January 13, 2026
Town Council
Yountville Commons - Entitlements
Background
The public engagement process for envisioning the next chapter for the site began in the Spring of 2024 and continued through 2025 as summarized below:
• March 26, 2024 - Open House
• August 6, 2024 - Town Council Study Session & Public Comment • November 12, 2024 – Zoning & Design Review Board (ZDRB) Study Session & Public Comment • November 14, 2024 - Community Roundtable & Vision Discussion • December 8, 2024, January 12, 2025 and February 16, 2025 – “Dinners & Conversations” • March 4, 2025 - Presentation of Community Design Workbook and Final Conceptual Site Plan to the Town Council
• At the conclusion of the meeting on March 4, 2025, the Town Council adopted Resolution No. 25-4344 directing the Town Manager to proceed with preparing further designs, plans, entitlements and studies based on the conceptual site plan for potential development of the Yountville Commons site.
• September 2025 – Town Manager Updates & Additional Public Engagement Entitlements
1. General Plan Amendments
2. Zoning Code and Map Amendments
3. Tentative Subdivision Map Approval
4. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance December 9, 2025 – ZDRB Meeting
At the December 9, 2025 regular meeting of the ZDRB, the ZDRB unanimously approved Resolution No. 25-031 recommending that the Town Council approve these entitlements with a minor amendment to revised General Plan Policy LU-2.6 to add additional language related to building compatibility with surrounding development.
January 13, 2026 Town Council
CIVIC PLAZA LOOKING SOUTH
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6 YC @ A GLANCE
1. Transforms 7.5-acre school site into well-crafted civic and housing neighborhood for Yountville.
2. Protects dozens of existing heritage trees, the Hopper Creek Trail, and keeps most of the site as accessible public space.
3. Reuses existing school buildings to further cultivate the site as a center of civic life for Yountville residents.
4. Creates +5 acres of new playfields, dog park, walking and bike paths with added parking.
5. Builds 60,000 sf (15 new buildings) to house approx 120 new homes in addition to a potential of 12,000 SF for local serving businesses.
6. Uses Four Unit Types (2 studios, 1 bedroom/1 bath, and a Junior 2) as the building blocks to produce highly flexible form-based architectural solutions.
7. Developed Four Building Types with one (Model A/B) providing 66% of all new construction and 90% of Phases 1 and 2.
8. Composed of four distinct architectural styles that offer character through craftsmanship, front doors, and shared porches connecting individual homes into a unified
neighborhood.
9. Phased construction allows the project to align financing with achievable milestones, address neighborhood concerns through measured growth, and deliver complete, livable spaces to current and future residents as early as possible.
10.Constructing one prototype early with Phase 1 refines construction methods, demonstrates unit variety, and activates the site with a functioning food hub that serves current residents immediately.
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LOCAL FOOD HUB COMMONS HOUSE - CIVIC PLAZA ELEVATION
LOCAL FOOD HUB COMMONS HOUSE - YOUNT STREET ELEVATION
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HOPPER CREEK NORTH PORTAL
11 VIEW INTO COURTYARD FROM NORTH BIKE PATH
12 The Village Center Building:
● The western brise-soleil performs dual functions: filtering intense afternoon sun into rhythmic, modulated light during the day, then transforming at dusk into a backlit lantern that signals the neighborhood's heart to residents and visitors along Yount Street.
● This architectural duality reflects the building's purpose—providing sheltered gathering spaces for shared meals and community meetings while serving as a visible, welcoming beacon that announces warmth within. 13 14
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BUILDING TYPES 17
UNIT TYPES
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PARCELS
PHASE ONE
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PHASE TWO
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Parking, Proximity, and Property Value:
A Land Planning Perspective
● Workforce housing residents typically have lower
vehicle ownership rates and higher housing cost
sensitivity, meaning excess parking subsidizes
automobile storage at the expense of affordability
without proportional benefit to the target
demographic.
● Walkable access to jobs and services drives property
values more effectively than parking ratios, since
reduced transportation costs get capitalized into what
households will pay—creating land value through
proximity rather than pavement.
● Right-sizing parking to actual demand frees capital
and land area for revenue-generating uses or
amenities, simultaneously reducing development
costs and enhancing the location characteristics that
sustain long-term property values.
50 % OF ALL THE AREA WITHIN ¼ MILE
RADIUS OF THE YOUNTVILLE COMMONS
IS DEDICATED TO THE AUTOMOBILE.
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COMMONS
Entitlements
General Plan Amendments
• Amending the General Plan Land Use Element to include a new Commons (C) land use designation and to amend policies related to height restrictions (LU-2.5 and LU-2.6); and • An amendment to General Plan Lan Use Map Figure LU-3 to change the project site from Public Facilities (PF) and Parks/Playfields (PP) to Commons (C).
Entitlements
Entitlements
Zoning Code & Map Amendments
• Includes the creation of a new Commons (C) zoning district, code section 17.46 – C, Commons that creates rules and regulations for the project site; • Zoning text additions and amendments to account for the new Commons (C) district; • An amendment to the Zoning Map to include the new Commons (C) zoning designation.
