be: the proposed design and operation
of the development will result in a five star resort.
B. Permitted
Uses.
1. Stanly
Ranch Resort Master Plan District General Description of Uses. The
primary permitted uses of the district will generally comprise hotel
units, fractional units, and site improvements typical of a premiere
destination resort with the added feature of an associated winery.
2. Primary
Permitted Uses. The primary permitted uses of the district are hotel,
offering transient lodging accommodations on a daily rate to the general
public; fractional units; and winery. The total number of transient
units shall be no greater than 175 units, allocated between the primary
permitted uses (hotel units plus fractional units). The winery as
permitted use will be a public commercial winery, with normal attendant
accessory uses and site improvements, including vineyard. The primary
permitted uses of the Stanly Ranch Resort master plan district, as
described in this subsection, are limited as set forth in Table A;
provided, however, that the allocation of transient units between
hotel and fractional units may vary by up to 15 units.
Table A Primary Permitted Uses
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Use
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Size or Unit Allocation
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Description/Conditions
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Hotel
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150 units
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Attached hotel units without kitchens.
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Normal uses and structures related to the operation and support
of hotel units.
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Fractional Units
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25 units
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Detached or duplex units, with kitchens.
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Winery
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25,000 case capacity
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Tours, tastings and retail sales are permitted as defined per Section 17.52.540.
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Wine produced required to contain at minimum 75% Napa County
grapes.
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3. Accessory
and Related Uses. The primary permitted uses listed in the preceding
Table A demand a number of associated and normally expected accessory
and support uses. Table B specifically provides for such accessory
and support uses to be established within the district by right, subject
to conditions and restrictions herein. A certificate of occupancy
shall not be issued for any whole ownership dwelling unit until at
least 85 units of primary permitted transient occupancy units (hotel
or fractional units) are approved by the city for occupancy.
Table B Accessory and Related Uses
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Accessory Use
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Zoning Ordinance Entries
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Conditions/Restrictions
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Food, Beverage and Entertainment Uses
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Catering (with retail sales)
Cocktail lounges, bars, nightclubs
Food service establishments
with or without accessory serving of beer or wine;
with a bar, live entertainment
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Conducted within the grounds and buildings of the hotel and
its accessory buildings.
Permitted by right, Section 17.52.070 notwithstanding.
Subject to state licensing for on-sale alcohol.
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Food, Beverage Shops and Stores
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Food and beverage sales with or without accessory serving of
beer or wine
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Conducted within the enclosed buildings of the hotel and its
accessory buildings.
Primarily provided for the convenience and service to lodging
guests of the resort.
Subject to state licensing for off-sale alcohol.
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Other Shops, Stores and Commercial Services
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Car rentals
Travel services
Resort unit sales and marketing offices
Financial services offices
Automatic teller machines
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Conducted within the enclosed buildings of the hotel and its
accessory buildings.
Primarily provided for the convenience and service to lodging
guests of the resort.
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Spas
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Health and fitness facilities
Therapeutic massage
Beauty shops/salon services
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Primarily provided for the convenience and service to guests
of the resort but available to the general public.
Massage use subject to Chapter 5.32.
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Maintenance, Storage and Operations Functions
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Small equipment maintenance and repair
Recycling and waste storage
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Conducted within the enclosed buildings of the hotel and its
accessory buildings or in a separate building or buildings screened
from public view and enclosure to reduce noise.
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Outdoor Storage
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Outdoor storage
Outdoor recycling and waste storage
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Conducted within screened enclosures and not visible from any
location outside the resort district.
Subject to design review.
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External Installations
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Satellite dishes
Signs
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Subject to design review at the time of approval of the structure
to which they are to be attached.
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Vineyard
Beekeeping
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Agricultural
Beekeeping
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Vineyards in the resort district shall not constitute a primary agricultural use, nor obligate regulation or setback per Section 17.52.040.
Grapes grown as part of vineyard landscape in the resort district
may be commercially harvested and sold.
Permitted, see standards Ch. 17.52
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Parking
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Parking structures
Parking lots
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Structures and lots, meeting a shared parking demand analysis or the minimum requirements for parking per Chapter 17.54 and shall be subject to a design review permit per Chapter 17.62.
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Whole Ownership Dwelling Units
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Residential dwelling units (attached or detached)
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Additional units, not included in the primary permitted use unit count in Section 17.30.040(B)(2).
Total whole ownership units shall not exceed 70 units.
Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 17.52.515 (Vacation Rental Permits), each owner of a whole ownership dwelling unit shall be conditionally permitted to operate a transient occupancy use in the district, pursuant to the requirements of a Stanly Ranch master use permit.
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C. Temporary,
Special Uses, and Other Uses.
1. Temporary or Special Event Uses. Parades, circuses, carnivals or gatherings of 500 or more persons shall be deemed to be a "special event" as that term is used in Chapter
12.48, and shall be subject to all requirement and limitations imposed on special events pursuant to Chapter
12.48, including the requirement to obtain a permit.
2. Other Accessory Uses or Use Determinations. Uses that are not explicitly permitted or conditionally permitted in this district shall be prohibited, unless the Community Development Director determines that the proposed use is substantially similar to a permitted or conditionally permitted use in this district, pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section
17.04.050 of this code.
(O2010 7, 5/4/10; O2014-3, 3/4/14)
A. Parking. On-site parking and loading shall be provided in accord with Chapter
17.54, or pursuant to a parking study and project design approved pursuant to a Stanly Ranch master use permit.
