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ATCH 3 - Project Renderings

Napa City Council
December 2, 2025

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ATCH 3 - Project Renderings
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December 2, 2025
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THE COLORED PERSPECTIVE RENDERINGS AND EXTERIOR

ELEVATIONS WERE PREPARED BY BACKEN & BACKEN

ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURAL

CONCEPT FOR THE PLANNING APPLICATION OF THE
PROPOSED HOTEL OXBOW PROJECT IN 2022.

ARRIS STUDIO ARCHITECTS IS CURRENTLY PREPARING THE

BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THIS PROPOSED HOTEL

OXBOW PROJECT AND HAS DEVELOPED THE PROJECT

FROM THE APPROVED CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES AND
RENDERINGS TO BUILDABLE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

IN THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SOME CHANGES

TO THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS WERE MADE AS THE PLANS
WERE RATIONALIZED FROM THE RENDERINGS.

THE BUILDING PERMIT SET IS CONSISTENT IN THE OVERALL
DESIGN INTENT WITH THE APPROVED ENTITLEMENTS.

CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WAS PAID TO CARRY THE

DESIGN LANGUAGE AND INTENTIONS FROM THE ENTITLED
DRAWINGS TO THE BUILDING PERMIT SET.

RENDERING BY BACKEN & BACKEN ARCHITECTURE

EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS
Entitlement Renderings vs. Construction Documents

HOTEL OXBOW - NAPA, CALIFORNIA
Planning Amendment Application

CONSTRUCTION MODEL VIEW BY ARRIS STUDIO ARCHITECTS
ATTACHMENT 3

CONSTRUCTION ELEVATIONS BY ARRIS STUDIO ARCHITECTS
SHEET SCALE: 1/32" = 1'-0"

EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS
Entitlement Renderings vs. Construction Documents

HOTEL OXBOW - NAPA, CALIFORNIA
Planning Amendment Application

AWNINGS ARE LOCATED UNDER
BUILDING OVERHANGS.

CANVAS/FABRIC AWNINGS ARE

TYPICALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN AND
QUICKLY FADE.

EXTERIOR ELEVATION | NORTH (FRONT) FACING FIRST ST.

WINDOWS IN THE RENDERING DO

NOT CONSIDER THE STRUCTURAL
FLOOR/CEILING FRAMING DEPTH.

STRUCTURAL WALLS AND COLUMNS

ARE A NECESSITY TO SUPPORT THE
BUILDING. FLOOR-TO-CEILING

STOREFRONTS ARE RECESSED TO

PROVIDE WATERPROOFING

PROTECTION, AND AWNINGS ARE

OMITTED TO MAXIMIZE GLAZING
AREAS ALONG THE GROUND LEVEL.

RENDERING DEPICTS JULIETTE RAILS

AT OPERABLE WINDOWS WHICH

CONFLICTS WITH THE INTENT OF
C.O.A. #22 AND #23 THAT REQUIRE
CLOSED WINDOWS WITH STC-26
MIN. RATING.

JULIETTE BALCONIES HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED AT STUCCO WALLS. ALL

GUESTROOMS SHALL HAVE

NON-OPERABLE, STC-RATED WINDOWS

WITH CONSIDERATION TO NOISE
CONTROL PER C.O.A. #22 AND #23.

GUESTROOM WINDOWS HAVE BEEN

SIZED TO CONSIDER STRUCTURAL

FRAMING DEPTHS

RENDERINGS BY BACKEN & BACKEN ARCHITECTURE

STOREFRONTS IN THE RENDERING DO

NOT CONSIDER THE STRUCTURAL

WALLS AND COLUMNS REQUIRED TO

SUPPORT THE BUILDING AT THE
GROUND LEVEL.

AN AWNING AT THE CENTRAL

FRONT AREA OF EACH BUILDING

HAS BEEN ADDED TO SIGNIFY
ENTRY.

ATTACHMENT 3
SHEET SCALE: 1/32" = 1'-0"

EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS
Entitlement Renderings vs. Construction Documents

HOTEL OXBOW - NAPA, CALIFORNIA
Planning Amendment Application
WEST ELEVATION | WEST BUILDING FACING SOSCOL AVE.

RENDERINGS BY BACKEN & BACKEN ARCHITECTURE

AWNINGS ARE LOCATED UNDER
BUILDING OVERHANGS.

CANVAS/FABRIC AWNINGS ARE

TYPICALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN AND
QUICKLY FADE.