Entitlements
Entitlements
Tentative Subdivision Map
• The two existing parcels will be subdivided into 18
individual parcels. Parcel 1 will be 132,125 sf. and largely consists of open space and parking areas. The remaining 17 parcels will accommodate project related buildings and will range in size from 4,174 sf to 41,720 sf.
Tentative
Subdivision
Map
Entitlements
CEQA
• Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15164, an Addendum to the Yountville General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2018082008), originally certified on May 7, 2019, was prepared for the project.
Yountville Commons Meeting
January 13, 2026
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Presentation Overview
» CEQA Purpose
» Existing General Plan EIR
» Yountville Commons EIR Addendum
» General Plan EIR Development Assumptions and Yountville Commons Project
» Environmental Topics in the Addendum
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CEQA Purpose
» EIRs are strictly disclosure documents
» They explain a project’s potential impacts and identify needed mitigation measures
» They do NOT provide for approval or denial of a project Yountville Commons | Town of Yountville
Existing General Plan EIR
» Town prepared an EIR for the existing General Plan when it was adopted in 2019
» General Plan EIR constitutes a full evaluation of all development foreseen under the General Plan
» Conditions have remained largely unchanged, so processing of the Yountville Commons project under an EIR Addendum is appropriate
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Yountville Commons EIR Addendum
» Reviews all environmental issues covered in the General Plan EIR
» Finds no new significant impacts beyond those already identified in the General Plan EIR.
» Identifies measures that will be implemented to minimize project impacts as per Town regulations and General Plan EIR
requirements
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General Plan EIR Development Assumptions and
Yountville Commons Project
Type of
Development
Residential
(units)
NonResidential (sf)
Approved
Development but not
yet Constructed
(units or sf)
Remaining
Development
Potential
Yountville Commons
Project
Residential Units 231 -- 15 216 units 150 units
Commercial -- 81,582 2,606 78,976 sf
11,000 sf
3,000 sf of retail and
food-oriented service
space and 8,000 sf
civic/commercial
Office -- 21,684 0 21,684 sf --
Agricultural -- 66,380 0 66,380 sf ---
Total 231 169,646
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Environmental Topics in the Addendum
Aesthetics Land Use and Planning
Air Quality Noise
Biological Resources Population and Housing
Cultural Resources Public Services
Energy Recreation
Geology and Soils Transportation
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tribal Cultural Resources
Hazards and Hazardous Materials Utilities and Service Systems Hydrology and Water Quality Wildfire
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Key Environmental Topics
Topic Findings and Measures
Air Quality Program OS-7.2a (off-road construction equipment requirements) Biological Resources
Program OS-5.4b (construction nesting bird and roosting bat surveys ) YMC Chapter 17.128, General Plan Policy 5.1, Programs OS-5.1a and OS-5.1b (arborist report)
Cultural Resources Programs OH-2.1.b, OH-2.1d, OH-2.1e (measures to protect discovery of unrecorded cultural resources)
Geology and Soils Program SH-1.1a (implement recommendations in geotechnical study) Hazards and
Hazardous Materials
Programs SH-1.7b and SH-1.8a (ACM and LBP surveys, sampling for OCPs around building proposed for demolition)
Noise Program NS-1.2d (construction noise reduction measures) Transportation No impact found Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Yountville Commons | Town of Yountville
Intersection Level of Service
» Yountville General Plan Policy MO-1.3 requires that level of service (LOS) C shall be the minimum level of service maintained at all intersections. » Three intersections were evaluated for potential changes to level of service. Yount Street/Madison Street (near Highway 29 on-ramps) Yount Street/Finnell Road (next to project site)
Yount Street/Washington Street (near Highway 29 on-ramps) » Each intersection operates at LOS A today and would continue to operate at LOS A under:
Existing and Existing plus Project Peak Hour AM and PM conditions Future and Future plus Project Peak Hour AM and PM conditions Recommendation
Recommendation that the Town Council introduce and
waive first reading of Ordinance Number 26-539 repealing and replacing Section 17.08.010, adding Chapter 17.46 (C, Commons), and amending Sections 17.08.050, 17.156.030,
17.162.020, 17.176.010, 17.236.010 and Table 17.12-1 of Section 17.12.010 of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Yountville Municipal Code and amending the Yountville Zoning Map to establish the Commons (C) Zoning District; approve and adopt Resolution Number 26-4397 amending the Land Use
Element of the Yountville General Plan; approving and
adopting an Addendum to the 2019 Final Environmental
Impact Report for the Envision Yountville General Plan
Update; and approving a Tentative Subdivision Map for The Yountville Commons Project located on Assessor’s Parcel Number’s 036-070-026 & 036-070-025.
Next Steps
• Clarifying questions from Council
• Public comment
• Council discussion and motion
Thank you!
Town Council Meeting
January 13, 2026