Small Wind Energy Zoning Ordinance, County-Initiated Zoning Code Text Amendment No. P10-00243-ORD
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2010092055
- Lead Agency
- Napa County
- Document Title
- Small Wind Energy Zoning Ordinance, County-Initiated Zoning Code Text Amendment No. P10-00243-ORD
- Document Type
- NEG - Negative Declaration
- Received
- Present Land Use
- LU: Agriculture, Rural Residential, Industrial, Open Space, Recreation ZD: Agricultural Preserve (AP), Agricultural Watershed (AW), and Industrial (I) GPLUD: Agricultural Resource (AR), Agriculture, Watershed, and Open Space (AWOS), and Industrial (I)
- Document Description
- NOTE: Review per lead Board of Supervisors adoption of an ordinance, as provided for under California Assembly Bill 45 (Blakeslee, Distributed generation: Small Wind Energy Systems (2009)), permitting the installation of small wind energy systems in the unincorporated areas of Napa County that are outside urbanized areas, on parcels greater than 2 acres in size in the AP, AW, and I zoning districts. The ordinance establishes a process for the issuance of administrative and conditional use permits for these systems, subject to specified conditions regarding aspects of the system's location and operation so as to be protective of Napa County's unique and diverse environmental resources. By providing for the safe and effective use of small wind energy systems to reduce the consumption of centralized utility-supplied electricity, the ordinance fosters the local production of renewable energy.
- Contact Information
-
Jeff Sharp
Napa County Conservatrion, Development & Planning Department
1195 Third Street, Room 210
Napa, CA 94559-3092
Phone : (707) 259-5936
Location
- Cities
- American Canyon Calistoga Napa St. Helena Yountville
- Counties
- Napa
- Regions
- Countywide
- Cross Streets
- Countywide
- Total Acres
- +506,000
- State Highways
- Hwy 12, 29, 80, 121, 128, 221
- Railways
- Northern California RR
- Airports
- Napa County, Angwin (Parrett Fie
- Schools
- All within County
- Waterways
- Countywide
- Township
- 12-4N,
- Range
- 5-3W,
- Section
- All
- Base
- MDB&M
- Other Information
- Twshp: 9-8N Range: 7-2W
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Other (Regulations related to location & dev. of sm. wind energy system)
- Local Action
- Use Permit Other Action Other Action: Adoption of county land use ordinance
- Project Issues
- Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Drainage/Absorption Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Public Services Recreation/Parks Schools/Universities Septic System Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Wetland/Riparian Wildlife Land Use Cumulative Effects
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, District 4 California Energy Commission California Native American Heritage Commission California Public Utilities Commission California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics Department of Water Resources Resources Agency
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