RENDERING DEPICTS JULIETTE RAILS

AT OPERABLE WINDOWS WHICH

CONFLICTS WITH THE INTENT OF
C.O.A. #22 AND #23 THAT REQUIRE
CLOSED WINDOWS WITH STC-26
MIN. RATING.

JULIETTE BALCONIES HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED AT STUCCO WALLS. ALL

GUESTROOMS SHALL HAVE

NON-OPERABLE, STC-RATED WINDOWS

WITH CONSIDERATION TO NOISE
CONTROL PER C.O.A. #22 AND #23.

STOREFRONTS IN THE RENDERING DO

NOT CONSIDER MULTIPLE PLAN

CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDING

EGRESS REQUIREMENTS AND THE

STRUCTURAL WALLS AND COLUMNS

REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING
AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

CONSTRUCTION ELEVATIONS BY ARRIS STUDIO ARCHITECTS

EXIT DOORS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO
MEET EGRESS REQUIREMENTS. THESE

DOORS ARE INCORATED INTO

RECESSED STOREFRONT AREAS FOR

DESIGN CONSISTENCY WITH THE

STOREFRONTS AT THE FRONT OF THE
BUILDING.

ATTACHMENT 3
SHEET SCALE: 1/32" = 1'-0"

EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS
Entitlement Renderings vs. Construction Documents

HOTEL OXBOW - NAPA, CALIFORNIA
Planning Amendment Application
EAST ELEVATION | EAST BUILDING FACING McKINSTRY ST.

RENDERINGS BY BACKEN & BACKEN ARCHITECTURE

CONSTRUCTION ELEVATIONS BY ARRIS STUDIO ARCHITECTS

EXIT DOORS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO
MEET EGRESS REQUIREMENTS.

RENDERING DEPICTS JULIETTE RAILS

AT OPERABLE WINDOWS WHICH

CONFLICTS WITH THE INTENT OF
C.O.A. #22 AND #23 THAT REQUIRE
CLOSED WINDOWS WITH STC-26
MIN. RATING.

RENDERING DOES NOT CONSIDER

EGRESS REQUIREMENTS AT THE
GROUND LEVEL.

JULIETTE BALCONIES HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED AT STUCCO WALLS. ALL

GUESTROOMS SHALL HAVE

NON-OPERABLE, STC-RATED WINDOWS

WITH CONSIDERATION TO NOISE
CONTROL PER C.O.A. #22 AND #23.

ATTACHMENT 3
SHEET SCALE: 1/32" = 1'-0"

EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS
Entitlement Renderings vs. Construction Documents

HOTEL OXBOW - NAPA, CALIFORNIA
Planning Amendment Application
EXTERIOR ELEVATION | SOUTH FACING THE NAPA RIVER

RENDERINGS BY BACKEN & BACKEN ARCHITECTURE

FOURTH FLOOR CANTILEVER IN THE WEST

BUILDING RENDERING IS NOT
STRUCTURALLY CONSTRUCTABLE. IT DOES

NOT CONSIDER THE SUPPORT REQUIRED
TO SPAN OVER 35 FEET OF GUESTROOMS.

SECOND FLOOR LARGE OPEN PATIO AREA

AND CANTILEVER IN THE WEST BUILDING

RENDERING IS NOT STRUCTURALLY
CONSTRUCTABLE. IT DOES NOT CONSIDER

THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT REQUIRED TO
SPAN OVER 26 FEET OF THREE-LEVELS OF
GUESTROOM FLOORS.

STOREFRONTS IN THE EAST BUILDING

RENDERING DO NOT CONSIDER MULTIPLE

PLAN CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDING

EGRESS REQUIREMENTS, GENERAL

OPERATIONS, AND THE STRUCTURAL WALLS

AND COLUMNS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE
BUILDING AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

OPENAIR WALKWAYS HAVE BEEN

PROVIDED AT THE FOURTH FLOOR TO

ACCOMMODATE EGRESS REQUIREMENTS

AT THE FOURTH FLOOR GUESTROOMS (NO
DEAD-END CORRIDORS).

STOREFRONTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO

ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIRED

STRUCTURAL WALLS AND COLUMNS
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING.

CONSTRUCTION ELEVATIONS BY ARRIS STUDIO ARCHITECTS

GARAGE OPENING HAS BEEN SIZED TO

PROVIDE FUNCTIONAL ACCESS WHILE

ACCOMMODATING STRUCTURAL WALLS

AND COLUMNS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
THE BUILDING.

ATTACHMENT 3

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