B. Accessory Structures. Nonresidential accessory structures shall meet standards for principal buildings. Walks or similar types of surfaced areas constructed at grade, fences (see Chapter
17.52 standards) and signs (see Chapter
17.55, Sign Ordinance) may be located in setback areas, subject to observance of the regulations related to visibility triangle, Section
17.52.170(C).
C. Screening of Trash, Outdoor Storage. See Chapter
17.52 for outdoor storage screening requirements.
D. Rooftop
Equipment. Rooftop equipment shall be screened and integrated into
the building architecture. Screens shall not disproportionately increase
the mass of the building.
E. Landscaping.
All planting strips, yards, setbacks and other required open space
areas shall be landscaped in accordance with city standards, approved
by the decision-making body as part of the design review or other
discretionary permit. All landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy,
weed-free condition. Landscape maintenance agreements may be required
by the Community Development Director for sites determined to be sensitive
sites.
F. Street
Trees. Street trees in rights-of-way shall be installed if the Community
Resources Director determines they are required in accordance with
plans as approved, a Stanly Ranch master use permit or city standards,
as applicable.
G. Public
Works Improvements. Curb, gutter, sidewalk, street, drainage, utility
undergrounding and similar improvements shall be installed if the
Public Works Director determines they are required in accordance with
the Stanly master use permit, the Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan
FEIR, Policy Resolution 27 or Public Works Department standard specifications
as applied to development designs submitted.
H. Lighting.
Exterior lighting shall be directed or shielded so as to prevent glare
onto public streets and abutting residential properties.
I. Noise. Development and operation of uses within the Stanly Ranch Master Plan shall comply with Chapter
17.52 and Section
8.08.020.
J. Conditions,
Covenants and Restrictions, Required Elements. All fractional and
whole ownership units shall be subject to conditions, covenants and
restrictions (CC&Rs). The CC&Rs shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Community Development Director and approval as
to form by the City Attorney, prior to the opening of any unit purchase
escrow. The City of Napa shall be a party to the CC&Rs, with the
right but without the obligation to enforce their provisions. The
CC&Rs shall include elements requiring notification and acknowledgment
of the potential impacts from the following site and area features:
1. Napa
County Airport/avigation easement;
3. Agricultural
uses on adjacent parcels (right to farm);
5. Public
open space parcels;
6. Payment
of an affordable housing fee at close of escrow for each whole ownership
dwelling unit (as defined by Master Use Permit Condition No. 13).
K. Owners
Association. An owners association (OA) shall be established to govern,
manage, maintain and operate the hotel, fractional units and whole
ownership dwelling units. The OA services shall include, but not be
limited to, housekeeping for all public areas (including lobby and
hallways), front desk, concierge services, and other such services
as a hotel in accordance with CC&Rs to the satisfaction of the
Community Development Director, and approved as to form by the City
Attorney. The CC&Rs shall require that all portions of the resort
(including all primary and accessory units, with the exception of
the winery, vineyards and pond), including, but not limited to, landscape
and open space areas, lobby, hallways, parking banquet/ballroom facilities,
conference facilities, restaurant, retails, parking, recreational
and spa facilities and other amenities and improvements (collectively
"amenities") as well as individual hotel, fractional and whole ownership
dwelling units, their furniture, fixtures, and equipment shall be
maintained and operated in accordance a five star resort standard.
L. Fractional Units. Each fractional unit may be used by the owners of the corresponding fractional unit for a total of 168 days per calendar year without payment of TOT, which total number of TOT-exempt days may be divided among a number of fractional owners. Each fractional unit owner may use the unit for a maximum of 14 days per calendar year without payment of TOT. At all other times, each unit shall be used for transient occupancy purposes only; and no unit may be rented to, or used by, any person(s) for more than 30 consecutive days. Fractional owners who exceed 14 days of use in a calendar year shall pay a TOT for each day in excess of 14 days using an average daily rate, calculated as the total amount of TOT owed by the operator for hotel from nonowner transient occupied fractional units for the subject calendar month, divided by the total number of nonowner transient days charged during the same calendar month (as measured consistent with the city's Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance, Napa Municipal Code Chapter
3.20).
M. For each day that any person other than a fractional owner (including the developer, operator, or other similar entity) has the privilege of occupancy (as that phrase is used in Napa Municipal Code Chapter
3.20) of a fractional unit, the fractional unit owner or operator shall be subject to payment of the TOT.
N. Whole Ownership Dwelling Units. For each whole ownership dwelling unit, as defined in the Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan, TOT at the rate established by the City of Napa shall be paid on the rental amount paid if the unit is rented to a person who is not the owner of the unit for a period of less than 30 days. If any whole ownership dwelling unit is owned as a fractional unit, each fractional owner of the fractional unit shall pay TOT in accordance with subsections
(L) and
(M).
(O2010 7, 5/4/10; O2019-001, 1/15/19)
A. New structures, additions and exterior remodels and residential development or the subdivision of any lot shall require design review by the Community Development Director, Planning Commission or City Council as described in Chapter
17.62 (Design Review Permits), and consistent with design guidelines adopted pursuant to a Stanly Ranch Resort Master Plan master use permit.
B. For the purposes of this section, all initial approvals for habitable space, including the hotel, fractional units, whole ownership dwelling units, winery, accessory buildings and above grade parking structures shall be considered to comprise a single mixed use project, each component of which is subject to design review by the City Council per Section
17.30.080(C) of this chapter.
C. The painting of walls with murals, wall graphics or unusual paint colors incompatible with their context shall also require review in accordance with Chapter
17.62.
D. Signs shall require review in accordance with Chapter
17.55, Sign Ordinance.
(O2010 7, 5/4/10; O2019-001, 1/15/19)