Town of Yountville
Ordinance Number 26-540
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF YOUNTVILLE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-539, ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWN COUNCIL OF YOUNTVILLE 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 ZONING DISTRICT.”
A. On January 13, 2026, after conducting a duly noticed public hearing, the Town Council of the Town of Yountville introduced Ordinance No. 26-539 to repeal and replace Section 17.08.010; add Chapter 17.46; amend Sections 17.08.050, 17.156.030,
17.162.020, 17.176.010, 17.236.010, and Table 17.12-1 of Title 17 of the Yountville Municipal Code; and amend the Yountville Zoning Map to establish the new Commons (C) Zoning District.
B. On February 3, 2026, the Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 26-539.
C. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 26-539 provides that the Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption by the Town Council.
D. On March 4, 2026, a petition for referendum against Ordinance No. 26-539 was filed with the Town Clerk (the “Petition”).
E. On March 13, 2026, the Registrar of Voters of the County of Napa certified the Petition contained a sufficient number of calid signatures to qualify for consideration by the Town Council pursuant to California Election Code section 9237.
F. On March 16, 2026, the Town Clerk executed a Certificate of Sufficiency of Petition, confirming Ordinance No. 539 had been suspended.
G. Following certification of the Petition, Elections Code section 9241 requires the Town Council to either: (1) repeal Ordinance No. 26-539 in its entirety, or (2) submit Ordinance No. 26-539 to the voters at the next regular municipal election or a special election called for that purpose.
H. On April 7, 2026, the Town Council instructed Town staff to prepare an ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 26-539 in its entirety.
I. On May 12, 2026, the ZDRB held a duly noticed public hearing at which it voted to recommend the Town Council approve this Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 26- 539.
Ordinance No. 26-540
J. On June 2, 2026, the Town Council held a duly noticed public hearing at which it considered whether to introduce this Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 26-539 and received public input thereon.
K. The Town Council now desires to adopt this Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 26- 539 in its entirety.
Now, therefore, the Town Council of the Town of Yountville does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into the findings herein.
SECTION 2. RECORD. The Record of Proceedings ("Record") upon which the Town Council bases its decision includes, but is not limited to: (1) the staff reports, Town files and records and other documents prepared for and/or submitted to the Town relating to this Ordinance, Ordinance No. 26-539, and the Petition; (2) the evidence, facts, findings and other determinations set forth in this Ordinance; (3) the Town of Yountville General Plan and its certified final EIR and the Yountville Municipal Code; (4) all designs, plans, studies, data and correspondence submitted to the Town in connection with this Ordinance, Ordinance No. 26-539, and the Petition; (5) all documentary and oral evidence received at public workshops, meetings, and hearings or submitted to the Town relating to this Ordinance, Ordinance No. 26-539, and the Petition; and (6) all other matters of common knowledge to the Town Council including, but not limited to, Town, state, and federal laws, policies, rules, regulations, reports, records and projections related to development within the Town of Yountville and its surrounding areas.
The location and custodian of the records is the Town of Yountville Planning and Building Department at 6550 Yount St, Yountville, CA 94599.
SECTION 3. ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP AMENDMENT FINDINGS. The Town Council hereby makes the following findings required by YMC Section 17.184.060 and the evidence contained in the Record which is herein incorporated by reference:
1. The proposed amendments would further the goals, objectives, policies and programs and is consistent with the intent of the General Plan in that repealing Ordinance No. 26-539 would return the zoning designations of the subject property to what existed before the Ordinance was adopted.
2. The proposed amendments would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the Town in that repealing Ordinance No. 26-539 would return the zoning designations of the subject property to what existed before Ordinance No. 26-539 was adopted and would therefore not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience or welfare of the Town.
3. For amendments involving a zoning or land use map amendment, the site is physically suitable, including consideration of physical constraints, access, Ordinance No. 26-540
compatibility with surrounding land uses, and provision of utilities, for the requested or potential land uses. Repealing Ordinance No. 26-539 would return the zoning designations of the subject property to what existed before Ordinance No. 26-539 was adopted and would therefore not be detrimental to or inconsistent with the General Plan, other land uses, or the provision of utilities.
SECTION 4. CEQA. The Town Council has considered all of the evidence in the Record, including the staff reports, the testimony received during the meeting on the matter held by the Town Council, and hereby determines that this Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15183 and 15162, no subsequent environmental impact report or negative declaration is necessary to repeal Ordinance No. 26-539. The repeal of Ordinance No. 26-539 will restore prior zoning regulations and designations previously in effect which are consistent with the Environmental Impact Report for the Envision Yountville General Plan (SCH # 2018082008) adopted by Town Council Resolution 19-3551 on May 7, 2019.
There are no peculiar environmental impacts, significant effects, substantial new information, or substantial changes in circumstances that would necessitate the preparation of additional environmental documentation. The repeal of Ordinance No. 26- 539 is also exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that reverting to a prior version of the Yountville Municipal Code and Zoning Map, in the absence of any changed physical or environmental conditions, will not have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 5. ORDINANCE REPEAL. Ordinance No. 26-539 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Town Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases or portions might be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after final adoption, and shall be published and circulated in accordance with the California Government Code.
SECTION 8. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. Any provision of the Yountville Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 9. CERTIFICATION. The Town Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall give notice of its adoption as required by law. Within 15 days from the date of passage of this Ordinance, the Town Clerk shall post a copy of the Ordinance No. 26-540
Ordinance in accordance with California Government Code in at least three public places in the Town.
SECTION 10. PUBLICATION. The Town Clerk is directed to cause this Ordinance to be published in the manner required by law.
INTRODUCED by the Town Council at a regular meeting held on the 2nd day of June 2026.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of June 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Margie Mohler, Mayor
ATTEST:
Hilary Gaede, Communications Director/Town
Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Gary B. Bell, Town Attorney
Ordinance No. 26-540
I, Hilary Gaede, Town Clerk of the Town of Yountville, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the Town Council on the 2nd day of June 2026. That thereafter said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the Town Council on the 16th day of June 2026 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Hilary Gaede, Communications Director/Town Clerk