Development Permit
Application
Amended Jan. 17, 2024
017533.0001 4875
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1987
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9300.5
Project Description
On June 16, 2020, the Napa
City
Council approv
ed
a
mendments to the Chapter 5.16
(Ordinance No. 2020
-
009) and a
use permit (
Resolution No. R2020
-
088
)
for the operation of
a
card room with 12 tables
at 505 Lincoln Ave (the “Site”)
. The use permit allows the card room,
now known as Ace & Vine, to have 9 of the 12 tables in operation at one -
time
consistent with
Section 5.16.140 of the Napa Municipal Code, as amended .
Recentl
y
,
the Legislature approved and the Governor signed
into law
Assembly Bill 341
(“AB
341”) to add Section 19961.07 to the
California Business and Professions Code
. Under
Section
19961.07, a city may allow a
card room
,
operat
ing
fewer than 20
tables
,
to increase
the amount
of
tables by
two
and
u
p
to
two
additional
tables every
subsequent
four
years not t
o
exceed
ten
additional tables
.
Pursuant to Section 19961.07, the applicant
seeks to amend Napa Municipal
Code Section 5.16.140 and its use permit to
increase the
number
of tables it may operate
at
one time
to 11 tables,
while
maintaining the same
overall number of
12 tables in the card room
establishment
as allowed under
its existing use permit
.
No site modifications or expansion of the subject build ing is proposed under this application.
The card table layout will not change and remain
substantially
consistent wit
h the
Gaming Table
Plan,
dated August 28, 2019
,
originally approved by the City.
Consistent with
Condition No. 28
of R2020
-
088, the applicant will pay the Supplemental Table Fee of $10,000 annually
per table
for the additional two tables in operation
. This would amount to an additional $20,000
in table
fees to the City.
The Site provides 130 parkin
g spaces.
Consistent with
NMC Section 17.54.040, the City
established a parking demand of 114 spaces for the restaurant and assumed 41 spaces for the card room. While there is no parking demand ratio for a card room use, staff assumed one parking space per
one card table seat based on a 41
-
seat occupancy.
This was a conservative
assumption as card players frequently travel in group
s
of two to four, as opposed to individual
vehicle trips. In addition, Ace & Vine offers free local pick -
up and drop
-
off as an a
menity to its
players
—
significantly reducing the vehicle trips to the Site. However, using the previous assumptions and considering the tables most frequently in use, the project like
ly allows for an
additional 5
-
player table and 7
-
player table,
totaling
1 2 additional seats. As a result, the Site’s
130 parking spaces
will
—
using the previous conservative assumptions
—
accommodate a new
parking demand
of no greater than
122 spaces.
Under the project and state law, including AB 341, the number of card rooms al lowed within the
City of Napa
will
continue to be limited to one and no additional card room permits would be issued beyond the existing permit held by the applicant.
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